Riga1 in 5 Latvian voters entered election day undecided.
Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’s United List leads with over 14%, the SKDS institute found, but his coalition is expected to lose power.
14 lists contest 100 seats and only 7 are likely to clear the 5% threshold, so coalition talks decide who governs.
Sovereign Power polls above 9% and opposes Ukraine aid, but most major parties rule out working with it.
Preliminary official results are due Sunday.
How each outlet framed it
- South China Morning Post
- identifies populist Sovereign Power party (9% polling, pro-Russian-criticized) rising on cost-of-living concerns, unlikely to govern
Sources: South China Morning Post