The first results of municipal elections could be expected after midnight / day

Saulīte informed that the most important part of the electoral process is now – the counting of the votes. She pointed out that so far everything has been calm and mostly according to the plan. Although new systems were introduced this year, which required some adaptation, the technical problems were resolved promptly.

Speaking of incidents, Saulīte emphasized that the authorities had acted in a timely manner and that the problems have been eliminated. As a result, there are no new messages outside.

She also took grateful gratitude to all the authorities involved in the elections. Among them, she particularly highlighted the National Agency for Regional Development, which provided the new election platform, as well as the Citizenship and Migration Affairs Board, the Security Services, « Cert.lv » and other institutions.

Saulīte also thanked all the electoral commissions and polls, which now starts counting the votes. However, she gave the voters the greatest gratitude, expressing the joy that this year’s voter turnout was significantly higher than in the previous municipal elections.

She also emphasized that the new pilot program – off -road voting – has received positive feedback from both the voters and the pilot. Many have already expressed their desire to use this opportunity in the next elections.

In the end, Saulīte pointed out that, although the vote is over, the counting of votes, including the collection of postal votes and other data, is now beginning. Answering the frequently asked question about the availability of results, she said the first preliminary reviews could be available after midnight – initially from smaller polling stations. However, given the high number of districts, preliminary results are likely to be available the next morning.

In these municipal elections, taking into account those citizens who voted in the previous voting, voter turnout has reached 46.77% of the voters with the right to vote, according to the latest data compiled by the Central Election Commission (CEC), which is not yet for all districts.

Including 29.12% of voters from 8am to 8pm on Saturday.

The biggest activity was in Riga, where 51.77% of the voters voted.

The capital is followed by Vidzeme, where a total of 47.71% of voters voted, Zemgale with 43.73%, Kurzeme with 42.11% and Latgale, where a total of 41.51% of voters voted.

In the five previous voting days, 16.11% of the voting population voted in the Latvian municipal elections.

It has already been reported that in the previous municipal elections, which took place in June 2021, the elections were not in Riga, where the council was elected elections a year earlier, as well as in Rezekne County and Varaklani County, where the elections were suspended by judgment of the Constitutional Court and later – in September 2021. Currently, Varaklani County is included in Madona County and is respectively in the Vidzeme constituency, while it was previously in the Latgale constituency.

In total, 1,377,183 Latvian residents were eligible for these municipal elections.

Citizens could vote this year in a total of 948 districts throughout Latvia.

The elections could vote from 8am to 8pm on Saturday.

This year, unlike the municipal elections of previous years, it was possible to vote in any municipal district.