Seven parties would enter Latvia’s 15th Saeima, new poll suggests
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- Seven parties could surpass Latvia’s 5% parliamentary threshold, according to a poll conducted in late August.
- The survey included 1,058 Latvian citizens aged 18 to 74 and used in-person and telephone interviews.
- The election for the 15th Saeima is scheduled for the first Saturday of October.
Seven political forces would enter Latvia’s next parliament if the latest poll were reflected in the election result. The survey, recalculated among respondents who had made a political choice, placed the United List, Latvia First, the National Alliance, Progressives, the Union of Greens and Farmers, Sovereign Power/New Latvians and New Unity above the 5 percent threshold.
The poll covered 1,058 Latvian citizens aged 18 to 74. Researchers selected respondents using a stratified random method based on the latest statistics for the population distribution across Latvia’s administrative and territorial units.
The survey authors said they conducted interviews both in respondents’ homes and by telephone. Elections for the 15th Saeima are scheduled for the first Saturday in October.
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Originally published by Delfi Latvia in Latvian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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