An opposition party catering for Latvia’s large ethnic Russian minority is poised to win the Baltic nation’s parliamentary election.
The Harmony Party is expected to face difficulties in forming a coalition government.
Voters in Latvia, which is a member of the European Union and Nato, chose on Saturday from more than 1,400 candidates and 16 parties to fill the country’s 100-seat parliament.
With more than 95% of the votes counted, preliminary results from Latvia’s electoral committee showed the left-wing Harmony party was leading with 20% support.
The populist KPV party and the anti-corruption New Conservative Party were in second and third place with 14.1% and 13.6% of the votes respectively.
Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis’ centrist Union of Greens and Farmers was in the sixth place with 10% support.
