# Latvia's pro-Western coalition leads in exit polls

https://mins.news/en/video/84880

- DW News, 2026-10-03 19:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT_ee4SSgXs

> Exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' pro-Ukraine United List has won Latvia's election. Coalition negotiations still lie ahead, while the vote exposed debates over national security, backing Ukraine and relations with Latvia's Russian-speaking minority. The result raises questions about how strongly concerns over Russia shaped the election.

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