# Latvia: Exit polls show ruling party leading as populist party gains momentum

https://mins.news/en/video/84881

- euronews, 2026-10-03 19:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpm8PODjcuw

> Exit polls from Latvia’s parliamentary election show the ruling party in the lead while a populist party gains momentum. About 1.5 million people were eligible to vote in Saturday’s election, the country’s 11th parliamentary poll since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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