Zviedris: 15th Saeima election vote count could finish faster than four years ago

The chairman of the Central Election Commission (CVK), Māris Zviedris, has told the LETA news agency that he expects the vote count in the 15th Saeima election to be completed faster than it was four years ago, despite delays in getting the count started.

According to Zviedris, the counting process did not begin as smoothly as planned. Even so, he remains optimistic about the overall timeline, suggesting that experience from previous elections and the way the work has been organized point toward final results potentially being available sooner than in the last Saeima election.

The commission's role

The CVK is the body responsible for overseeing the legality of elections and supervising the vote-counting process in Latvia. Statements from its chairman about the pace of counting are traditionally treated as an indicative signal for the public and media outlets awaiting results.

It has not yet been specified exactly what caused the slow start to the count, but Zviedris stressed that this would not negatively affect the overall speed of the process. His forecast suggests the commission still expects a relatively smooth count, despite the initial difficulties.

The information was provided to LETA by the CVK chairman and concerns the 15th Saeima election, where both the conduct of the vote and the speed of announcing results are significant matters for political parties and for voters awaiting confirmation of the new parliament's composition.