6th October, Latvian elections

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That Greens number basically forces a change in PM you'd think - they probably could have gotten away with being the second biggest party and leading it but not like that.  Other than that its broadly in line with the exit polls: a million parties all at around the same number.

The Progressives, who are probably the closest thing to a mainstream centre-left party, got just less than 3%.

[IceAgeComing]

I'd think that PAR is clearly the much more likely coalition partner than Harmony - and we have had liberals in coalitions with... groups like whatever the NA is in coalition before to keep them out.  Probably one of the few places where you get liberals working with people who seem to have an unnatural liking of the SS...

[IceAgeComing]

Can't see KPV LV lasting for very long based on that but we'll see - that is the perfect example of a party that historically lasts for all of one term before fragmenting.  Other than that an entirely typical Latvian government: led by a person who didn't stand in the election and by the smallest party in the Parliament and designed to exclude Harmony from government.