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Record Low Turnout at Riga City Council Election - Head of Election Commission

MOSCOW, Aug 30 (Sputnik) The turnout at the city council election in the Latvian capital was the lowest Riga has seen since 1997, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Kristine Berzina told Sputnik.
The city council election was held in Riga on Saturday. With over 8 percent of the votes counted, the Development/For! - The Progressives alliance is leading with 24.88 percent of the votes.
"The turnout is a record low of 40.6 percent. We haven’t seen anything like this since 1997," Berzina told Sputnik.
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