Latvia's Centre of Agreement leads in early parliamentary election

RIGA, September 18 (Itar-Tass) -- According to Latvia's Central
Elections Commission /CEC/, which has processed information form 560
election stations out of 1,027, the organisation and party Centre of
Agreement, which is protecting the Russian-speaking population of Latvia,
is leading in the early parliamentary elections in the republic. The
organisation's head is Riga's Mayor Nil Ushakov.
Latvia's early parliamentary elections took place on Saturday. The
previous legislature worked for less than a year and was dissolved in a
national referendum, which had been initiated by former president Valdis
Zatlers.13 political parties and unions, who represented 1,092 candidates,
competed for 100 seats. The republic had 950 election stations, and 39
election stations were organised outside the country.
The population of Latvia is about 2.2 million, where almost 1.6
million have a right to vote. About 345,000 could not participate in the
voting. They are Russian-speaking 'non-citizens', who were deprived of
citizenship and the right to vote following Latvia's separation from the
USSR.