00:00Latvia's Prime Minister Andrzej Kulberg's centre-right party has won the country's parliamentary election,
00:07setting the stage for lawmakers to begin negotiations to form a government.
00:12According to election data, Kulberg's four-party coalition won with 35.4%,
00:19securing 42 seats in the 100-seat parliament,
00:23a record for the post-independence history of the former Soviet Republic.
00:27The parliamentary poll saw a voter turnout above 51%.
00:33Kulberg's, who became Prime Minister only in May, said the result was higher than expected.
00:39The result also points to a continued pro-European and pro-Ukrainian cause for Latvia.
00:46Like its Baltic neighbours Lithuania and Estonia,
00:50Latvia strongly supports Ukraine in its fight against Moscow's invasion.
00:54The small Baltic nation borders both Russia and Belarus.
