Latvia's ruling centre-right party won general elections on Saturday (7 October) making it the first time a sitting government has maintained its grip on power since the Baltic country broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991.
The three-party coalition government received 44.8 percent of the ballots winning 51 of the 100 seats in the parliament securing them the lowest possible majority in the legislative body.
Prime minister Aigars Kalvitis may become the first re-elected premier...
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