RIGA, May 31 (LETA) - Early voting in Latvia's 2021 local elections begins at 731 polling stations across Latvia on Monday afternoon, Central Election Commission representative Laura Zaharova informed LETA, adding that the polling stations will remain open until 20:00.

Early voting will not take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, but will resume on Thursday, June 3, when the polling stations will be open from 9:00 to 16:00. 

On Friday, June 4, polling stations will be open from 13:00 to 20:00 and on the day of local elections voting will take place from 7:00 to 20:00.

This year, local elections in Latvia are taking place in 39 municipalities - six cities and 33 regions. The newly created South Kurzeme region, for instance, is one constituency and voters in this region can cast their ballots at any polling station within its territory. 

There will be no elections in Riga this year because the capital city's council was already elected last year. Also, local elections have been put off in the regions of Rezekne and Madone after the Supreme Court invalidated the Varaklani region's merger with the Rezekne region.