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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2029-9370</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-9370</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>KU</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">598-2739-1-PB</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v9i1.598</article-id>
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        <article-title>EU border proximity effect on polital choice in parliamentary elections of Latvia</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Paiders</surname>
            <given-names>Janis</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:paidersjanis@inbox.lv">paidersjanis@inbox.lv</email>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Paiders</surname>
            <given-names>Juris</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
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      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>114</fpage>
      <lpage>123</lpage>
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        <p>The border effect of Russian and Belarusian border on Latgale electoral district has been analysed in this research. The proportionof Latvians in Latgale border area is a lot smaller in total than in the rest of the Latgale territory and the proportion of all the rest ofthe ethnic minorities in the border area is a lot higher while the number of votes for political parties with a mostly Latvian citizenelectorate is proportionally higher. The obtain results indicate that the border effect on the election results for political parties is notstatistically significant.</p>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>border effect</kwd>
        <kwd>electoral geography</kwd>
        <kwd>spatial heterogeneity</kwd>
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        <kwd>R000</kwd>
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