The exception was Southeast Latvia ( Daugavpils, Krāslava and Rezekne districts and cities of Daugavpils and Rēzekne ) which were won by the Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā party and Ludza district won by Socialist Party of Latvia, due to large percentage of ethnically Russian voters in this area.

It roughly corresponds to Balvi, Krāslava, Ludza, Preiļi, Rēzekne districts and parts of Daugavpils and Jēkabpils districts north of Daugava river.

Rēzekne, often called the heart of Latgola, Krāslava, and Ludza are other large towns in the region, which also has a Belarusian minority.

It holds one seat on the city council of Krāslava and has failed to win seats in municipal elections elsewhere in Latgale.

Jēkabpils (; ; ) is a city in Selonia, Latvia roughly halfway between Riga and Daugavpils.

Selonia comprises the eastern part of the 1939 province of Semigallia, roughly corresponding to parts of the former Aizkraukle, Daugavpils and Jēkabpils districts south of Daugava river.

It bordered the former districts of Madona to the north, Aizkraukle to the west, Preiļi and Daugavpils to the east.

The Riga – Daugavpils railway opened in 1861, and the new center of the town developed near Salaspils station just opposite the Kurtes Estate.

Jelgava was the first city where fibre optic Internet was made available from areas other than Riga, but late in 2009 the Lattelecom fibre optic service was also made accessible in other cities, such as Daugavpils, Salaspils, etc.

Early in 2010 the company advised that the Lattelecom fibre optic Internet had been made available to 100 000 households-88 000 located in Riga, 6500 – in Jelgava, 4500 – in Daugavpils and 1000 – in Salaspils.

It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port.

More than 1, 000 teachers and engineers graduate from Daugavpils Pedagogical University ( now Daugavpils University ) and the local branch of Riga Technical University annually.

The front was settled along a line stretched between Riga, Daugavpils and Baranovichi.

In 1861, when a railway Riga – Daugavpils was built, Riga's residents started to build summer-cottages here.

Solaris has sold diesel and CNG-powered buses to numerous countries in Europe, including Italy ( Pescara and Rome ), France ( Paris, Bayonne and Narbonne ), Denmark, Germany ( Berlin, Bochum, Braunschweig, Bremen, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Fulda, Frankfurt am Main, Hannover, Hamburg, Kassel, Koblenz, Leipzig, Magdeburg, München, Nürnberg, Potsdam, Reutlingen, Schweinfurt, Schwäbisch Hall, Weimar and more ), Hungary in Nyíregyháza, Latvia ( Riga and Daugavpils ), Poland ( Warsaw, Szczecin, Lublin, Łódź, Gdynia, Radom, Rzeszów, Poznań, Katowice, Kraków, Tychy and Częstochowa ), Romania in Oradea and most recently Greece ( Athens ), Norway ( Oslo and Trondheim ), United Arab Emirates ( Dubai ), Sweden ( Gothenburg ) and Serbia ( Novi Sad ).

Following the liquidation of the Riga, Liepāja and Daugavpils ( Dvinsk ) ghettos in June, 1943, the remainder of the Jews of Latvia, along with most of the survivors of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, were deported to Kaiserwald.

In Latvia, it provides access to Riga and Vilnius ( via Daugavpils ).

* December 25-Opening of first rail line in Latvia, between Riga and Dinaburg ( Daugavpils ), on the Imperial Russian gauge of.

In today's Latvia, marshrutkas are still in service in a variety of cities – mostly in Riga, but also in Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Rēzekne and elsewhere.

A fourth one, Daugavpils HES, has been planned but has faced strong criticism.

The proposed fourth dam, at the town of Daugavpils on the Daugava River, became the rallying point for protest in 1986-87 by hundreds of thousands of Latvians.

Average temperatures in winter are reasonably mild, ranging in January from in Liepāja, on the western coast, to in the southeastern town of Daugavpils.

July temperatures range from in Liepāja to in Daugavpils.

Fearing that his sons were about to be drafted into the Czarist army, Jacob Rothkowitz emigrated from Russia to the United States, following the path of many other Jews who left Daugavpils in the wake of Cossack purges.

Rav Kook was born in Grīva, at the time a town in Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire ( now a part of Daugavpils, Latvia ) in 1865, the oldest of eight children.

Daugavpils () is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name.

Daugavpils is a major railway junction and industrial centre.

Historically, several names in various languages have identified Daugavpils.

In Daugavpils 85 % of the voters supported the proposal to make Russian the second state language in the 2012 referendum.

The town's history began in 1275 when Dünaburg castle was built by the Livonian Order 20 km up the Daugava river from where Daugavpils is now situated.

In 1582 Daugavpils was granted Magdeburg town rights.

In the 17th century, during the Russo – Swedish War initiated by Alexis of Russia, the Russians captured Daugavpils, renamed the town Borisoglebsk and controlled the region for 11 years, between 1656 and 1667.

The town was renamed Daugavpils in 1920 as part of an independent Latvia.

The city was the site of the Battle of Daugavpils from 1919 to 1920.

Daugavpils was part of the Soviet Union between 1940 – 41 and 1944 – 1991, and was occupied by the Nazis between 1941 – 44.

The Nazis established the Daugavpils Ghetto where the town's Jews were forced to live.

On Friday, April 16, 2010, vice mayor Grigory Nemtsov of Daugavpils was shot dead in the center of the city.

Daugavpils is an important cultural center in eastern Latvia.

There are also several architectural, historical, and cultural monuments in Daugavpils.

The most prominent is the Daugavpils fortress of the late 18th – 19th centuries.

The Latvian Forest Brothers were most active in the border regions, including Dundaga, Taurkalne, Lubāna, Aloja, and Līvāni.