The runner-up in the election was Harmony Centre, a centre-left party backed by most of the country’s ethnic Russians, and also by ethnic Latvians fed up with the established parties.

在选举中紧随其后的是“和谐中心联盟”，该联盟是一股中左力量，其主要支持者是国内大部分俄罗斯少数名族以及一些对既定党派产生厌烦的拉脱维亚少数名族。

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The runner-up in the election was Harmony Centre, a centre-left party backed by most of the country's ethnic Russians, and also by ethnic Latvians fed up with the established parties.

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Centre-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani, has backed the front-runner, Franco Marini, as candidate for president.

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