1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly election

1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly election

17–18 April 1920 1922  →

Party Leader Vote % Seats LSDSP Andrejs Petrevics 38.67 57 LZS Kārlis Ulmanis 17.79 26 Latgalian Farmers Party 10.26 17 ADP Paul Schiemann 4.54 6 Democrats Union 4.17 6 Workers' Party 3.96 6 LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 3.73 6 BPG 3.36 6 KNS Gustavs Reinhards 2.28 3 BAS 1.98 3 KPG 1.92 4 Jewish Bloc 1.80 5 LBBMG 1.57 2 Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 1.16 1 LLP 0.92 1 APP 0.78 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Kārlis Ulmanis LZS Kārlis Ulmanis LZS

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Latvia on 17 and 18 April 1920. ^[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest party in the Constitutional Assembly, winning 57 of the 150 seats. ^[2] The elections were boycotted by communist parties. ^[3] The Constitutional Assembly was responsible for drafting a constitution, which was approved on 15 February and promulgated on 7 November 1922. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	274,877	38.67	57
	Latvian Farmers' Union	126,434	17.79	26
	Latgalian Farmers Party	72,961	10.26	17
	Committee of the German Baltic Parties	32,256	4.54	6
	Democrats Union	29,662	4.17	6
	Workers' Party	28,117	3.96	6
	Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party	26,534	3.73	6
	Group of Non-Partisan Citizens	23,867	3.36	6
	Christian National Union	16,218	2.28	3
	Agrarian Union of the Landless	14,078	1.98	3
	Russian Citizens Groups	13,651	1.92	4
	Jewish Bloc	12,764	1.80	5
	Non-Partisan Landless Farmers	11,180	1.57	2
	Ceire Cion	8,254	1.16	1
	Latgale People Party	6,539	0.92	1
	United Polish Parties	5,525	0.78	1
	List of Lithuanians and Catholics	2,038	0.29	0
	Working Group of Landless Farmers and Workers	1,588	0.22	0
	List of Soldier Candidates	1,497	0.21	0
	Latgalian Folk United Non-Partisan Group	1,026	0.14	0
	List of Revolutionaries and Socialists	724	0.10	0
	Women's Union	436	0.06	0
	Jews of Ludza	152	0.02	0
	Working Group of Jēkabmiests Village	87	0.01	0
	Others	424	0.06	0
Total		710,889	100.00	150
Valid votes		709,004	99.73
Invalid/blank votes		1,930	0.27
Total votes		710,934	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		797,662	89.13
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [a]

1. The reported number of valid votes was 1,885 less than the total number of votes received by contesting parties. ^[2]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1137
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1103