1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election
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14–16 April 1920 1922  

All 112 seats in the Constituent Assembly
56 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats
LKDP Mykolas Krupavičius 35.1646
Peasant Union 17.0520
LSDP 12.7613
Labour Federation Antanas Matulaitis 10.2510
ŽDS 6.556
LSLDP 5.759
LCRK 4.273
Farmers' Association Aleksandras Stulginskis 1.103
Socialist Company 1.101
German Committee 1.051
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg
Results by constituency

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Lithuania between 14 and 16 April 1920. [1] The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 46 of the 112 seats. Together with its allies, the Lithuanian Labour Federation and Farmers' Association, it secured an absolute majority in the Assembly.

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Electoral system

The law on the conduct of Seimas elections was promulgated by the Council of Lithuania in the official newspaper of the government, Vyriausybės žinios (Government News) on 30 October 1919. [2] Elections were to be universal, free and secret, and all citizens of Lithuania, both men and women over 21 years old, were allowed to vote. Citizens 24 years old or older were allowed to stand for election.

The elections were held using party-list proportional representation in nine multi-member constituencies. In practice, elections took place in only six of the nine constituencies as constituencies VII (Vilnius), VIII (Lida) and IX (Hrodna) were allocated to territories occupied by Poland during the Polish–Lithuanian War in 1920.

Parties and electoral groups (kuopa) were allowed to submit lists of candidates in constituencies, which had to be signed by at least fifty voters. As a result, there was a large number of small electoral lists in every constituency.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 239,90035.1646
Peasant Union 116,29817.0520
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 87,05112.7613
Labour Federation 69,90710.2510
Democratic Jewish Union 44,7096.556
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party 39,2645.759
Central Polish Electoral Committee 29,1564.273
Economic and Political Union of Lithuanian Farmers7,6511.120
Farmers' Association 7,5351.103
Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers7,4981.101
Lithuanian German Committee 7,1941.051
Party of National Progress 4,2880.630
Polish List3,6650.540
Workers, Public Servants and the Landless3,5130.510
Group of the Landless and Small Landowners of Panevėžys3,1340.460
Santara 2,5910.380
Union of Working People2,5350.370
Group of Landless in Biržai8170.120
Kybartai German Group410.010
Independents5,5440.810
Total682,291100.00112
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Lietuvos statistikos metraštis, [3] Lietuva [4]

Seats by electoral district

Electoral list [4] I (Marijampolė)II (Kaunas)III (Raseiniai)IV (Telšiai)V (Panevėžys)VI (Utena)Total
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 143768846
Peasant Union 32452420
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 326213
Lithuanian Labour Federation 4610
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party 3121119
Democratic Jewish Union 1111116
Farmers' Association 33
Central Polish Electoral Committee 213
Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers11
Lithuanian German Committee 11
Total212017142416112

See also

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. "1919 m. Lietuvos Steigiamojo Seimo rinkimų įstatymas" [Law on Elections to the Lithuanian Constituent Seimas of 1919](PDF). Šaltiniai (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  3. Lietuvos statistikos metraštis 1924–1926 m. (in Lithuanian). Vol. I. Kaunas: Valstybės spaustuvė. 1927. pp. 72–73.
  4. 1 2 "Į Steigiamąjį Seimą: Galutiniai vaisiai rinkimų į St. Seimą". Lietuva (in Lithuanian). Vol. 97, no. 379. 4 May 1920. p. 1.