1922 Latvian parliamentary election

1922 Latvian parliamentary election

←  1920 7–8 October 1922 1925  →
All 100 seats in the Saeima 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.14%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LSDSP Jānis Pliekšāns 30.56 30 −27 LZS Kārlis Ulmanis 16.77 17 −9 Democratic Centre Jānis Čakste 7.26 6 New SDML Marģers Skujenieks 6.26 7 New LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 5.96 6 0 ADP Paul Schiemann 5.32 6 0 KNS Gustavs Reinhards 4.17 4 New BNC Arveds Bergs 3.72 4 New LZDP Jezups Trasuns 3.50 4 New ENB 2.10 2 New JS Oto Nonācs 1.94 3 New VJS 1.80 2 New APP 1.58 1 0 Old Believers Meletijs Kaļistratovs 1.56 1 New Agudas Israel Mordehai Dubin 1.44 2 New LZP 1.08 1 −16 LKS 1.07 1 +1 LTA 0.86 1 New Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 0.65 1 0 Bund Noah Meisel 0.30 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics LZS Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics LZS

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 7 and 8 October 1922. ^[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 30 of the 100 seats. ^[2]

Electoral system

For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 97 MPs using proportional representation. The three remaining seats were awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies. ^[3]

The list system used was made flexible, as voters were able to cross out candidates' names and replace them with names from other lists. ^[3] However, only 19.97% of voters made any changes to the lists. ^[3] To register a list for the election parties needed only collect 100 signatures. ^[4] A total of 88 lists registered, but only 43 contested the election. ^[4] There was no voter roll, but instead passports were used to identify voters. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	241,947	30.56	30	–27
	Latvian Farmers' Union	132,764	16.77	17	–9
	Democratic Centre	57,438	7.26	6	New
	Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers	49,595	6.26	7	New
	Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party	47,202	5.96	6	0
	Committee of the German Baltic Parties	42,088	5.32	6	0
	Christian National Union	33,043	4.17	4	New
	Non-Partisan National Centre	29,457	3.72	4	New
	Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party	27,697	3.50	4	New
	Jewish National Bloc	16,631	2.10	2	New
	New Farmers' Union	15,392	1.94	3	New
	United List of Russians	14,229	1.80	2	New
	United Polish Parties	12,473	1.58	1	0
	Latvian Old Believers' Central Committee	12,318	1.56	1	New
	Agudas Israel	11,429	1.44	2	New
	Latgalian Farmers Party	8,522	1.08	1	–16
	List of Lithuanians and Catholics	8,490	1.07	1	+1
	Latgalian People's Party	6,771	0.86	1	New
	Ceire Cion	5,156	0.65	1	0
	Fishermens' Union	4,008	0.51	0	New
	Land Workers' Association	2,667	0.34	0	New
	Bund	2,409	0.30	1	New
	Latgalian Workers' Association	1,918	0.24	0	New
	Belarusian List	1,548	0.20	0	New
	Independent Russian Association	1,479	0.19	0	New
	War Invalids' List	1,230	0.16	0	New
	Independent Colonel Jansons	1,181	0.15	0	New
	Estonian Group	1,063	0.13	0	New
	Abstainers' List	1,031	0.13	0	New
	Latgalian Villagers	467	0.06	0	New
	Jewish People's Party	47	0.01	0	New
Total		791,690	100.00	100	–50
Valid votes		791,690	98.86
Invalid/blank votes		9,168	1.14
Total votes		800,858	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		963,257	83.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1143
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1113
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1105

External links

• Detailed results Archived 26 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Latvian)