1925 Latvian parliamentary election

1925 Latvian parliamentary election

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All 100 seats in the Saeima 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.88%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LSDSP Jānis Pliekšāns 31.37 32 +2 LZS Kārlis Ulmanis 15.03 16 −1 LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 5.32 5 −1 ADP Paul Schiemann 5.08 4 −2 Democratic Centre 3.81 5 −1 SDML Marģers Skujenieks 3.61 4 −3 National Union Arveds Bergs 3.31 3 −1 Old Believers Meletijs Kaļistratovs 2.50 2 +1 LPP 2.42 2 New JS Oto Nonācs 2.23 3 0 ZPwŁ Jan Wierzbicki 2.11 2 New LDP Jezups Trasuns 1.91 2 −2 KNS Gustavs Reinhards 1.77 2 −2 LJSP Ādolfs Bļodnieks 1.73 3 New MKRA 1.68 2 New Agudas Israel Mordehai Dubin 1.62 2 0 LZP 1.59 2 +1 NZS Kārlis Kvelbergs 1.40 1 New KPSDAS Leontin Spolianski 1.28 1 New Mizrachi Mordechai Nurock 1.27 1 New Party of the Orthodox Jānis Pommers 1.23 2 New IAKAS 1.18 1 New LBS 0.87 1 New Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 0.77 1 0 Bund Noah Meisel 0.69 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Hugo Celmiņš LZS Kārlis Ulmanis LZS

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 3 and 4 October 1925. ^[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 32 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 26.03% 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 141 lists were registered, although only 93 competed. ^[4]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	260,987	31.37	32	+2
	Latvian Farmers' Union	125,070	15.03	16	–1
	Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party	44,231	5.32	5	–1
	Committee of the German Baltic Parties	42,248	5.08	4	–2
	Democratic Centre	31,680	3.81	5	–1
	Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers	30,025	3.61	4	–3
	National Union	27,553	3.31	3	–1
	Old Believers	20,843	2.50	2	+1
	Latgalian Progressive Party	20,131	2.42	2	New
	New Farmers' Union	18,552	2.23	3	0
	Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles	17,537	2.11	2	New
	Latgalian Labour Party	15,926	1.91	2	–2
	Christian National Union	14,736	1.77	2	–2
	New Farmers-Small Landowners Party	14,372	1.73	3	New
	Party for Peace and Order	13,948	1.68	2	New
	Agudas Israel	13,477	1.62	2	0
	Latgalian Farmers Party	13,203	1.59	2	+1
	National Farmers' Union	11,614	1.40	1	New
	Russian Public Workers' Association	10,662	1.28	1	New
	Mizrachi	10,544	1.27	1	New
	Party of the Orthodox	10,245	1.23	2	New
	Congress of Destroyed Areas	9,814	1.18	1	New
	Latgalian Non-Partisan Union	7,247	0.87	1	New
	Ceire Cion	6,422	0.77	1	0
	Labour League of Latvia	6,309	0.76	0	New
	Bund	5,733	0.69	1	0
	United Citizens' List	4,138	0.50	0	New
	Union of Christian and Working People	3,530	0.42	0	New
	War Invalids' List	3,496	0.42	0	0
	LDP	3,331	0.40	0	New
	Jewish National Democratic Party	2,723	0.33	0	New
	United List of Latgalian United Workers, Craftsmen, Small Landholders and Labour Intelligentsia	2,250	0.27	0	New
	Democrats Union	1,977	0.24	0	New
	Union of Latvian Belarusian Landless Farmers, Workers and Small Peasant Citizens	1,910	0.23	0	New
	Union of Riga Outskirts	1,139	0.14	0	New
	Histadruth-Hacionith	971	0.12	0	New
	Latgalian Group of Working People	916	0.11	0	New
	LZSI	874	0.11	0	New
	Estonian Group	605	0.07	0	0
	Latvian National Workers' Party	515	0.06	0	New
	Russian People's Workers' Party	241	0.03	0	New
	Salmins	182	0.02	0	New
	Independent Non-Partisan Economic Group of Latvia	178	0.02	0	New
Total		832,085	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		832,085	99.21
Invalid/blank votes		6,610	0.79
Total votes		838,695	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,120,026	74.88
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