1925 Latvian parliamentary election

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1925 Latvian parliamentary election
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  1922 3–4 October 1925 1928  

All 100 seats in the Saeima
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.88%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
LSDSP Jānis Pliekšāns 31.3732+2
LZS Kārlis Ulmanis 15.0316-1
LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 5.325-1
ADP Paul Schiemann 5.084-2
Democratic Centre 3.815-1
SDML Marģers Skujenieks 3.614-3
National Union Arveds Bergs 3.313-1
Old Believers Meletijs Kaļistratovs 2.502+1
LPP 2.422New
JS Oto Nonācs 2.2330
ZPwŁ Jan Wierzbicki 2.112New
LDP Jezups Trasuns 1.912-2
KNS Gustavs Reinhards 1.772-2
LJSP Ādolfs Bļodnieks 1.733New
MKRA 1.682New
Agudas Israel Mordehai Dubin 1.6220
LZP 1.592+1
NZS Kārlis Kvelbergs 1.401New
KPSDAS Leontin Spolianski 1.281New
Mizrachi Mordechai Nurock 1.271New
Party of the Orthodox Jānis Pommers 1.232New
IAKAS 1.181New
LBS 0.871New
Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 0.7710
Bund Noah Meisel 0.6910
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime 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]

Contents

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 260,98731.3732+2
Latvian Farmers' Union 125,07015.0316–1
Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party 44,2315.325–1
Committee of the German Baltic Parties 42,2485.084–2
Democratic Centre 31,6803.815–1
Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers 30,0253.614–3
National Union 27,5533.313–1
Old Believers 20,8432.502+1
Latgalian Progressive Party 20,1312.422New
New Farmers' Union 18,5522.2330
Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles 17,5372.112New
Latgalian Labour Party 15,9261.912–2
Christian National Union 14,7361.772–2
New Farmers-Small Landowners Party 14,3721.733New
Party for Peace and Order 13,9481.682New
Agudas Israel 13,4771.6220
Latgalian Farmers Party 13,2031.592+1
National Farmers' Union 11,6141.401New
Russian Public Workers' Association 10,6621.281New
Mizrachi 10,5441.271New
Party of the Orthodox 10,2451.232New
Congress of Destroyed Areas 9,8141.181New
Latgalian Non-Partisan Union 7,2470.871New
Ceire Cion 6,4220.7710
Labour League of Latvia 6,3090.760New
Bund 5,7330.6910
United Citizens' List4,1380.500New
Union of Christian and Working People3,5300.420New
War Invalids' List3,4960.4200
LDP3,3310.400New
Jewish National Democratic Party2,7230.330New
United List of Latgalian United Workers, Craftsmen, Small Landholders and Labour Intelligentsia2,2500.270New
Democrats Union 1,9770.240New
Union of Latvian Belarusian Landless Farmers, Workers and Small Peasant Citizens1,9100.230New
Union of Riga Outskirts1,1390.140New
Histadruth-Hacionith9710.120New
Latgalian Group of Working People9160.110New
LZSI8740.110New
Estonian Group6050.0700
Latvian National Workers' Party5150.060New
Russian People's Workers' Party2410.030New
Salmins1820.020New
Independent Non-Partisan Economic Group of Latvia1780.020New
Total832,085100.001000
Valid votes832,08599.21
Invalid/blank votes6,6100.79
Total votes838,695100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,120,02674.88
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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. 1 2 3 Nohlen & Stöver, p1113
  4. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1105