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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]
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Since its independence, Latvia has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia has 1,957,200 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi). The country has a temperate seasonal climate.
The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Latvia. It has a long history but is not currently represented in the parliament of Latvia.
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]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 260,987 | 31.4 | 32 | +2 |
Latvian Farmers' Union | 125,070 | 15.0 | 16 | –1 |
Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party | 44,231 | 5.3 | 5 | –1 |
Committee of the German Baltic Parties | 42,248 | 5.1 | 4 | –2 |
Democratic Centre | 31,680 | 3.8 | 5 | –1 |
Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers | 30,025 | 3.6 | 4 | –3 |
National Union | 27,553 | 3.3 | 3 | –1 |
Old Believers | 20,843 | 2.5 | 2 | +1 |
Latgalian Progressive Party | 20,131 | 2.4 | 2 | New |
New Farmers' Union | 18,552 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 |
Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles | 17,537 | 2.1 | 2 | New |
Latgalian Labour Party | 15,926 | 1.9 | 2 | –2 |
Christian National Union | 14,736 | 1.8 | 2 | –2 |
New Farmers-Small Landowners Party | 14,372 | 1.7 | 3 | New |
Party for Peace and Order | 13,948 | 1.7 | 2 | New |
Agudas Israel | 13,477 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 |
Latgalian Farmers Party | 13,203 | 1.6 | 2 | +1 |
National Farmers' Union | 11,614 | 1.4 | 1 | New |
Russian Public Workers' Association | 10,662 | 1.3 | 1 | New |
Mizrachi | 10,544 | 1.3 | 1 | New |
Party of the Orthodox | 10,245 | 1.2 | 2 | New |
Congress of Destroyed Areas | 9,814 | 1.2 | 1 | New |
Latgalian Non-Partisan Union | 7,247 | 0.9 | 1 | New |
Zionist Party | 6,422 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 |
Latvian Work Union | 6,309 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
Bund | 5,733 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
United Citizens' List | 4,138 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
Union of Christian and Working People | 3,530 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
War Invalids' List | 3,496 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
LDP | 3,331 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
Jewish National Democratic Party | 2,723 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
United List of Latgalian United Workers, Craftsmen, Small Landholders and Labour Intelligentsia | 2,250 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Democrats Union | 1,977 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Union of Latvian Belarusian Landless Farmers, Workers and Small Peasant Citizens | 1,910 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Union of Riga Outskirts | 1,139 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Histadruth-Hacionith | 971 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Latgalian Group of Working People | 916 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
LZSI | 874 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Estonian Group | 605 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Latvian National Workers' Party | 515 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Russian People's Workers' Party | 241 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Salmins | 182 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Independent Non-Partisan Economic Group of Latvia | 178 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 6,610 | – | – | – |
Total | 838,695 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,120,026 | 74.9 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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