Lithuanian parliamentary election, 1922

Last updated April 20, 2019

Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 10 and 11 October 1922.^[1] The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 15 of the 78 seats in the first Seimas.^[2]

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Lithuania is considered to be one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2019, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians are Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party was a Christian-democratic political party in Lithuania.

First Seimas of Lithuania was the first parliament (Seimas) democratically elected in Lithuania after it declared independence on February 16, 1918. The elections took place on October 10–11, 1922 to replace the Constituent Assembly, which adopted the final constitution on August 1, 1922. The Seimas elected Aleksandras Stulginskis as the President of Lithuania and Ernestas Galvanauskas, as the new Prime Minister, was entrusted to form a new cabinet of ministers. However, no coalition could muster a majority and the Seimas was in a deadlock: Galvanauskas formed two cabinets, and both got 38 votes for and against. As the Seimas could not continue in such manner, it was dissolved on March 12, 1923. New elections were held in May.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	138,912	17.1	15	–9
Peasant Union	136,713	16.8	14	–5
Labour Federation	101,024	12.4	11	–4
Farmers' Association	97,977	12.1	12	–6
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	84,643	10.4	11	–2
Workers Group	40,236	5.0	5	New
Zionist Group	34,697	4.3	0	New
Central Polish Electoral Committee	32,849	4.0	2	–1
Achdus	16,841	2.1	3	New
Party of National Progress	14,131	1.7	0	0
Group of Workers and Poor Peasants	11,733	1.4	0	New
Party of Russians and Belarusians	11,289	1.4	0	New
Company of Polish Workers and Peasants	10,995	1.4	0	New
Economic and Political Union of Lithuanian Farmers	9,425	1.2	0	0
Party of the Landless and those who have very little land	8,541	1.1	0	New
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party	8,506	1.0	5	–4
Lithuanian German Committee	7,975	1.0	0	–1
Union of Evangelical Lutherans	7,138	0.9	0	New
Land and Freedom	5,316	0.7	0	New
Union of Working People	4,201	0.5	0	0
Polish Electors	4,105	0.5	0	New
Committee of Jewish People	3,919	0.5	0	New
Party of Latvians and Germans	2,113	0.3	0	New
Workers Labour Union of Marijampole and Alytus	1,468	0.2	0	New
Association of Kaunas House Owners	1,372	0.2	0	New
Dalgis	1,168	0.1	0	New
Union of Latvians in Lithuania	1,130	0.1	0	New
Workers Party	1,044	0.1	0	New
Party of Agriculturalists and Farmers	923	0.1	0	New
Party of Landless of Panevezys	647	0.1	0	New
Socialist Day Labourer Group	247	0.0	0	New
Polish Group of Prienai	112	0.0	0	New
Independent groups	10,597	1.3	0	–2
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	811,987	100	78	–34
Registered voters/turnout			–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1218

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[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p1218

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