Lithuanian parliamentary election, 1920

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Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in Lithuania between 14 and 16 April 1920. [1] The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 24 of the 112 seats. [2]

The Constituent Assembly of Lithuania was democratically elected in 1920 to draft and adopt the 1922 constitution of Lithuania.

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

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 239,90035.224
Peasant Union 116,29817.019
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 87,05112.813
Labour Federation 69,90710.215
Democratic Jewish Union 44,7096.66
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party 39,2645.89
Central Polish Electoral Committee 29,1564.33
Economic and Political Union of Lithuanian Farmers7,6511.10
Farmers' Association 7,5351.120
Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers7,4981.10
Lithuanian German Committee 7,1941.11
Party of National Progress 4,2880.60
Polish List3,6650.60
Party of Workers, Public Servants and the Landless3,5130.50
Group of the Landless and those owning very little land3,1240.50
Democratic National Freedom League 2,5910.40
Union of Working People2,5350.40
Group of Landless in Biržai8170.10
Kybartai German Group410.00
Independent groups5,5440.82
Invalid/blank votes
Total682,291100112
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

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