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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.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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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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