1922 Latvian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 7 and 8 October 1922.[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 30 of the 100 seats.[2]
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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 19.97% 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 88 lists registered, but only 43 contested the election.[4] There was no voter roll, but instead passports were used to identify voters.[3]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 241,947 | 30.56 | 30 | –27 | |
| Latvian Farmers' Union | 132,764 | 16.77 | 17 | –9 | |
| Democratic Centre | 57,438 | 7.26 | 6 | New | |
| Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers | 49,595 | 6.26 | 7 | New | |
| Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party | 47,202 | 5.96 | 6 | 0 | |
| Committee of the German Baltic Parties | 42,088 | 5.32 | 6 | 0 | |
| Christian National Union | 33,043 | 4.17 | 4 | New | |
| Non-Partisan National Centre | 29,457 | 3.72 | 4 | New | |
| Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party | 27,697 | 3.50 | 4 | New | |
| Jewish National Bloc | 16,631 | 2.10 | 2 | New | |
| New Farmers' Union | 15,392 | 1.94 | 3 | New | |
| United List of Russians | 14,229 | 1.80 | 2 | New | |
| United Polish Parties | 12,473 | 1.58 | 1 | 0 | |
| Latvian Old Believers' Central Committee | 12,318 | 1.56 | 1 | New | |
| Agudas Israel | 11,429 | 1.44 | 2 | New | |
| Latgalian Farmers Party | 8,522 | 1.08 | 1 | –16 | |
| List of Lithuanians and Catholics | 8,490 | 1.07 | 1 | +1 | |
| Latgalian People's Party | 6,771 | 0.86 | 1 | New | |
| Ceire Cion | 5,156 | 0.65 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fishermens' Union | 4,008 | 0.51 | 0 | New | |
| Land Workers' Association | 2,667 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
| Bund | 2,409 | 0.30 | 1 | New | |
| Latgalian Workers' Association | 1,918 | 0.24 | 0 | New | |
| Belarusian List | 1,548 | 0.20 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Russian Association | 1,479 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| War Invalids' List | 1,230 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Colonel Jansons | 1,181 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| Estonian Group | 1,063 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Abstainers' List | 1,031 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Latgalian Villagers | 467 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Jewish People's Party | 47 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 791,690 | 100.00 | 100 | –50 | |
| Valid votes | 791,690 | 98.86 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,168 | 1.14 | |||
| Total votes | 800,858 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 963,257 | 83.14 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1143
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1113
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1105