1925 Latvian parliamentary election
1925 Latvian parliamentary election Saeima Turnout 74.88%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 3 and 4 October 1925.[ 1] Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[ 2]
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] [ 3] [ 4] [ 4]
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/– Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 260,987 31.37 32 +2 Latvian Farmers' Union 125,070 15.03 16 –1 Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party 44,231 5.32 5 –1 Committee of the German Baltic Parties 42,248 5.08 4 –2 Democratic Centre 31,680 3.81 5 –1 Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers 30,025 3.61 4 –3 National Union 27,553 3.31 3 –1 Old Believers 20,843 2.50 2 +1 Latgalian Progressive Party 20,131 2.42 2 New New Farmers' Union 18,552 2.23 3 0 Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles 17,537 2.11 2 New Latgalian Labour Party 15,926 1.91 2 –2 Christian National Union 14,736 1.77 2 –2 New Farmers-Small Landowners Party 14,372 1.73 3 New Party for Peace and Order 13,948 1.68 2 New Agudas Israel 13,477 1.62 2 0 Latgalian Farmers Party 13,203 1.59 2 +1 National Farmers' Union 11,614 1.40 1 New Russian Public Workers' Association 10,662 1.28 1 New Mizrachi 10,544 1.27 1 New Party of the Orthodox 10,245 1.23 2 New Congress of Destroyed Areas 9,814 1.18 1 New Latgalian Non-Partisan Union 7,247 0.87 1 New Ceire Cion 6,422 0.77 1 0 Labour League of Latvia 6,309 0.76 0 New Bund 5,733 0.69 1 0 United Citizens' List 4,138 0.50 0 New Union of Christian and Working People 3,530 0.42 0 New War Invalids' List 3,496 0.42 0 0 LDP 3,331 0.40 0 New Jewish National Democratic Party 2,723 0.33 0 New United List of Latgalian United Workers, Craftsmen, Small Landholders and Labour Intelligentsia 2,250 0.27 0 New Democrats Union 1,977 0.24 0 New Union of Latvian Belarusian Landless Farmers, Workers and Small Peasant Citizens 1,910 0.23 0 New Union of Riga Outskirts 1,139 0.14 0 New Histadruth-Hacionith 971 0.12 0 New Latgalian Group of Working People 916 0.11 0 New LZSI 874 0.11 0 New Estonian Group 605 0.07 0 0 Latvian National Workers' Party 515 0.06 0 New Russian People's Workers' Party 241 0.03 0 New Salmins 182 0.02 0 New Independent Non-Partisan Economic Group of Latvia 178 0.02 0 New Total 832,085 100.00 100 0 Valid votes 832,085 99.21 Invalid/blank votes 6,610 0.79 Total votes 838,695 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,120,026 74.88 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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