1928 Latvian parliamentary election

none Latvia 6–7 October 1928 1925 1931 Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party Pauls Kalniņš 24.34 25 32 Latvian Farmers' Union Kārlis Ulmanis 14.97 16 16 LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 6.17 6 5 LTU 5.61 5 New ADP Paul Schiemann 4.66 6 4 LJSP 4.03 4 3 LDZA 3.17 3 2 PTA Jezups Trasuns 2.79 3 2 KNS 2.72 4 2 LNSP 2.43 2 New NA Arveds Bergs 2.26 2 3 Old Believers Meletijs Kaļistratovs 1.95 2 2 Democratic Centre (Latvia) 1.89 3 5 Party of the Orthodox Jānis Pommers 1.83 2 2 ZPwŁ Jan Wierzbicki 1.74 2 2 Mizrachi 1.63 2 1 MKRA 1.58 1 2 LPAPKDS Leontin Spoliansk 1.57 2 1 ANNCCP 1.52 1 New LDSTA 1.38 1 0 SDML Marģers Skujenieks 1.27 2 4 Agudas Israel Mordehai Dubin 1.06 1 2 Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 0.81 1 1 LSDSP 0.68 1 New LDS 0.63 1 New Bund Noah Meisel 0.57 1 1 KDLS 0.48 1 0 Prime Minister Pēteris Juraševskis Democratic Centre (Latvia) Hugo Celmiņš Latvian Farmers' Union Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 and 7 October 1928.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1143 Electoral system For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 100 MPs using proportional representation (an increase from 97), with the three seats that had previously been awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies were scrapped.Nohlen & Stöver, p1113 The list system used was made flexible, as voters were able to cross out candidates' names and replace them with names from other lists, a system 32% of voters took advantage of. Whilst previously parties needed only collect 100 signatures to register for an election,Nohlen & Stöver, p1105 the system was changed for this election, with a deposit of 1,000 lats introduced, which was only refunded if parties won a seat. Combined with the scrapping of the three compensatory seats, this had the effect of reducing the number of registering parties, which fell from 141 to 120. Of the 120, only 66 contested the election. Results Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 226340 25 –7 Latvian Farmers' Union 139173 16 0 Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party 57336 6 +1 Left Trade Unions 52136 5 New Committee of the German Baltic Parties 43352 6 +2 New Farmers-Small Landowners Party 37435 4 +1 Latgalian Progressive Party 29449 3 +1 Progressive People's Union 25902 3 +1 Christian National Union 25254 4 +2 Independent Socialists 22570 2 New National Union 20978 2 –1 United List of Old Believers 18150 2 0 Democratic Centre 17604 3 –2 Party of the Orthodox 17006 2 0 Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles 16197 2 0 Mizrachi 15145 2 +1 Party for Peace and Order 14736 1 –1 Russian Public Workers' Association 14592 2 +1 Party of Former Money Depositors 14096 1 New Labour League of Latvia 12820 1 +1 Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers 11774 2 –2 Agudas Israel 9827 1 –1 New Farmers' Union 7545 0 –3 Ceire Cion 7529 1 0 National People's Association 7213 0 New Women's Union 6443 0 0 Latgalian Social Democrats 6327 1 New Latgalian Latvian Union 5853 1 New Economic Centre, Dischargees, Traders and Industrialists' List 5656 0 New Bund 5302 1 0 Radical Democrats 5247 0 New Economic Association 5179 0 New Union of Christian and Working People 4484 1 +1 United Farmers 4346 0 New Association of Russian Farmers 3976 0 New Jewish Democratic Bloc 2496 0 New List of Lithuanians and Catholics 2268 0 New Latgalian Russian Small and Landless Farmers' List 2068 0 New Independent Farmers of Latgale and Workers' List 1922 0 New Orthodox and Public Workers' List 1535 0 New People's Work Party List 1232 0 New People's Rights and Health Defenders List 723 0 New Jewish Economic Bloc 667 0 New 7324 0 1182426 Nohlen & Stöver References Latvia Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Latvia