1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election

none Lithuania 1918 14–16 April 1920 yes 1922 All 112 seats in the Constituent Assembly 56 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Mykolas Krupavičius 46 35.16 Peasant Union 20 17.05 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 13 12.76 Lithuanian Labour Federation Antanas Matulaitis 10 10.25 Democratic Jewish Union 6 6.55 Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party 9 5.75 Central Polish Electoral Committee 3 4.27 Farmers' Association Aleksandras Stulginskis 3 1.10 German Committee 1 1.05 Socialist Company 1 1.10 1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency Constituent Assembly elections were held in Lithuania between 14 and 16 April 1920.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 46 of the 112 seats. Together with its allies, the Lithuanian Labour Federation and Farmers' Association, it secured an absolute majority in the Assembly. Electoral system The law on the conduct of Seimas elections was promulgated by the Council of Lithuania in the official newspaper of the government, Vyriausybės žinios (Government News) on 30 October 1919.1919 m. Lietuvos Steigiamojo Seimo rinkimų įstatymas lt Law on Elections to the Lithuanian Constituent Seimas of 1919 Šaltiniai http://www.šaltiniai.info/files/istorija/IH00/1919_Rinkim%C5%B3_%C4%AF_Steigiam%C4%85ji%C4%AF_Seim%C4%85_%C4%AFstatymas.IH1201.pdf 2024-09-10 Elections were to be universal, free and secret, and all citizens of Lithuania, both men and women over 21 years old, were allowed to vote. Citizens 24 years old or older were allowed to stand for election. The elections were held using party-list proportional representation in nine multi-member constituencies. In practice, elections took place in only six of the nine constituencies as constituencies VII (Vilnius), VIII (Lida) and IX (Hrodna) were allocated to territories occupied by Poland during the Polish–Lithuanian War in 1920. Parties and electoral groups (kuopa) were allowed to submit lists of candidates in constituencies, which had to be signed by at least fifty voters. As a result, there was a large number of small electoral lists in every constituency. Results #F8F9FA 13 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 1 Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers 9 Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party 20 Peasant Union 3 Central Polish Electoral Committee 6 Democratic Jewish Union 1 Lithuanian German Committee 10 Lithuanian Labour Federation 3 Farmers' Association 46 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 239900 46 Peasant Union 116298 20 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 87051 13 Labour Federation 69907 10 Democratic Jewish Union 44709 6 Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party 39264 9 Central Polish Electoral Committee 29156 3 Economic and Political Union of Lithuanian Farmers 7651 0 Farmers' Association 7535 3 Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers Darbininkų ir ūkininkų socialistinė kuopa 7498 1 Lithuanian German Committee 7194 1 Party of National Progress 4288 0 Polish List Lista polska 3665 0 Workers, Public Servants and the Landless Darbininkų ir tarnautojų mažažemių ir bežemių 3513 0 Group of the Landless and Small Landowners of Panevėžys Bežemių ir mažažažemių darbo skiuzdėlių grupės Panevežro ap. 3134 0 Santara 2591 0 Union of Working People Darbo žmonių sąjunga 2535 0 Group of Landless in Biržai Bežemių ir mažažamių ūkininkų grupė Biržų apskrityje 817 0 Kybartai German Group Kybartų vokiečių grupė 41 0 Independents 5544 0 Nohlen & Stöver, Lietuvos statistikos metraštis,Lietuvos statistikos metraštis 1924–1926 m. https://osp.stat.gov.lt/services-portlet/pub-edition-file?id=13581 I Kaunas Valstybės spaustuvė 1927 lt 72–73 Lietuva Seats by electoral district Electoral listhttps://www.epaveldas.lt/preview?id=LNB00AD2076-1920-Geg.4 4 May 1920 97 379 lt 1 Lietuva Į Steigiamąjį Seimą: Galutiniai vaisiai rinkimų į St. Seimą I (Marijampolė) II (Kaunas) III (Raseiniai) IV (Telšiai) V (Panevėžys) VI (Utena) Total Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 14 3 7 6 8 8 46 Peasant Union 3 2 4 5 2 4 20 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania − 3 2 − 6 2 13 Lithuanian Labour Federation − 4 − − 6 − 10 Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party 3 1 2 1 1 1 9 Democratic Jewish Union 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 Farmers' Association − 3 − − − − 3 Central Polish Electoral Committee − 2 1 − − − 3 Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers − − − 1 − − 1 Lithuanian German Committee − 1 − − − − 1 Total 21 20 17 14 24 16 112 See also List of members of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania References Lithuania Parliament Category:Parliamentary elections in Lithuania Lithuania