1926 Lithuanian parliamentary election

none Lithuania 1918 1923 1936 All 85 seats in the Seimas 43 1926 05 08 1926 05 10 yes Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union Kazys Grinius 22.20 22 16 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Steponas Kairys 17.03 15 8 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Mykolas Krupavičius 12.59 14 17 Lithuanian Labour Federation Pranas Radzevičius 7.80 5 12 Farmers' Association Eliziejus Draugelis 11.19 11 14 Democratic Jewish Union 4.63 3 new Lithuanian Nationalist Union Antanas Smetona 4.31 3 new Central Polish Electoral Committee Kazimierz Janczewski 3.08 3 4 LDAUP 2.41 1 new Memel Agricultural Party George Waschkies 2.06 6 new Farmers' Party (Lithuania) Rapolas Skipitis 1.84 2 new Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Leonas Bistras LKDP-LDF-ŪS Mykolas Sleževičius LVLS-LSDP 1926 Lithuanian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency. Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania between 8 and 10 May 1926.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union remained the largest party, winning 24 of the 85 seats in the third Seimas.Nohlen & Stöver, p1218 They formed a left-wing coalition government with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, which was overthrown in a military coup in December.Nohlen & Stöver, p1188 The Seimas was disbanded in 1927 and Lithuanian Nationalist Union leader Antanas Smetona was appointed President. Results #F8F9FA 15 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 22 Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union 1 Party of Polish Workers, Artisans and Farmers 3 Central Polish Electoral Committee 3 Democratic Jewish Union 2 Farmers' Party (Lithuania) 6 Memel Agricultural Party 5 Lithuanian Labour Federation 11 Farmers' Association 14 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 3 Lithuanian Nationalist Union Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union 225797 22 +6 Social Democratic Party 173250 15 +7 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 128126 14 0 Farmers' Association 113819 11 –3 Labour Federation 79315 5 –7 Democratic Jewish Union 47142 3 New Lithuanian Nationalist Union 43841 3 New Central Polish Electoral Committee 31349 3 –1 Party of Polish Workers, Artisans and Farmers 24473 1 New Memel Agricultural Party 20944 6 New Farmers' Party 18741 2 +2 Memel People's Party 18496 0 New Jewish Economic and Religious Party 16702 0 New German Evangelical Party 9658 0 New Party of Russians and Belarusians 8022 0 0 Memel Workers' Party 3000 0 New Union of Latvians in Lithuania 2358 0 New Party of Catholics and Abstainers 2343 0 New Company of House and Land Owners 2235 0 New Union of Russian Democrats 1617 0 New Union of Evangelical Lutherans 1340 0 New Party of Public Servants of Klaipėda 1158 0 New Party for an Autonomous Klaipėda 937 0 New Party of Samogitian Women 828 0 New Poles of Jonava 431 0 New German Evangelicals of Marijampolė 404 0 New Party of Polish Farmers and Workers 256 0 New Party of Polish Workers 253 0 0 Lithuanian National Organisation in Kedainiai 230 0 New Party of Evangelical Lithuanians 203 0 New Catholic Nationalists 169 0 New Polish Party "For Creed and Homeland" 149 0 New Polish Catholic Party 116 0 0 Tenants' Party 94 0 New Party of Public Servants 71 0 New Workers groups (6) 20074 0 0 Poor peasants and small farmers groups 19352 0 0 2178 +7 1179538 Nohlen & Stöver, Ragauskas & Tamošaitis,Aivas Ragauskas Mindaugas Tamošaitis Lietuvos Respublikos Seimų I (1922–1923), II (1923–1926), III (1926–1927), IV (1936–1940) narių biografinis žodynas https://www.academia.edu/9775690 Didysis Lietuvos parlamentarų biografinis žodynas 3 978-9955-20-345-2 Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas 2007 lt 269 Lietuvos statistikos metraštis (without seats)https://osp.stat.gov.lt/services-portlet/pub-edition-file?id=13581 84–89 IV. Statistique intellectuelle. 1927 LIETUVOS STATISTIKOS METRAŠTIS 1924-1926 m. Results by constituency accurate seat distribution no German parties February 2024 PartyI II III IV V VI XPopular Peasants' Union26.1 17.5 26.3 30.6 19.5 26.1 1.6Social Democratic Party15.0 19.3 20.3 15.7 20.0 15.0 13.3Christian Democratic Party13.8 9.3 12.3 15.9 14.1 15.9 Farmers' Association16.4 8.5 12.7 15.0 10.7 11.2 Labour Federation8.1 7.7 7.0 10.6 9.8 6.3 1.0Democratic Jewish Union5.7 6.2 4.8 4.1 4.3 4.5Nationalist Union7.71.912.34.7LCRK/CPKW4.54.05.20.51.83.6LDAŪ6.61.35.4Memel Agricultural Party35.6Farmers' Party4.81.70.32.42.70.5Memel People's Party31.4ŽETS1.32.61.62.11.81.2German Evangelical Party1.33.11.30.2Source: Lietuvos statistikos metraštis Result analysis For the first time since the 1920 election, Christian Democrats did not win a majority. The loss is variously explained. Party leader Mykolas Krupavičius blamed political ignorance of the public, political agitation by the opposition that went "beyond any limits of decency," and financial crisis. Stasys Šalkauskis stated that, during the six years in power, the opposition united against the Christian Democrats. Historian Algimantas Kasparavičius listed the following reasons for the decline of Christian Democrats:Tarp politikos ir diplomatijos: Šventasis Sostas ir Lietuvos Respublika https://archive.org/details/kasparavicius-tarp-politikos-ir-diplomatijos-2008/ Algimantas Kasparavičius 2008 Lietuvos istorijos instituto leidykla lt 978-9955-847-03-8 255–256 Inability to resolve the conflict over Vilnius Region with the Second Polish Republic Diplomatic conflict with the Holy See after the Concordat of 1925 with Poland Internal disagreements within the party, particularly regarding the foreign policy Intrigues and interference of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of Lithuania Attempts at restricting democratic freedoms by administrative means Involvement of the Catholic Church in politics Policies against national minorities and opposition Economic difficulties and lack of foreign investments Difficulties implementing the 1922 Land Reform in Lithuania Corruption scandals (e.g. Juozas Purickis, Vytautas Petrulis) Changes in the electorate due to the incorporation of Klaipėda Region (the region was primarily Lutheran) References Lithuania Parliamentary Lithuania Category:Parliamentary elections in Lithuania