1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly election

none Latvia 17–18 April 1920 1922 yes Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party Andrejs Petrevics 38.67 57 Latvian Farmers' Union Kārlis Ulmanis 17.79 26 Latgalian Farmers Party 10.26 17 ADP Paul Schiemann 4.54 6 Democrats Union 4.17 6 Workers' Party 3.96 6 LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 3.73 6 BPG 3.36 6 KNS Gustavs Reinhards 2.28 3 BAS 1.98 3 KPG 1.92 4 Jewish Bloc 1.80 5 LBBMG 1.57 2 Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 1.16 1 LLP 0.92 1 APP 0.78 1 1920 Latvian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency. Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis Latvian Farmers' Union Kārlis Ulmanis Latvian Farmers' Union Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Latvia on 17 and 18 April 1920.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest party in the Constitutional Assembly, winning 57 of the 150 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1137 The elections were boycotted by communist parties.Nohlen & Stöver, p1103 The Constitutional Assembly was responsible for drafting a constitution, which was approved on 15 February and promulgated on 7 November 1922. Results Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 274877 57 Latvian Farmers' Union 126434 26 Latgalian Farmers Party 72961 17 Committee of the German Baltic Parties 32256 6 Democrats Union 29662 6 Workers' Party 28117 6 Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party 26534 6 Group of Non-Partisan Citizens 23867 6 Christian National Union 16218 3 Agrarian Union of the Landless 14078 3 Russian Citizens Groups 13651 4 Jewish Bloc 12764 5 Non-Partisan Landless Farmers 11180 2 Ceire Cion 8254 1 Latgale People Party 6539 1 United Polish Parties 5525 1 List of Lithuanians and Catholics 2038 0 Working Group of Landless Farmers and Workers 1588 0 List of Soldier Candidates 1497 0 Latgalian Folk United Non-Partisan Group 1026 0 List of Revolutionaries and Socialists 724 0 Women's Union 436 0 Jews of Ludza 152 0 Working Group of Jēkabmiests Village 87 0 Others 424 0 709004 1930 0 797662 Nohlen & StöverThe reported number of valid votes was 1,885 less than the total number of votes received by contesting parties. References Latvia Constitutional Assembly Category:Parliamentary elections in Latvia Category:Independence of Latvia Category:Constituent assembly elections in Europe