1923 Lithuanian parliamentary election

none Lithuania 1918 1922 1926 All 78 seats in the Seimas 40 1923 05 12 1923 05 13 yes Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union Kazys Grinius 17.88 16 new Lithuanian Labour Federation Pranas Radzevičius 14.91 12 11 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Mykolas Krupavičius 14.45 14 17 Farmers' Association Eliziejus Draugelis 14.42 14 12 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Steponas Kairys 11.29 8 11 United Minorities 11.03 10 new Central Polish Electoral Committee Kazimierz Janczewski 4.05 4 1 1923 Lithuanian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Ernestas Galvanauskas LKDP-LDF-ŪS Ernestas Galvanauskas LKDP-LDF-ŪS Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 and 13 May 1923.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union emerged as the largest party in the second Seimas, winning 16 of the 78 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1218 However, the Labour Federation, Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the Farmers' Association won a majority of seats. The elections were exceptionally successful for parties and lists representing ethnic minorities (Jews, Poles, Germans and Russians), receiving 18% of the vote and winning 14 seats, the highest total achieved in free and fair elections in Lithuania.Parlamento studijos 4 TAUTINIŲ MAŽUMŲ DALYVAVIMAS RINKIMUOSE Į LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS SEIMĄ 1920-1926 m.: KIEKYBINIŲ CHARAKTERISTIKŲ PROJEKCIJA lt Participation of National Minorities in the Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 1920-1926: A Projection of Quantitative Characteristics Kaubrys Saulius 2005-03-17 125-143 https://etalpykla.lituanistika.lt/object/LT-LDB-0001:J.04~2005~1367155072445/J.04~2005~1367155072445.pdf 2024-09-10 Results #F8F9FA 8 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 16 Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union 4 Central Polish Electoral Committee 10 United Minorities 12 Lithuanian Labour Federation 14 Farmers' Association 14 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union 161195 16 New Labour Federation 134393 12 +1 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 130211 14 –1 Farmers' Association 129942 14 +2 Social Democratic Party 101778 8 –3 United Minorities 99379 10 New Central Polish Electoral Committee 50064 4 +2 Workers' Group 23126 0 –5 Labour Union of Polish Christian Workers in Kaunas 13688 0 New Party of National Progress 10568 0 0 Economic and Political Union of Lithuanian Farmers 8014 0 0 Group of Workers and Poor Peasants 6797 0 0 Land and Freedom 4428 0 0 Democratic National Freedom League 4112 0 New Dalgis 3136 0 0 Union of Evangelical Lutherans 2197 0 New Party of the Landless and those who have very little land 1364 0 0 Jewish Workers' Party 1048 0 New Polish Catholics' Party 499 0 New Polish Workers' Party 484 0 New Union of Lithuanian Evangelical Farmers 363 0 New Individualists 294 0 New Party of Russians and Belarusians 106 0 0 Achdus 53 0 0 Poor peasant groups (8) 8101 0 – Workers groups (4) 2716 0 – Independents 3281 0 0 0 Nohlen & Stöver, Lietuvos statistikos metraštishttps://osp.stat.gov.lt/services-portlet/pub-edition-file?id=13581 Lietuvos statistikos metraštis 1924–1926 m. Valstybės spaustuvė 1927 I Kaunas 80–83 lt Seats by electoral district Electoral list I (Marijampolė) II (Kaunas) III (Raseiniai) IV (Telšiai) V (Panevėžys) VI (Utena) Total Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union 2 2 3 3 4 2 16 Lithuanian Labour Federation 2 2 1 2 3 2 12 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 2 2 2 2 3 3 14 Farmers' Association 3 2 2 2 3 2 14 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 1 2 1 − 3 1 8 United Minorities 2 4 1 − − 3 10 Central Polish Electoral Committee − 1 1 − 2 − 4 Total 12 15 11 9 18 13 78 References Lithuania Parliamentary Lithuania Category:Parliamentary elections in Lithuania