1925 Latvian parliamentary election

none 3–4 October 1925 Latvia 1922 1928 51 All 100 seats in the Saeima 74.88% Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party Jānis Pliekšāns 31.37 32 30 Latvian Farmers' Union Kārlis Ulmanis 15.03 16 17 LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 5.32 5 6 ADP Paul Schiemann 5.08 4 6 Democratic Centre (Latvia) 3.81 5 6 SDML Marģers Skujenieks 3.61 4 7 National Union Arveds Bergs 3.31 3 4 Old Believers Meletijs Kaļistratovs 2.50 2 1 LPP 2.42 2 New JS Oto Nonācs 2.23 3 3 ZPwŁ Jan Wierzbicki 2.11 2 New LDP Jezups Trasuns 1.91 2 4 KNS Gustavs Reinhards 1.77 2 4 LJSP Ādolfs Bļodnieks 1.73 3 New MKRA 1.68 2 New Agudas Israel (Latvia) Mordehai Dubin 1.62 2 2 LZP 1.59 2 1 NZS Kārlis Kvelbergs 1.40 1 New KPSDAS Leontin Spolianski 1.28 1 New Mizrachi Mordechai Nurock 1.27 1 New Party of the Orthodox Jānis Pommers 1.23 2 New IAKAS 1.18 1 New LBS 0.87 1 New Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 0.77 1 1 Bund Noah Meisel 0.69 1 1 Prime Minister Hugo Celmiņš Latvian Farmers' Union Kārlis Ulmanis Latvian Farmers' Union Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 3 and 4 October 1925.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 32 of the 100 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1143 Electoral system For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 97 MPs using proportional representation. The three remaining seats were awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies.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. However, only 26.03% of voters made any changes to the lists. To register a list for the election parties needed only collect 100 signatures.Nohlen & Stöver, p1105 A total of 141 lists were registered, although only 93 competed. Results Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 260987 32 +2 Latvian Farmers' Union 125070 16 –1 Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party 44231 5 –1 Committee of the German Baltic Parties 42248 4 –2 Democratic Centre 31680 5 –1 Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers 30025 4 –3 National Union 27553 3 –1 Old Believers 20843 2 +1 Latgalian Progressive Party 20131 2 New New Farmers' Union 18552 3 0 Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles 17537 2 New Latgalian Labour Party 15926 2 –2 Christian National Union 14736 2 –2 New Farmers-Small Landowners Party 14372 3 New Party for Peace and Order 13948 2 New Agudas Israel 13477 2 0 Latgalian Farmers Party 13203 2 +1 National Farmers' Union 11614 1 New Russian Public Workers' Association 10662 1 New Mizrachi 10544 1 New Party of the Orthodox 10245 2 New Congress of Destroyed Areas 9814 1 New Latgalian Non-Partisan Union 7247 1 New Ceire Cion 6422 1 0 Labour League of Latvia 6309 0 New Bund 5733 1 0 United Citizens' List 4138 0 New Union of Christian and Working People 3530 0 New War Invalids' List 3496 0 0 LDP 3331 0 New Jewish National Democratic Party 2723 0 New United List of Latgalian United Workers, Craftsmen, Small Landholders and Labour Intelligentsia 2250 0 New Democrats Union 1977 0 New Union of Latvian Belarusian Landless Farmers, Workers and Small Peasant Citizens 1910 0 New Union of Riga Outskirts 1139 0 New Histadruth-Hacionith 971 0 New Latgalian Group of Working People 916 0 New LZSI 874 0 New Estonian Group 605 0 0 Latvian National Workers' Party 515 0 New Russian People's Workers' Party 241 0 New Salmins 182 0 New Independent Non-Partisan Economic Group of Latvia 178 0 New 6610 0 1120026 Nohlen & Stöver References Latvia Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Latvia Latvian parliamentary election