1922 Latvian presidential election

none August 2021 1922 Latvian presidential election Latvia presidential no 1925 Latvian presidential election 1925 November 14, 1922 120px Jānis Čakste Democratic Centre (Latvia) 92 Latvijas prezidenta vēlēšanas 1922.png 300px Votes by MPs Votes by MPs President Jānis Čakste Democratic Centre The 1922 presidential elections in Latvia took place on November 14, 1922. By agreement between the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party and the Latvian Farmers' Union, Jānis Čakste was nominated as the sole candidate and elected the 1st President of Latvia with 92 votes in favor and 6 abstentions. The President was elected by the 1st Saeima. Candidates CandidateJānis Čakste Election process and results Prior to the elections, the former Chairman of the Constitutional Assembly Jānis Čakste; the organizer of the Latvian Riflemen Battalions, the former Minister of Agriculture Jānis Goldmanis and the Minister of Justice Jānis Pauļuks were all considered as possible candidates for the presidency. Kārlis Ulmanis had refused to run for office, but there were still rumors that the Social Democrats could run the famous poet Rainis as their candidate. In the end, only Čakste was nominated, and with 92 votes (the largest support for a candidate in the history of presidential elections), he became the first President of Latvia.https://www.apollo.lv/portal/life/articles/101136 dead Prezidentu "zīlēšanas" starpkaru Latvijā lv June 9, 2007 Apollo.lv Bormane, Anita https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022816/http://www.apollo.lv/portal/life/articles/101136 September 27, 2007 Jānis Čakste Democratic Centre 92 Against 6 References Category:Presidential elections in Latvia Latvia Category:1922 in Latvia Category:November 1922 in Europe