1922 Latvian parliamentary election

none 7–8 October 1922 Latvia 1920 1925 51 All 100 seats in the Saeima 83.14% Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party Jānis Pliekšāns 30.56 30 57 Latvian Farmers' Union Kārlis Ulmanis 16.77 17 26 Democratic Centre (Latvia) Jānis Čakste 7.26 6 New SDML Marģers Skujenieks 6.26 7 New LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 5.96 6 6 ADP Paul Schiemann 5.32 6 6 KNS Gustavs Reinhards 4.17 4 New BNC Arveds Bergs 3.72 4 New LZDP Jezups Trasuns 3.50 4 New ENB 2.10 2 New JS Oto Nonācs 1.94 3 New VJS 1.80 2 New APP 1.58 1 1 Old Believers Meletijs Kaļistratovs 1.56 1 New Agudas Israel (Latvia) Mordehai Dubin 1.44 2 New LZP 1.08 1 17 LKS 1.07 1 0 LTA 0.86 1 New Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 0.65 1 1 Bund Noah Meisel 0.30 1 New Prime Minister Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Latvian Farmers' Union Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Latvian Farmers' Union Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 7 and 8 October 1922.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 30 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 19.97% 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 88 lists registered, but only 43 contested the election. There was no voter roll, but instead passports were used to identify voters. Results Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 241947 30 –27 Latvian Farmers' Union 132764 17 –9 Democratic Centre 57438 6 New Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers 49595 7 New Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party 47202 6 0 Committee of the German Baltic Parties 42088 6 0 Christian National Union 33043 4 New Non-Partisan National Centre 29457 4 New Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party 27697 4 New Jewish National Bloc 16631 2 New New Farmers' Union 15392 3 New United List of Russians 14229 2 New United Polish Parties 12473 1 0 Latvian Old Believers' Central Committee 12318 1 New Agudas Israel 11429 2 New Latgalian Farmers Party 8522 1 –16 List of Lithuanians and Catholics 8490 1 +1 Latgalian People's Party 6771 1 New Ceire Cion 5156 1 0 Fishermens' Union 4008 0 New Land Workers' Association 2667 0 New Bund 2409 1 New Latgalian Workers' Association 1918 0 New Belarusian List 1548 0 New Independent Russian Association 1479 0 New War Invalids' List 1230 0 New Independent Colonel Jansons 1181 0 New Estonian Group 1063 0 New Abstainers' List 1031 0 New Latgalian Villagers 467 0 New Jewish People's Party 47 0 New 9168 –50 963257 Nohlen & Stöver References External links Detailed results https://web.archive.org/web/20190526015502/https://www.cvk.lv/uploads/files/Veidlapas/1_Saeimas_velesanu_rezultati.pdf 26 May 2019 lv Latvia Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Latvia Latvia