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1928 Latvian parliamentary election

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1928 Latvian parliamentary election
Latvia
← 1925 6–7 October 1928 1931 →
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
LSDSP Pauls Kalniņš 24.34 25 −7
LZS Kārlis Ulmanis 14.97 16 0
LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 6.17 6 +1
LTU 5.61 5 New
ADP Paul Schiemann 4.66 6 +2
LJSP 4.03 4 +1
LDZA 3.17 3 +1
PTA Jezups Trasuns 2.79 3 +1
KNS 2.72 4 +2
LNSP 2.43 2 New
NA Arveds Bergs 2.26 2 −1
Old Believers Meletijs Kaļistratovs 1.95 2 0
Democratic Centre 1.89 3 −2
Party of the Orthodox Jānis Pommers 1.83 2 0
ZPwŁ Jan Wierzbicki 1.74 2 0
Mizrachi 1.63 2 +1
MKRA 1.58 1 −1
LPAPKDS Leontin Spoliansk 1.57 2 +1
ANNCCP 1.52 1 New
LDSTA 1.38 1 +1
SDML Marģers Skujenieks 1.27 2 −2
Agudas Israel Mordehai Dubin 1.06 1 −1
Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 0.81 1 0
LSDSP 0.68 1 New
LDS 0.63 1 New
Bund Noah Meisel 0.57 1 0
KDLS 0.48 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Pēteris Juraševskis
Democratic Centre
Hugo Celmiņš
LZS

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 and 7 October 1928.[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats.[2]

Electoral system

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For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 100 MPs using proportional representation (an increase from 97), with the three seats that had previously been awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies were scrapped.[3]

The list system used was made flexible, as voters were able to cross out candidates' names and replace them with names from other lists,[3] a system 32% of voters took advantage of.[3] Whilst previously parties needed only collect 100 signatures to register for an election,[4] the system was changed for this election, with a deposit of 1,000 lats introduced, which was only refunded if parties won a seat.[3] Combined with the scrapping of the three compensatory seats, this had the effect of reducing the number of registering parties, which fell from 141 to 120.[4] Of the 120, only 66 contested the election.[4]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party226,34024.3425–7
Latvian Farmers' Union139,17314.97160
Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party57,3366.176+1
Left Trade Unions52,1365.615New
Committee of the German Baltic Parties43,3524.666+2
New Farmers-Small Landowners Party37,4354.034+1
Latgalian Progressive Party29,4493.173+1
Progressive People's Union25,9022.793+1
Christian National Union25,2542.724+2
Independent Socialists22,5702.432New
National Union20,9782.262–1
United List of Old Believers18,1501.9520
Democratic Centre17,6041.893–2
Party of the Orthodox17,0061.8320
Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles16,1971.7420
Mizrachi15,1451.632+1
Party for Peace and Order14,7361.581–1
Russian Public Workers' Association14,5921.572+1
Party of Former Money Depositors14,0961.521New
Labour League of Latvia12,8201.381+1
Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers11,7741.272–2
Agudas Israel9,8271.061–1
New Farmers' Union7,5450.810–3
Ceire Cion7,5290.8110
National People's Association7,2130.780New
Women's Union6,4430.6900
Latgalian Social Democrats6,3270.681New
Latgalian Latvian Union5,8530.631New
Economic Centre, Dischargees, Traders and Industrialists' List5,6560.610New
Bund5,3020.5710
Radical Democrats5,2470.560New
Economic Association5,1790.560New
Union of Christian and Working People4,4840.481+1
United Farmers4,3460.470New
Association of Russian Farmers3,9760.430New
Jewish Democratic Bloc2,4960.270New
List of Lithuanians and Catholics2,2680.240New
Latgalian Russian Small and Landless Farmers' List2,0680.220New
Independent Farmers of Latgale and Workers' List1,9220.210New
Orthodox and Public Workers' List1,5350.170New
People's Work Party List1,2320.130New
People's Rights and Health Defenders List7230.080New
Jewish Economic Bloc6670.070New
Total929,883100.001000
Valid votes929,88399.22
Invalid/blank votes7,3240.78
Total votes937,207100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,182,42679.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1143
  3. ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, p1113
  4. ^ a b c Nohlen & Stöver, p1105