Democrats Union

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The Democrats Union (Latvian: Demokrātu savienība, DS) was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period.

History

The party won six seats in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections, becoming the joint fourth-largest party in the Assembly.^[1] It did not run in the 1922 elections, and although it returned for the 1925 elections, the party received just 0.2% of the vote. It did not contest any further elections.^[2]

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1137 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1131

Political parties in Latvia

Saeima (100 seats)	Harmony (24) Unity (23) Union of Greens and Farmers (21) Latvian Farmers' Union Latvian Green Party For Latvia and Ventspils Liepāja Party National Alliance (17) Latvian Association of Regions (8) For Latvia from the Heart (7)

European Parliament (8 seats out of 751)	Unity EPP 4 National Alliance ECR 1 Harmony S&D 1 Latvian Russian Union Greens-EFA 1 Union of Greens and Farmers ALDE 1

Other parties	Christian Democratic Union Reform Party Latvian Development Socialist Party of Latvia Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

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