Latvian parliamentary election, 1925
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Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 3 and 4 October 1925.[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 32 of the 100 seats.[2]
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.[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] However, only 26.03% of voters made any changes to the lists.[3] To register a list for the election parties needed only collect 100 signatures.[4] A total of 141 lists were registered, although only 93 competed.[4]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 260,987 | 31.4 | 32 | +2 |
| Latvian Farmers' Union | 125,070 | 15.0 | 16 | –1 |
| Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party | 44,231 | 5.3 | 5 | –1 |
| Committee of the German Baltic Parties | 42,248 | 5.1 | 4 | –2 |
| Democratic Centre | 31,680 | 3.8 | 5 | –1 |
| Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers | 30,025 | 3.6 | 4 | –3 |
| National Union | 27,553 | 3.3 | 3 | –1 |
| Old Believers | 20,843 | 2.5 | 2 | +1 |
| Latgalian Progressive Party | 20,131 | 2.4 | 2 | New |
| New Farmers' Union | 18,552 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles | 17,537 | 2.1 | 2 | New |
| Latgalian Labour Party | 15,926 | 1.9 | 2 | –2 |
| Christian National Union | 14,736 | 1.8 | 2 | –2 |
| New Farmers-Small Landowners Party | 14,372 | 1.7 | 3 | New |
| Party for Peace and Order | 13,948 | 1.7 | 2 | New |
| Agudas Israel | 13,477 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Latgalian Farmers Party | 13,203 | 1.6 | 2 | +1 |
| National Farmers' Union | 11,614 | 1.4 | 1 | New |
| Russian Public Workers' Association | 10,662 | 1.3 | 1 | New |
| Mizrachi | 10,544 | 1.3 | 1 | New |
| Party of the Orthodox | 10,245 | 1.2 | 2 | New |
| Congress of Destroyed Areas | 9,814 | 1.2 | 1 | New |
| Latgalian Non-Partisan Union | 7,247 | 0.9 | 1 | New |
| Zionist Party | 6,422 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Latvian Work Union | 6,309 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
| Bund | 5,733 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| United Citizens' List | 4,138 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
| Union of Christian and Working People | 3,530 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| War Invalids' List | 3,496 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| LDP | 3,331 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Jewish National Democratic Party | 2,723 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| United List of Latgalian United Workers, Craftsmen, Small Landholders and Labour Intelligentsia | 2,250 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Democrats Union | 1,977 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Union of Latvian Belarusian Landless Farmers, Workers and Small Peasant Citizens | 1,910 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Union of Riga Outskirts | 1,139 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Histadruth-Hacionith | 971 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Latgalian Group of Working People | 916 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| LZSI | 874 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Estonian Group | 605 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvian National Workers' Party | 515 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Russian People's Workers' Party | 241 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Salmins | 182 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Independent Non-Partisan Economic Group of Latvia | 178 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,610 | – | – | – |
| Total | 838,695 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,120,026 | 74.9 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
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