1923 Lithuanian parliamentary election

1923 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Lithuania
← 1922 12–13 May 1923 (1923-05-12 – 1923-05-13) 1926 →
All 78 seats in the Seimas
40 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
LVLS Kazys Grinius 17.88 16 New
Labour Federation Pranas Radzevičius 14.91 12 +1
LKDP Mykolas Krupavičius 14.45 14 −3
Farmers' Association Eliziejus Draugelis 14.42 14 +2
LSDP Steponas Kairys 11.29 8 −3
United Minorities 11.03 10 New
LCRK Kazimierz Janczewski 4.05 4 +3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Ernestas Galvanauskas
LKDP-LDF-ŪS		 Ernestas Galvanauskas
LKDP-LDF-ŪS
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Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 and 13 May 1923.[1] The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union emerged as the largest party in the second Seimas, winning 16 of the 78 seats.[2] However, the Labour Federation, Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the Farmers' Association won a majority of seats.

The elections were exceptionally successful for parties and lists representing ethnic minorities (Jews, Poles, Germans and Russians), receiving 18% of the vote and winning 14 seats, the highest total achieved in free and fair elections in Lithuania.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1218
  3. ^ Kaubrys, Saulius (2005-03-17). "TAUTINIŲ MAŽUMŲ DALYVAVIMAS RINKIMUOSE Į LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS SEIMĄ 1920-1926 m.: KIEKYBINIŲ CHARAKTERISTIKŲ PROJEKCIJA" [Participation of National Minorities in the Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 1920-1926: A Projection of Quantitative Characteristics] (PDF). Parlamento studijos (in Lithuanian) (4): 125-143. Retrieved 2024-09-10.