1926 Lithuanian parliamentary election

1926 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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All 85 seats in the Seimas 43 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LVLS Kazys Grinius 22.20 22 +6 LSDP Steponas Kairys 17.03 15 +7 LKDP Mykolas Krupavičius 12.59 14 −3 Farmers' Association Eliziejus Draugelis 11.19 11 −3 Labour Federation Pranas Radzevičius 7.80 5 −7 ŽDS 4.63 3 New LTS Antanas Smetona 4.31 3 New LCRK Kazimierz Janczewski 3.08 3 −1 LDAUP 2.41 1 New MLP George Waschkies 2.06 6 New Farmers' Party Rapolas Skipitis 1.84 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election Leonas Bistras LKDP-LDF-ŪS Mykolas Sleževičius LVLS-LSDP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania between 8 and 10 May 1926.^[1] The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union remained the largest party, winning 24 of the 85 seats in the third Seimas.^[2] They formed a left-wing coalition government with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, which was overthrown in a military coup in December.^[3] The Seimas was disbanded in 1927 and Lithuanian Nationalist Union leader Antanas Smetona was appointed President.^[3]