1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly election

1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly election
Latvia
17–18 April 1920 1922 →
Party Leader Vote % Seats
LSDSP Andrejs Petrevics 38.67 57
LZS Kārlis Ulmanis 17.79 26
Latgalian Farmers Party 10.26 17
ADP Paul Schiemann 4.54 6
Democrats Union 4.17 6
Workers' Party 3.96 6
LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 3.73 6
BPG 3.36 6
KNS Gustavs Reinhards 2.28 3
BAS 1.98 3
KPG 1.92 4
Jewish Bloc 1.80 5
LBBMG 1.57 2
Ceire Cion Max Lazerson 1.16 1
LLP 0.92 1
APP 0.78 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Kārlis Ulmanis
LZS		 Kārlis Ulmanis
LZS
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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Latvia on 17 and 18 April 1920.[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest party in the Constitutional Assembly, winning 57 of the 150 seats.[2] The elections were boycotted by communist parties.[3] The Constitutional Assembly was responsible for drafting a constitution, which was approved on 15 February and promulgated on 7 November 1922.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1137
  3. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1103