1931 Latvian parliamentary election

1931 Latvian parliamentary election
Latvia
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Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
LSDSP Pauls Kalniņš 19.23 21 −4
LZS Kārlis Ulmanis 12.25 14 −2
LKZKP Jāzeps Rancāns 8.16 8 +2
SZP 6.33 6 +1
Democratic Centre 6.24 6 +3
LJSP Ādolfs Bļodnieks 5.79 7 +3
LZPA Jezups Trasuns 5.04 5 +2
ADP Paul Schiemann 4.01 5 −1
PA Marģers Skujenieks 2.27 3 New
KNS Gustavs Reinhards 2.19 3 −1
ANNCCP 2.12 2 +1
KVDTP 2.12 2 New
JZA 1.96 2 New
Agudas Israel Mordehai Dubin 1.84 2 +1
APP 1.75 2 New
MKRA 1.57 1 0
Party of the Orthodox Jānis Pommers 1.25 1 −1
Mizrachi Mordechai Nurock 1.22 1 −1
LPAPKDS Leontin Spolianski 1.09 1 −1
Orthodox Voters 1.05 1 New
LDSTA 0.92 1 0
SNZ 0.87 1 New
KZAKSDF 0.86 1 New
NSZS 0.63 1 New
DVDASAA 0.62 1 New
LDS 0.61 1 0
KDLS 0.50 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Kārlis Ulmanis
LZS		 Marģers Skujenieks
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Example of ballot paper from Riga constituency

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 3 and 4 October 1931.[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 21 of the 100 seats.[2] They were the last elections held under the Constitution of Latvia before the 1934 coup d'état and the last competitive elections held under Latvian law until 1993.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1143