1926 Lithuanian parliamentary election

1926 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Lithuania
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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.
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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]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union225,79722.2022+6
Social Democratic Party173,25017.0315+7
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party128,12612.59140
Farmers' Association113,81911.1911–3
Labour Federation79,3157.805–7
Democratic Jewish Union47,1424.633New
Lithuanian Nationalist Union43,8414.313New
Central Polish Electoral Committee31,3493.083–1
Party of Polish Workers, Artisans and Farmers24,4732.411New
Memel Agricultural Party20,9442.066New
Farmers' Party18,7411.842+2
Memel People's Party18,4961.820New
Jewish Economic and Religious Party16,7021.640New
German Evangelical Party9,6580.950New
Party of Russians and Belarusians8,0220.7900
Memel Workers' Party3,0000.290New
Union of Latvians in Lithuania2,3580.230New
Party of Catholics and Abstainers2,3430.230New
Company of House and Land Owners2,2350.220New
Union of Russian Democrats1,6170.160New
Union of Evangelical Lutherans1,3400.130New
Party of Public Servants of Klaipėda1,1580.110New
Party for an Autonomous Klaipėda9370.090New
Party of Samogitian Women8280.080New
Poles of Jonava4310.040New
German Evangelicals of Marijampolė4040.040New
Party of Polish Farmers and Workers2560.030New
Party of Polish Workers2530.0200
Lithuanian National Organisation in Kedainiai2300.020New
Party of Evangelical Lithuanians2030.020New
Catholic Nationalists1690.020New
Polish Party "For Creed and Homeland"1490.010New
Polish Catholic Party1160.0100
Tenants' Party940.010New
Party of Public Servants710.010New
Workers groups (6)20,0741.9700
Poor peasants and small farmers groups19,3521.9000
Total1,017,293100.0085+7
Valid votes1,017,29399.79
Invalid/blank votes2,1780.21
Total votes1,019,471100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,179,53886.43
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Ragauskas & Tamošaitis,[4] Lietuvos statistikos metraštis (without seats)[5]

Results by constituency

Party I II III IV V VI X
Popular Peasants' Union 26.1 17.5 26.3 30.6 19.5 26.1 1.6
Social Democratic Party 15.0 19.3 20.3 15.7 20.0 15.0 13.3
Christian Democratic Party 13.8 9.3 12.3 15.9 14.1 15.9 —
Farmers' Association 16.4 8.5 12.7 15.0 10.7 11.2 —
Labour Federation 8.1 7.7 7.0 10.6 9.8 6.3 1.0
Democratic Jewish Union 5.7 6.2 4.8 4.1 4.3 4.5 —
Nationalist Union — 7.7 1.9 12.3 4.7 — —
LCRK/CPKW 4.5 4.0 5.2 0.5 1.8 3.6 —
LDAŪ — 6.6 — — 1.3 5.4 —
Memel Agricultural Party — — — — — — 35.6
Farmers' Party 4.8 1.7 0.3 2.4 2.7 0.5 —
Memel People's Party — — — — — — 31.4
ŽETS 1.3 2.6 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.2 —
German Evangelical Party 1.3 3.1 1.3 0.2 — — —
Source: Lietuvos statistikos metraštis[5]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1218
  3. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1188
  4. ^ Ragauskas, Aivas; Tamošaitis, Mindaugas, eds. (2007). Lietuvos Respublikos Seimų I (1922–1923), II (1923–1926), III (1926–1927), IV (1936–1940) narių biografinis žodynas. Didysis Lietuvos parlamentarų biografinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas. p. 269. ISBN 978-9955-20-345-2.
  5. ^ a b "IV. Statistique intellectuelle.". LIETUVOS STATISTIKOS METRAŠTIS 1924-1926 m. 1927. pp. 84–89.