1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election

Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in Lithuania between 14 and 16 April 1920.[1] The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 24 of the 112 seats.[2]

1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Lithuania
14–16 April 1920

All 112 seats in the Constituent Assembly
56 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats
LKDP Mykolas Krupavičius 35.16 24
Peasant Union 17.05 19
LSDP 12.76 13
Labour Federation Antanas Matulaitis 10.25 15
ŽDS 6.55 6
LSLDP 5.75 9
LCRK 4.27 3
Farmers' Association Aleksandras Stulginskis 1.10 20
LVK 1.05 1
Independents 0.81 2

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party239,90035.1624
Peasant Union116,29817.0519
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania87,05112.7613
Labour Federation69,90710.2515
Democratic Jewish Union44,7096.556
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party39,2645.759
Central Polish Electoral Committee29,1564.273
Economic and Political Union of Lithuanian Farmers7,6511.120
Farmers' Association7,5351.1020
Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers7,4981.100
Lithuanian German Committee7,1941.051
Party of National Progress4,2880.630
Polish List3,6650.540
Party of Workers, Public Servants and the Landless3,5130.510
Group of the Landless and those owning very little land3,1240.460
Democratic National Freedom League2,5910.380
Union of Working People2,5350.370
Group of Landless in Biržai8170.120
Kybartai German Group410.010
Independents5,5440.812
Total682,281100.00112
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1218
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