1928 Latvian parliamentary election

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Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
LSDSP	Pauls Kalniņš	24.34	25	-7
LZS	Kārlis Ulmanis	14.97	16	0
LKZKP	Jāzeps Rancāns	6.17	6	+1
LTU		5.61	5	New
ADP	Paul Schiemann	4.66	6	+2
LJSP		4.03	4	+1
LDZA		3.17	3	+1
PTA	Jezups Trasuns	2.79	3	+1
KNS		2.72	4	+2
LNSP		2.43	2	New
NA	Arveds Bergs	2.26	2	-1
Old Believers	Meletijs Kaļistratovs	1.95	2	0
Democratic Centre		1.89	3	-2
Party of the Orthodox	Jānis Pommers	1.83	2	0
ZPwŁ	Jan Wierzbicki	1.74	2	0
Mizrachi		1.63	2	+1
MKRA		1.58	1	-1
LPAPKDS	Leontin Spoliansk	1.57	2	+1
ANNCCP		1.52	1	New
LDSTA		1.38	1	+1
SDML	Marģers Skujenieks	1.27	2	-2
Agudas Israel	Mordehai Dubin	1.06	1	-1
Ceire Cion	Max Lazerson	0.81	1	0
LSDSP		0.68	1	New
LDS		0.63	1	New
Bund	Noah Meisel	0.57	1	0
KDLS		0.48	1	+1

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Pēteris Juraševskis Democratic Centre	Hugo Celmiņš LZS

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Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 and 7 October 1928.^[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats.^[2]

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Electoral system

For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 100 MPs using proportional representation (an increase from 97), with the three seats that had previously been awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies were scrapped.^[3]

The list system used was made flexible, as voters were able to cross out candidates' names and replace them with names from other lists,^[3] a system 32% of voters took advantage of.^[3] Whilst previously parties needed only collect 100 signatures to register for an election,^[4] the system was changed for this election, with a deposit of 1,000 lats introduced, which was only refunded if parties won a seat.^[3] Combined with the scrapping of the three compensatory seats, this had the effect of reducing the number of registering parties, which fell from 141 to 120.^[4] Of the 120, only 66 contested the election.^[4]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	226,340	24.34	25	–7
	Latvian Farmers' Union	139,173	14.97	16	0
	Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party	57,336	6.17	6	+1
	Left Trade Unions	52,136	5.61	5	New
	Committee of the German Baltic Parties	43,352	4.66	6	+2
	New Farmers-Small Landowners Party	37,435	4.03	4	+1
	Latgalian Progressive Party	29,449	3.17	3	+1
	Progressive People's Union	25,902	2.79	3	+1
	Christian National Union	25,254	2.72	4	+2
	Independent Socialists	22,570	2.43	2	New
	National Union	20,978	2.26	2	–1
	United List of Old Believers	18,150	1.95	2	0
	Democratic Centre	17,604	1.89	3	–2
	Party of the Orthodox	17,006	1.83	2	0
	Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles	16,197	1.74	2	0
	Mizrachi	15,145	1.63	2	+1
	Party for Peace and Order	14,736	1.58	1	–1
	Russian Public Workers' Association	14,592	1.57	2	+1
	Party of Former Money Depositors	14,096	1.52	1	New
	Labour League of Latvia	12,820	1.38	1	+1
	Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers	11,774	1.27	2	–2
	Agudas Israel	9,827	1.06	1	–1
	New Farmers' Union	7,545	0.81	0	–3
	Ceire Cion	7,529	0.81	1	0
	National People's Association	7,213	0.78	0	New
	Women's Union	6,443	0.69	0	0
	Latgalian Social Democrats	6,327	0.68	1	New
	Latgalian Latvian Union	5,853	0.63	1	New
	Economic Centre, Dischargees, Traders and Industrialists' List	5,656	0.61	0	New
	Bund	5,302	0.57	1	0
	Radical Democrats	5,247	0.56	0	New
	Economic Association	5,179	0.56	0	New
	Union of Christian and Working People	4,484	0.48	1	+1
	United Farmers	4,346	0.47	0	New
	Association of Russian Farmers	3,976	0.43	0	New
	Jewish Democratic Bloc	2,496	0.27	0	New
	List of Lithuanians and Catholics	2,268	0.24	0	New
	Latgalian Russian Small and Landless Farmers' List	2,068	0.22	0	New
	Independent Farmers of Latgale and Workers' List	1,922	0.21	0	New
	Orthodox and Public Workers' List	1,535	0.17	0	New
	People's Work Party List	1,232	0.13	0	New
	People's Rights and Health Defenders List	723	0.08	0	New
	Jewish Economic Bloc	667	0.07	0	New
Total		929,883	100.00	100	0

Valid votes		929,883	99.22
Invalid/blank votes		7,324	0.78
Total votes		937,207	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,182,426	79.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1143
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nohlen & Stöver, p1113
^ ^a ^b ^c Nohlen & Stöver, p1105

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