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1922 Latvian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 7 and 8 October 1922.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1122 The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 30 of the 100 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1143 Electoral system For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 97 MPs using proportional representation. The three remaining seats were awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies.Nohlen & Stöver, p1113 The list system used was made flexible, as voters were able to cross out candidates' names and replace them with names from other lists. However, only 19.97% of voters made any changes to the lists. To register a list for the election parties needed only collect 100 signatures.Nohlen & Stöver, p1105 A total of 88 lists registered, but only 43 contested the election. There was no voter roll, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly Election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Latvia on 17 and 18 April 1920.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1122 The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest party in the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia, Constitutional Assembly, winning 57 of the 150 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1137 The elections were boycotted by communist parties.Nohlen & Stöver, p1103 The Constitutional Assembly of Latvia, Constitutional Assembly was responsible for drafting a Constitution of Latvia, constitution, which was approved on 15 February and promulgated on 7 November 1922. Results References {{Latvian elections 1920 elections in Europe, Latvia 1920 in Latvia, Constitutional Assembly Parliamentary elections in Latvia Independence of Latvia Constituent Assembly elections in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Bund" In Latvia
The "Bund" in Latvia (, ''"bund" in letland'') was a Jewish socialist party in Latvia between the two World Wars, adhering to the political line of the General Jewish Labour Bund. The beginnings of the Latvian Bund In 1919 the branch of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia in Latvia separated itself from the mother party and constituted a separate party of its own. After the conclusion of Latvian War of Independence, in the fall of 1920 a Central Bureau of the Latvian Bund was constituted. The Latvian Bund became an autonomous organization affiliated with the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party. The Bund had one seat in the Central Committee of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party.Minczeles, Henri. ''Histoire générale du Bund: un mouvement révolutionnaire juif''. Paris: Editions Austral, 1995. p. 390 The Bund, as well as other left-wing groups in Latvia after the Latvian War of Independence, was under suspicion as Communist supporters. On J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Lazerson
Maksis "Max" Lazerson (; 1 February 1887 in Jelgava, Russian Empire (present day Latvia) – 29 November 1951 in New York City, New York, USA) was a Latvian politician, jurist and philosopher. He was a member of Saeima from 1922 to 1925 and again in 1928 to 1931. He led the Ceire Cion party during the interwar period in Latvia. Biography Lazerson was born in Jelgava, present day Latvia in a Jewish merchant family of Jacob Zusman Lazerson. Lazerson had 7 siblings. In 1905 he joined the socialist movement and finished Realschule of Jelgava. From 1906 to 1910, he studied at the Faculty of Law in the University of Saint Petersburg and graduated with honors. In 1916 he was appointed a lecturer at this university. In 1917, after February revolution, he joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Provisional Government. In 1920 he left the Soviet Union and returned to Latvia, where he became involved with the Ceire Cion party. He taught at the School of Economics and the Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latgalian People's Party
The Latgalian People's Party () was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period. History The party first contested national elections in 1922,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1131 when it won a single seat in the parliamentary elections A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ... that year. However, it did not contest any further national elections. See also * Latgalians (modern) References Defunct political parties in Latvia Latgale {{Latvia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lithuanians And Catholics
The List of Lithuanians and Catholics (, LKS) was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period. History The party contested the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections, but failed to win a seat.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ... & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1137 The 1922 parliamentary elections saw the party win a single seat. The party did not run in the 1925 parliamentary elections, and failed to win a seat when they returned for the 1928 parliamentary elections. Thereafter the LKS did not contest any further national elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1131 References {{Latvian political parties Defunct political parties in Latvia Catholicism in Latvia Lithuanian diaspora in Europe Catholic political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latgalian Farmers Party
The Latgalian Farmers Party () was a political party in Latvia representing the interests of Latgale farmers during the inter-war period. History The party won 17 seats in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections, becoming the third-largest party in the Constitutional Assembly.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ... & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1137 However, the 1922 parliamentary elections saw the party reduced to just a single seat in the 1st Saeima. It won two seats in the 1925 parliamentary elections, but did not contest any further national elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1131 References {{Authority control Agrarian parties in Latvia Defunct agrarian political parties Defunct political parties in Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mordehai Dubin
Mordehai Dubin (; January 1, 1889, Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire — 1956, Tula, USSR) was a major Jewish spiritual and political leader in Latvia. He served as a Member of Parliament (''Saeima'') for the Agudas Israel party. He headed the Jewish community in Latvia until 1940, when it was annexed by the USSR. Due to his efforts, the imprisonment of the famous " Lubavitcher" Rebbe Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn in the USSR in 1927 was commuted to exile in Latvia. Dubin was a personal friend of Kārlis Ulmanis, the nationalist authoritarian dictator of Latvia from 1934 to 1940.Ebreji un diktatūras Baltijā 1926 - 1940, Aivars Stranga, Latvijas Universitātes Jūdaiks studiju centrs, Rīga, 2002., 200. lpp. Dubin was deported from Latvia by the Soviet authorities in 1940 and released in 1942. After World War II he returned to Riga where the local press attacked him violently, of course under orders from above. He was arrested again and deported in 1948. He liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Believers (Latvia)
The Christian Union of Latvian Orthodox, generally known as the Old Believers (), was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period. It was led by .Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p460 History The Latvian Old Believers' Central Committee (''Latvijas vecticībnieku centrālā komiteja'') first contested national elections in 1922 Latvian parliamentary election, 1922, winning a single seat in the 1st Saeima.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1143 In the 1925 Latvian parliamentary election, 1925 elections, the Vecticībnieki won two seats, which were retained when the United List of Old Believers (''Apvienotais vecticībnieku saraksts'') won two seats in the 1928 Latvian parliamentary election, 1928 elections. However, both seats were lost when Vecticībnieki failed to win a single seat in the 1931 Latvian parliamentary election, 1931 elections of 4th Saeima. A second Old Believers gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Polish Parties
The United Polish Parties (), officially the Educational and Charity Associations of Riga and the Polish Association in Latvia, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1130 was a political alliance in Latvia for Latvian Poles during the inter-war period. History The alliance won a single seat in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1137 It retained its seat in the 1922 elections, but did not run in the elections in 1925 and 1928. It returned to contest the 1931 elections, winning two seats. The 1931 elections were the last multi-party elections in the country until 1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South .... References {{Latvian political parties Defunct political party alliances in Latvia Political p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United List Of Russians
The United List of Russians (, VKS) was a political party in Latvia in the early 1920s. History The party contested the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections as Russian Citizens Groups (''Krievu pilsoņu grupas''),Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1134 winning four seats. Prior to the 1922 elections it became the United List of Russians. The party won two seats in the Saeima The Saeima () is the parliament of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the p ..., but did not contest any further elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1131 References {{Latvian political parties Defunct political parties in Latvia Russian political parties in Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
