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The ZDS contested the Constituent Assembly elections in Lithuania in 1920, receiving 6.6% of the vote and winning six seats.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1218 The six elected members were Simon Rosenbaum (Zionist), Max Soloveitzik (Zionist), Dr. Nachman Rachmilewitz ( Achdut-

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), R. Abraham Popelas (Achdut-Agudat Israel), Nachman Fridman (

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) and Ozer Finkelstein (Folkspartei). After Fridman's death he was replaced in the assembly by Samuel Landau. The party did not contest the

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or 1923 elections, but returned in

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as a merger of the Zionist faction and the Folkspartei, when it won three seats. However, a military coup saw the

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dissolved in December 1926 and no further multi-party elections were held again until the 1990.

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