The Democrats Union (, DS) was a political party in
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
from 1920 to 1934.
History
The DS was founded in February 1920. The party won six seats in the
1920 Constitutional Assembly elections, becoming the joint fourth-largest party in the 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 Just a year later, its faction in the parliament suffered a split, with the breakaway faction joining the People's Party of Latvia, which soon faded in obscurity. The Democrats Union did not run in the
1922 parliamentary elections, and although it returned for the
1925 parliamentary elections, the party received just 0.2% of the vote. It did not contest any further national elections and, like all Latvian parties, was banned in May 1934 after the
Ulmanis coup d'etat.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1131]
Alfrēds Andersons
Alfrēds Andersons (pen name Andrass; 7 April 1879, in Dunte Manor, Kreis Wolmar – 1 February 1937, in Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian people, Latvian civil engineer, litterateur, pedagogue, educational worker and the Mayor of Riga from 1921 to 192 ...
, Mayor of Riga from 1921 to 1928, was a prominent member of the party.
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Defunct political parties in Latvia