The Lithuanian German Committee (, LVK) was a political party in inter-war
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
representing the
German minority.
History
The LVK contested the first
parliamentary elections in Lithuania in 1920, receiving 1.1% of the vote and winning a single 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'', p1218 The
1922 elections saw the party lose its seat,
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1207] and in
1923
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it joined the
United Minorities coalition.
References
{{Lithuanian political parties
Defunct political parties in Lithuania
German diaspora political parties
Political parties of minorities in Lithuania