The Peasant Union () was a political party in

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History

The party was formed by younger members of the

Lithuanian Democratic Party The Lithuanian Democratic Party (, LDP) was a political party in Lithuania. The original party was established in 1902. It published newspapers ''Lietuvos ūkininkas'' (1905–1918) and ''Lietuvos žinios'' (1909–1915). During World War I, the ...

following the

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.Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p. 481 When the LDP was finally dissolved in 1920, its remaining members joined the Peasant Union or the

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(LSLDP), a 1917 breakaway. In the

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the party won 19 seats, becoming the third largest party in the First Seimas.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1218 It formed a government alongside the Christian Democratic Bloc,McHale, p. 487 an alliance of the

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, the Labour Federation and the

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. The

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saw the party win 14 seats, finishing second to the

. Shortly after the 1922 elections, on 24 November, the VS merged with the LSLDP to form the

Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union (, LVLS) was a centre-left political party in Lithuania between 1922 and 1936. The party's leaders included the third President Kazys Grinius and three-term Prime Minister Mykolas Sleževičius. History Th ...

.McHale, p. 482

References

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