Parliamentary election in Latvia in 1922

The parliamentary elections in Latvia in 1922 took place on October 7th and 8th. The Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku partija became the strongest party and won thirty out of a hundred seats.

In the elections, the country was divided into five constituencies, from which a total of 97 members with majority voting rights were elected. The three remaining seats were given to the parties with the highest number of votes that had not won a seat in any of the five constituencies.

Voters could delete candidates from the election proposals of the individual parties or replace them with the names of candidates from other parties. 19.97 percent of voters took the opportunity to directly influence the composition of parliament in this way and to change the lists. To be allowed to vote, a party needed 100 supporters' signatures. Of 88 registered lists, 43 took part in the election. Since there were no voter lists, voters had to identify themselves with their passport.

Political party	be right	%	Seats	+/-
Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku partija	241,947	30.6	30th	-27
Latvijas Zemnieku savienība	132.764	16.8	17th	–9
Demokrātiskais Centrs	57.438	7.3	6th	New
Mazinieku partija	49.595	6.3	7th	New
Kristīgo zemnieku un katoļu partija	47.202	6.0	6th	0
Committee of the Baltic German Parties	42.088	5.3	6th	0
Kristīgā nacionālā savienība	33,043	4.2	4th	New
Bezpartijiskais nacionālais centrs	29,457	3.7	4th	New
Progresīvā tautas apvienība	27.697	3.5	4th	New
Agudas Izrael	16.631	2.1	2	New
Latvijas Jaunzemnieku savienība	15,392	1.9	3	New
Izveido lapu Krievu nacionāldemokrātu partija	14.229	1.8	2	New
Latvijas Poļu savienība	12,473	1.6	1	0
Vecticībnieku centrālā komiteja	12,318	1.6	1	New
Agudas Israel	11,429	1.4	2	New
Latgales Zemnieku partija	8,522	1.1	1	-16
Zemgales Katoļu saraksts	8,490	1.1	1	+1
Izveido lapu Latgales Tautas savienība	6.771	0.9	1	New
Ceire-Cion	5.156	0.7	1	0
Fischer Union	4.008	0.5	0	New
Farm workers party	2.667	0.3	0	New
League of Jewish Socialists	2.409	0.3	1	New
Latgali Workers' Party	1.918	0.2	0	New
Belarusian list	1,548	0.2	0	New
Independent Russian Association	1.479	0.2	0	New
List of war invalids	1.230	0.2	0	New
Colonel Janson's list	1.181	0.1	0	New
Estonian group	1.063	0.1	0	New
List of teetotalers	1.031	0.1	0	New
Latgali villagers	467	0.1	0	New
Jewish People's Party	47	0.0	0	New
Invalid votes	9.168	-	-	-
total	800.858	100	100	-50
Registered voters / turnout	963.257	83.1	-	-

Elected MPs

1. Arturs Alberings
2. Kristaps Bahmanis
3. Viktor's Barkans
4. Voldemārs Bastjānis
5. Ernests Bauers
6. Arveds Bergs
7. Pēteris Berģis
8. Ernests Birkhāns
9. Alfrēds Birznieks
10. Roberts Bīlmanis
11. Aleksandrs Bočagovs
12. Augusts Briedis
13. Kristaps Bungšs
14. Ansis Buševics
15. Kārlis Būmeisters
16. Hugo Celmiņš
17. Jūlijs Celms
18. Fēlikss Cielēns
19. Jānis Čakste
20. Kārlis Dēķens
21. Morduhs Dubins
22. Jānis Ducens
23. Roberts Dukurs
24. Anton's Dzenis
25. Kristaps Eliass
26. Ernests Felsbergs
27. Manfrēds Fēgezaks
28. Vilhelms Firkss
29. Leopold's Fišmanis
30. Pauls Gailīts
31. Jānis Goldmanis
32. Eduards Grantskalns
33. Teodors Grīnbergs
34. Ernests Gulbis
35. Kārlis Gulbis
36. Jons Hāns
37. Vilis Holcmanis
38. Kārlis Irbe
39. Roberts Ivanovs
40. Eduards Jaunzems
41. Staņislav's jubilation
42. Jānis Kalējs
43. Meletijs Kallistratovs
44. Ringold's Kalnings
45. Arvīds Kalniņš
46. August Kalniņš
47. Bruno Kalniņš
48. Nikolajs Kalniņš
49. Paul's Kalniņš
50. Kārlis Kasparsons
51. Karl's cellar
52. Francis Kemps
53. Ādolfs Klīve
54. Egons Knops
55. Pēteris Koreckis
56. Pēteris Kotans
57. Bernards Kublinskis
58. Albert Kviesis
59. Jēkabs Ķullīts
60. Maksis Lazersons
61. Paul's Lejiņš
62. Rūdolfs Lindiņš
63. Klāvs Lorencs
64. Noijs Maizels
65. Jānis Mazvērsīts
66. Zigfrīds Meierovics
67. Fricis Menders
68. Ernests Morics
69. Oto Nonācs
70. Markus Nuroks
71. Kārlis Ozoliņš
72. Kārlis Pauļuks
73. Andrejs Petrevics
74. Jānis Purgalis
75. Eduards Radziņš
76. Rainis-Jānis Pliekšāns
77. Jezups Rancāns
78. Gustavs Reinhards
79. Jezups Roskošs
80. Miķelis Rozentāls
81. Jezups Rubulis
82. Vladislavs Rubulis
83. Ansis Rudevics
84. Jānis Rudzis
85. Teofils Rudzītis
86. Voldemārs Salnājs
87. Hermanis Salnis
88. Visvaldis Sanders
89. Pēteris Siecenieks
90. Andrejs Sīmanis
91. Kārlis Skalbe
92. Marģers Skujenieks
93. Paul's Šīmanis
94. Francis Trasuns
95. Jezups Trasuns
96. Kārlis Ulmanis
97. Pēteris Ulpe
98. Andrejs Veckalns
99. Anton Velkme
100. Jānis Veržbickis
101. Fridrihs Vesmanis
102. Jānis Vesmanis
103. Jānis Višņa
104. Ruvins Vitenbergs
105. Pēteris Zeibolts
106. Gustavs Zemgals

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Nohlen and Philip Stöver: Elections in Europe: A data handbook. 2010, p. 1122
2. ^ Dieter Nohlen and Philip Stöver: Elections in Europe: A data handbook. 2010, p. 1143
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Dieter Nohlen and Philip Stöver: Elections in Europe: A data handbook. 2010, p. 1113
4. ^ Dieter Nohlen and Philip Stöver: Elections in Europe: A data handbook. 2010, p. 1105
5. ↑ http://www.saeima.lv