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1925 Latvian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 3 and 4 October 1925.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1122 The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 32 of the 100 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1143 Electoral system For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 97 MPs using proportional representation. The three remaining seats were awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies.Nohlen & Stöver, p1113 The list system used was made flexible, as voters were able to cross out candidates' names and replace them with names from other lists. However, only 26.03% of voters made any changes to the lists. To register a list for the election parties needed only collect 100 signatures.Nohlen & Stöver, p1105 A total of 141 lists were registered, although only 93 competed. Results References {{Latv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party For Peace And Order
The Party for Peace and Order was a conservative political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. History The party was established in 1925,Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p456 and won two seats in the second Saima in the 1925 elections. It was reduced to a single seat in the 1928 elections, which it retained in the 1931 elections for the fourth Saeima. Ideology The party held similar views to the Landlords' Party in neighbouring Estonia, supporting a classical capitalist economic policy and advocating private property rights.McHale, p384 It usually sat in the Saeima alongside the National Union and Christian National Union The Christian National Union ( pl, Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe), abbreviated to ZChN,Maher (2004), p. 3458 was a Polish nationalist political party in Poland. Founded on 15 September 1989, the party traced its tradition to the Solida ... and some Latgalian parties, in a grouping known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Elections In Europe
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Democrats Union
The Democrats Union ( lv, Demokrātu savienība, DS) was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period. History 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 expe ... & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1137 It did not run in the 1922 elections, and although it returned for the 1925 elections, the party received just 0.2% of the vote. It did not contest any further elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1131 References {{Authority control Defunct political parties in Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Bund" In Latvia
The "Bund" in Latvia ( yi, „בּונד“ אין לעטלאנד, ''“bund„ in letland'') was a History of the Jews in Latvia, Jewish socialist party in Latvia between the two World Wars, adhering to the political line of the General Jewish Labour Bund. The beginnings of the Latvian Bund In 1919 the branch of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia in Latvia separated itself from the mother party and constituted a separate party of its own. After the conclusion of Latvian War of Independence, in the fall of 1920 a Central Bureau of the Latvian Bund was constituted. The Latvian Bund became an autonomous organization affiliated with the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party. The Bund had one seat in the Central Committee of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party.Minczeles, Henri. ''Histoire générale du Bund: un mouvement révolutionnaire juif''. Paris: Editions Austral, 1995. p. 390 The Bund, as well as other left-wing groups in Latvia after the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour League Of Latvia
The Labour League of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Darba Savienība) was a political party in Latvia. It existed from 1925 until 1934, when all political parties in Latvia were dissolved following a coup d'état. Its political orientation was centre-left, to the left of the Democratic Centre and to the right of the Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers. Elections The Labour League of Latvia first participated in the 1925 parliamentary elections, receiving 0.76% of the vote and failing to win a seat. In the 1928 elections, it received 1.38% of the vote and won one seat, which went to Kārlis Balodis. Balodis died on 13 January 1931, during the session of the 3rd Saeima, and his seat was filled by Pēteris Zālīte. In the 1931 elections the Labour League of Latvia received 0.92% of the vote and retained its one seat, which went to Pēteris Zālīte. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceire Cion
Ceire Cion ( he, צעירי ציון, "Youth of Zion"), sometimes called the Zionist Party or Ethnic Socialist Party, was a centre-left Jewish political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It was led by jurist Max Lazerson. The party combined the ideas of Zionism and democratic socialism. One of the party's goals was to create a Jewish state in Palestine. History The party won a single seat in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1137 It retained its seat in the 1922, 1925 and 1928 elections, but missed out on a seat in the 1931 elections by 50 votes. Later in 1931 it merged with the Latvian Organisation of Zionist Socialists to form the Zionist-Socialist Party., In: ''Latvijas ebreju kopiena: Vēsture, traģēdija, atdzimšana'' (''The Jewish Community of Latvia: History, Tragedy, Revival''), , 2001, ,English translation See also *Tze'irei Zion *History of the Jews in Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latgalian Non-Partisan Union
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Congress Of Destroyed Areas
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of adversaries) during battle, from the Latin '' congressus''. Political congresses International relations The following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations: *The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), which ended the War of Devolution In the 1667 to 1668 War of Devolution (, ), France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comté, both then provinces of the Holy Roman Empire (and properties of the King of Spain). The name derives from an obscure law known ... *The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), which ended the War of the Austrian Succession *The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) *The Congress of Berlin (1878), which settled the Eastern Question after the Russo-Turkish War (1877 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of The Orthodox
The Party of the Orthodox was a political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. Primarily representing Russian Orthodox peasants in Latgale, it was led by Archbishop Jānis Pommers Archbishop John ( lv, Аrhibīskaps Jānis, russian: Архиепископ Иоанн, secular name Jānis Pommers or Ivan Andreyevich Pommer, russian: Иван Андреевич Поммер; 6 (18) January 1876 – 29 September (12 October) ....Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, pp459–460 History The party won two seats in the 1925 elections, retaining both in the 1928 elections. It was reduced to a single seat in the 1931 elections. Ideology The party's ideology was focused on the 1920 land reforms and attempts to revise them in favour of their supporters. References {{Latvian political parties Defunct political parties in Latvia Eastern Orthodox political parties Eastern Orthodoxy in Latvia Russian political parties in Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizrachi (Latvia)
The Zionist Organization Mizrachi ( lv, Cionistu organizācija "Mizrahi") was a political party in the interbellum Latvia during 1921-1934. It won some seats in Latvian parliamentary elections in 1922, 1925, 1928, and 1931. The party was disbanded in 1934, after the Ulmanis authoritarian coup d'état, together with all other political parties. See also * Mizrachi, for the meaning of the name of the party *Mordechai Nurock Mordechai Nurock ( he, מרדכי נורוק, 7 November 1879 – 8 November 1962) was a Latvian-born Israeli who served in both the parliaments of Latvia and Israel. He was also Israel's first Minister of Postal Services, though he only held th ... References Political parties of minorities in Latvia Defunct political parties in Latvia Jews and Judaism in Latvia Jewish Latvian history 1934 disestablishments in Latvia Political parties disestablished in 1934 Religious Zionist organizations Zionism in Latvia Zionist political parties in Europe [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Public Workers' Association
The Russian Public Workers' Association was a political group in Latvia during the inter-war period. Primarily representing Russian civil servants of the parishes and counties of Latvia, it was led by (''Leontin Spolianski'').Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p460 It was sometimes also known as ''zemci'' in Latvian (). History The party was initially known as the Union of Russian Officials or the Party for Communal Activities (). It won a single seat in the 2nd Saeima 2nd Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from November 3, 1925, until November 5, 1928. The Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima. 2nd Saeima gav ... in the 1925 elections, and gained a seat in the 1928 elections, by which time it had become the Russian Municipal Workers' Association (). The 1931 elections saw it reduced back to a single seat in the 4th Saeima. Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |