Parliamentary elections were held in
Lithuania on 12 and 13 May 1923.
[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1201 ] The
Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union
The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union ( lt, Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga, 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 P ...
emerged as the largest party in the
second Seimas
The Second Seimas of Lithuania was the second parliament (Seimas) democratically elected in Lithuania after it declared independence on February 16, 1918. It was the only regular interwar Seimas which completed its full three-year term from May ...
, winning 16 of the 78 seats.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1218] Labour Federation,
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party ( lt, Lietuvos krikščionių demokratų partija, LKDP) was a Christian-democratic political party in Lithuania.
History
Russian Empire and Republic of Lithuania
A Christian Democratic movement was e ...
and the
Farmers' Association
The Farmers' Association ( lt, Ūkininkų Sąjunga, ŪS) was a political party in inter-war Lithuania. Its leaders included Aleksandras Stulginskis, Vytautas Petrulis and Kazys Jokantas. A political party, established in 1989 under the same name ...
managed to achieve absolute majority in the Seimas.
Results
References
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Parliamentary elections in Lithuania