The Democratic Centre ( lv, Demokrātiskais Centrs), officially the Democratic Centre and Non-Partisan Public Workers (''Demokrātiskais centrs un bezpartejiskie sabiedriskie darbinieki''),

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'', p1130 was a political party in

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 ...

in the inter-war period.

History

The Democratic Centre was initially established as an alliance of the Workers' Party and the Latvian People's Party prior to the 1922 elections, in which it won six seats, becoming the fourth-largest faction in the first Saeima. The following year the two parties officially merged into the Democratic Centre. The party won five seats in the 1925 elections, becoming the third-largest faction 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 ...

. The 1928 elections saw the party reduced to three seats, although it recovered to win six seats in the 1931 elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p1143 which included the election of

Berta Pīpiņa Berta Pīpiņa ( née Berta Ziemele; 28 September 1883 – 1942) was a Latvian teacher, journalist, politician and women's rights activist. She was the first woman elected to serve in the Saeima although there was six female members Constituti ...

, the first woman elected to serve in the Saeima. The party was dissolved after the 15 May

1934 Latvian coup d'état The 1934 Latvian coup d'état ( lv, 1934. gada 15. maija apvērsums) known in Latvia also as the 15 May Coup (''15. maija apvērsums'') or Ulmanis' Coup (''Ulmaņa apvērsums''), was a self-coup by the veteran Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis agains ...

References

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