The New Farmers' Union ( lv, Jaunzemnieku savienība, JS) was a centrist political party in

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in the inter-war period.

History

The party was established by the merger of several parties, and was officially known as the Latvian New Farmers' Union, the List of Non-Partisan New Farmers, Progressive Old Farmers and Labour Intelligensia.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1130 It first contested national elections in

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, when it won three seats in the 1st Saeima. It went on to retain its three seats in the

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after the 1925 elections. Shortly before the 1928 elections it was proposed that the party should merge with the

New Farmers-Small Landowners Party The New Farmers-Small Landowners Party ( lv, Latvijas Jaunsaimnieku un sīkgruntnieku partija) was a political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It had two wings; the Farmers wing led by M Gailītis and the Landowners wing led by Ādo ...

(J-S), which had also won three seats in the 1925 elections. Although the merger did not happen, many party members left to join J-S after the party failed to win a seat in the 1928 elections.

References

Centrist parties in Latvia Defunct political parties in Latvia {{Latvia-party-stub