Country: | Latvia |
Election Date: | 17–18 April 1920 |
Next Election: | 1922 |
First Election: | yes |
Party1: | Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party |
Percentage1: | 38.67 |
Seats1: | 57 |
Party2: | Latvian Farmers' Union |
Percentage2: | 17.79 |
Seats2: | 26 |
Party3: | Latgalian Farmers Party |
Percentage3: | 10.26 |
Seats3: | 17 |
Percentage4: | 4.54 |
Seats4: | 6 |
Percentage5: | 4.17 |
Seats5: | 6 |
Percentage6: | 3.96 |
Seats6: | 6 |
Percentage7: | 3.73 |
Seats7: | 6 |
Percentage8: | 3.36 |
Seats8: | 6 |
Percentage9: | 2.28 |
Seats9: | 3 |
Percentage10: | 1.98 |
Seats10: | 3 |
Percentage11: | 1.92 |
Seats11: | 4 |
Percentage12: | 1.80 |
Seats12: | 5 |
Percentage13: | 1.57 |
Seats13: | 2 |
Party14: | Ceire Cion |
Percentage14: | 1.16 |
Seats14: | 1 |
Percentage15: | 0.92 |
Seats15: | 1 |
Percentage16: | 0.78 |
Seats16: | 1 |
Map: | 1920 Latvian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Kārlis Ulmanis |
Before Party: | Latvian Farmers' Union |
After Election: | Kārlis Ulmanis |
After Party: | Latvian Farmers' Union |
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Latvia on 17 and 18 April 1920.[1] The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest party in the Constitutional Assembly, winning 57 of the 150 seats.[2] The elections were boycotted by communist parties.[3] The Constitutional Assembly was responsible for drafting a constitution, which was approved on 15 February and promulgated on 7 November 1922.[3]