Election Name: | 1933 Latvian presidential election |
Country: | Latvia |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1930 Latvian presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1930 |
Next Election: | 1993 Latvian presidential election |
Next Year: | 1993 |
Election Date: | 1933 |
Image1: | Kviesis.jpg |
Nominee1: | Alberts Kviesis |
Party1: | Latvian Farmers' Union |
Electoral Vote1: | 55 |
Nominee2: | Pauls Kalniņš |
Party2: | Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party |
Electoral Vote2: | 20 |
Image3: | 3x4.svg |
Nominee3: | Miķelis Bite |
Party3: | Trade Union Workers and Peasants Group |
Electoral Vote3: | 9 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Map Alt: | Votes by MPs |
President | |
Before Election: | Alberts Kviesis |
Before Party: | Latvian Farmers' Union |
After Election: | Alberts Kviesis |
After Party: | Latvian Farmers' Union |
The 1933 presidential elections in Latvia took place on April 4, 1933, during the term of the 4th Saeima. In the first round of voting, incumbent President Alberts Kviesis was re-elected President.
Candidate | Party | |
---|---|---|
Alberts Kviesis | Latvian Farmers' Union | |
Pauls Kalniņš | LSDSP | |
Miķelis Bite | Trade Union Workers and Peasants Group (Communist Party) |
Along with incumbent President Alberts Kviesis and Speaker of the Saeima Pauls Kalniņš, the little-known Communist candidate Miķelis Bite, who had not yet passed the deputy's mandate at the time of the elections, was nominated for the presidency. In the first round, Kviesis received a sufficient number of votes to be re-elected as President.[1]