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1928 Latvian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Latvia
election_date	6–7 October 1928
previous_election	1925
next_election	1931
party1	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	leader1 = Pauls Kalniņš	percentage1 = 24.34	seats1 = 25	last_election1 = 32
party2	Latvian Farmers' Union	leader2 = Kārlis Ulmanis	percentage2 = 14.97	seats2 = 16	last_election2 = 16
party3	LKZKP	leader3 = Jāzeps Rancāns	percentage3 = 6.17	seats3 = 6	last_election3 = 5
party4	LTU	leader4 =	percentage4 = 5.61	seats4 = 5	last_election4 = New
party5	ADP	leader5 = Paul Schiemann	percentage5 = 4.66	seats5 = 6	last_election5 = 4
party6	LJSP	leader6 =	percentage6 = 4.03	seats6 = 4	last_election6 = 3
party7	LDZA	leader7 =	percentage7 = 3.17	seats7 = 3	last_election7 = 2
party8	PTA	leader8 = Jezups Trasuns	percentage8 = 2.79	seats8 = 3	last_election8 = 2
party9	KNS	leader9 =	percentage9 = 2.72	seats9 = 4	last_election9 = 2
party10	LNSP	leader10 =	percentage10 = 2.43	seats10 = 2	last_election10 = New
party11	NA	leader11 = Arveds Bergs	percentage11 = 2.26	seats11 = 2	last_election11 = 3
party12	Old Believers	leader12 = Meletijs Kaļistratovs	percentage12 = 1.95	seats12 = 2	last_election12 = 2
party13	Democratic Centre (Latvia)	leader13 =	percentage13 = 1.89	seats13 = 3	last_election13 = 5
party14	Party of the Orthodox	leader14 = Jānis Pommers	percentage14 = 1.83	seats14 = 2	last_election14 = 2
party15	ZPwŁ	leader15 = Jan Wierzbicki	percentage15 = 1.74	seats15 = 2	last_election15 = 2
party16	Mizrachi	leader16 =	percentage16 = 1.63	seats16 = 2	last_election16 = 1
party17	MKRA	leader17 =	percentage17 = 1.58	seats17 = 1	last_election17 = 2
party18	LPAPKDS	leader18 = Leontin Spoliansk	percentage18 = 1.57	seats18 = 2	last_election18 = 1
party19	ANNCCP	leader19 =	percentage19 = 1.52	seats19 = 1	last_election19 = New
party20	LDSTA	leader20 =	percentage20 = 1.38	seats20 = 1	last_election20 = 0
party21	SDML	leader21 = Marģers Skujenieks	percentage21 = 1.27	seats21 = 2	last_election21 = 4
party22	Agudas Israel	leader22 = Mordehai Dubin	percentage22 = 1.06	seats22 = 1	last_election22 = 2
party23	Ceire Cion	leader23 = Max Lazerson	percentage23 = 0.81	seats23 = 1	last_election23 = 1
party24	LSDSP	leader24 =	percentage24 = 0.68	seats24 = 1	last_election24 = New
party25	LDS	leader25 =	percentage25 = 0.63	seats25 = 1	last_election25 = New
party26	Bund	leader26 = Noah Meisel	percentage26 = 0.57	seats26 = 1	last_election26 = 1
party27	KDLS	leader27 =	percentage27 = 0.48	seats27 = 1	last_election27 = 0
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Pēteris Juraševskis
before_party	Democratic Centre (Latvia)
after_election	Hugo Celmiņš
after_party	Latvian Farmers' Union

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 and 7 October 1928. The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 100 seats.

Electoral system

For the elections the country was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 100 MPs using proportional representation (an increase from 97), with the three seats that had previously been awarded to the parties with the highest vote totals that had failed to win a seat in any of the five constituencies were scrapped.

The list system used was made flexible, as voters were able to cross out candidates' names and replace them with names from other lists, the system was changed for this election, with a deposit of 1,000 lats introduced, which was only refunded if parties won a seat. Combined with the scrapping of the three compensatory seats, this had the effect of reducing the number of registering parties, which fell from 141 to 120. Of the 120, only 66 contested the election.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1122 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1143
Nohlen & Stöver, p1113
a system 32% of voters took advantage of. Whilst previously parties needed only collect 100 signatures to register for an election,Nohlen & Stöver, p1105

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