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1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Lithuania
flag_year	1918
election_date	14–16 April 1920
first_election	yes
next_election	[1922](1922-lithuanian-parliamentary-election)
seats_for_election	All 112 seats in the Constituent Assembly
majority_seats	56
party1	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
leader1	Mykolas Krupavičius
seats1	46
percentage1	35.16
party2	Peasant Union
seats2	20
percentage2	17.05
party3	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
seats3	13
percentage3	12.76
party4	Lithuanian Labour Federation
leader4	Antanas Matulaitis
seats4	10
percentage4	10.25
party5	Democratic Jewish Union
seats5	6
percentage5	6.55
party6	Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party
seats6	9
percentage6	5.75
party7	Central Polish Electoral Committee
seats7	3
percentage7	4.27
party8	Farmers' Association
leader8	Aleksandras Stulginskis
seats8	3
percentage8	1.10
party10	German Committee
seats10	1
percentage10	1.05
party9	Socialist Company
seats9	1
percentage9	1.10
map	1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Lithuania between 14 and 16 April 1920. The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 46 of the 112 seats. Together with its allies, the Lithuanian Labour Federation and Farmers' Association, it secured an absolute majority in the Assembly.

Electoral system

The law on the conduct of Seimas elections was promulgated by the Council of Lithuania in the official newspaper of the government, Vyriausybės žinios (Government News) on 30 October 1919. Elections were to be universal, free and secret, and all citizens of Lithuania, both men and women over 21 years old, were allowed to vote. Citizens 24 years old or older were allowed to stand for election.

The elections were held using party-list proportional representation in nine multi-member constituencies. In practice, elections took place in only six of the nine constituencies as constituencies VII (Vilnius), VIII (Lida) and IX (Hrodna) were allocated to territories occupied by Poland during the Polish–Lithuanian War in 1920.

Parties and electoral groups (kuopa) were allowed to submit lists of candidates in constituencies, which had to be signed by at least fifty voters. As a result, there was a large number of small electoral lists in every constituency.

Results

Seats by electoral district

url=https://www.epaveldas.lt/preview?id=LNB00AD2076-1920-Geg.4	date=4 May 1920	volume=97	issue=379	language=lt	page=1	newspaper=Lietuva	title=Į Steigiamąjį Seimą: Galutiniai vaisiai rinkimų į St. Seimą }}
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	14	3	7	6	8	8	46
Peasant Union	3	2	4	5	2	4	20
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	−	3	2	−	6	2	13
Lithuanian Labour Federation	−	4	−	−	6	−	10
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party	3	1	2	1	1	1	9
Democratic Jewish Union	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
Farmers' Association	−	3	−	−	−	−	3
Central Polish Electoral Committee	−	2	1	−	−	−	3
Socialist Company of Workers and Farmers	−	−	−	1	−	−	1
Lithuanian German Committee	−	1	−	−	−	−	1
Total	21	20	17	14	24	16	112

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1201 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
"1919 m. Lietuvos Steigiamojo Seimo rinkimų įstatymas".
(1927). "Lietuvos statistikos metraštis 1924–1926 m.". Valstybės spaustuvė.
(4 May 1920). "Į Steigiamąjį Seimą: Galutiniai vaisiai rinkimų į St. Seimą". Lietuva.

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