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1923 Lithuanian parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Lithuania
flag_year	1918
previous_election	[1922](1922-lithuanian-parliamentary-election)
next_election	[1926](1926-lithuanian-parliamentary-election)
seats_for_election	All 78 seats in the Seimas
majority_seats	40
election_date
party1	Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union	leader1 = Kazys Grinius	percentage1 = 17.88	seats1 = 16	last_election1 = new
party2	Lithuanian Labour Federation	leader2 = Pranas Radzevičius	percentage2 = 14.91	seats2 = 12	last_election2 = 11
party3	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	leader3 = Mykolas Krupavičius	percentage3 = 14.45	seats3 = 14	last_election3 = 17
party4	Farmers' Association	leader4 = Eliziejus Draugelis	percentage4 = 14.42	seats4 = 14	last_election4 = 12
party5	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	leader5 = Steponas Kairys	percentage5 = 11.29	seats5 = 8	last_election5 = 11
party6	United Minorities	leader6 =	percentage6 = 11.03	seats6 = 10	last_election6 = new
party7	Central Polish Electoral Committee	leader7 = Kazimierz Janczewski	percentage7 = 4.05	seats7 = 4	last_election7 = 1
map	1923 Lithuanian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Ernestas Galvanauskas
before_party	LKDP-LDF-ŪS
after_election	Ernestas Galvanauskas
after_party	LKDP-LDF-ŪS

Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 and 13 May 1923. The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union emerged as the largest party in the second Seimas, winning 16 of the 78 seats. However, the Labour Federation, Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the Farmers' Association won a majority of seats.

The elections were exceptionally successful for parties and lists representing ethnic minorities (Jews, Poles, Germans and Russians), receiving 18% of the vote and winning 14 seats, the highest total achieved in free and fair elections in Lithuania.

Results

Seats by electoral district

Electoral list	I (Marijampolė)	II (Kaunas)	III (Raseiniai)	IV (Telšiai)	V (Panevėžys)	VI (Utena)	Total
Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union	2	2	3	3	4	2	16
Lithuanian Labour Federation	2	2	1	2	3	2	12
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	2	2	2	2	3	3	14
Farmers' Association	3	2	2	2	3	2	14
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	1	2	1	−	3	1	8
United Minorities	2	4	1	−	−	3	10
Central Polish Electoral Committee	−	1	1	−	2	−	4
Total	12	15	11	9	18	13	78

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1201 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1218
Kaubrys, Saulius. (2005-03-17). "TAUTINIŲ MAŽUMŲ DALYVAVIMAS RINKIMUOSE Į LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS SEIMĄ 1920-1926 m.: KIEKYBINIŲ CHARAKTERISTIKŲ PROJEKCIJA". Parlamento studijos.
(1927). "Lietuvos statistikos metraštis 1924–1926 m.". Valstybės spaustuvė.

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