Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 and 13 May 1923.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 The Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union emerged as the largest party in the second Seimas, winning 16 of the 78 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1218 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