title: 1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly election
text: # 1920 Latvian Constitutional Assembly election
  
  Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Latvia on 17 and 18 April 1920. The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest party in the Constitutional Assembly, winning 57 of the 150 seats. The elections were boycotted by communist parties. The Constitutional Assembly was responsible for drafting a constitution, which was approved on 15 February and promulgated on 7 November 1922.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 274,877 | 38.67 | 57 |
  | | Latvian Farmers' Union | 126,434 | 17.79 | 26 |
  | | Latgalian Farmers Party | 72,961 | 10.26 | 17 |
  | | Committee of the German Baltic Parties | 32,256 | 4.54 | 6 |
  | | Democrats Union | 29,662 | 4.17 | 6 |
  | | Workers' Party | 28,117 | 3.96 | 6 |
  | | Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party | 26,534 | 3.73 | 6 |
  | | Group of Non-Partisan Citizens | 23,867 | 3.36 | 6 |
  | | Christian National Union | 16,218 | 2.28 | 3 |
  | | Agrarian Union of the Landless | 14,078 | 1.98 | 3 |
  | | Russian Citizens Groups | 13,651 | 1.92 | 4 |
  | | Jewish Bloc | 12,764 | 1.80 | 5 |
  | | Non-Partisan Landless Farmers | 11,180 | 1.57 | 2 |
  | | Ceire Cion | 8,254 | 1.16 | 1 |
  | | Latgale People Party | 6,539 | 0.92 | 1 |
  | | United Polish Parties | 5,525 | 0.78 | 1 |
  | | List of Lithuanians and Catholics | 2,038 | 0.29 | 0 |
  | | Working Group of Landless Farmers and Workers | 1,588 | 0.22 | 0 |
  | | List of Soldier Candidates | 1,497 | 0.21 | 0 |
  | | Latgalian Folk United Non-Partisan Group | 1,026 | 0.14 | 0 |
  | | List of Revolutionaries and Socialists | 724 | 0.10 | 0 |
  | | Women's Union | 436 | 0.06 | 0 |
  | | Jews of Ludza | 152 | 0.02 | 0 |
  | | Working Group of Jēkabmiests Village | 87 | 0.01 | 0 |
  | | Others | 424 | 0.06 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 710,889 | 100.00 | 150 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 709,004 | 99.73 | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,930 | 0.27 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 710,934 | 100.00 | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 797,662 | 89.13 | |
  | Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||
  
  * ↑ The reported number of valid votes was 1,885 less than the total number of votes received by contesting parties.
  