2nd Saeima

Second Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

2. Latvijas Republikas Saeima
Second Saeima of the Republic of Latvia ; 2. Latvijas Republikas Saeima
History
Founded	3 November 1925
Disbanded	5 November 1928
Preceded by	1st Saeima
Succeeded by	3rd Saeima
Leadership
Speaker of the Saeima	Frīdrihs Vesmanis (until 17 March 1925) ; Pauls Kalniņš (from 20 March 1925)
Structure

2nd Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 3 November 1925, until 5 November 1928. The Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima.

2nd Saeima gave confidence to the second cabinet of Kārlis Ulmanis (24 December 1925 – 6 May 1926), cabinet of Arturs Alberings (7 May 1926 – 18 December 1926), the first cabinet of Marģers Skujenieks (19 December 1926 – 23 January 1928) and cabinet of Pēteris Juraševskis (24 January 1928 – 30 November 1928).

Elections and parties

The 2nd Saeima elections were held on 3–4 October 1925, and 74,89% of eligible voters participated. Due to the liberal elections law, 27 parties and candidates lists were elected to the 100 seats, representing all the political and ethnic interest groups of Latvia.

Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party – 32 seats
Latvian Farmers' Union – 16 seats
Democratic Centre and Independents union – 5 seats
Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party – 5 seats
Committee of the German Baltic Parties – 4 seats
Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers – 4 seats
National Union – 3 seats
New Farmers-Small Landowners Party – 3 seats
New Farmers' Union – 3 seats
Independent national center – 3 seats
Agudas Israel – 2 seats
The United List of Latgalian Labour Party and Latgalian small-holder and landless Union – 2 seats
Christian National Union – 2 seats
Latgalian Democrat Party – 2 seats
Latgalian Farmers Party – 2 seats
Peace, order and production Union – 2 seats
Russian Orthodox and Russian organizations Bloc – 2 seats
Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles – 2 seats
Old Believer Central Committee – 2 seats
Ceire Cion – 1 seat
Independent candidate – 1 seat
Mizrachi [lv] – 1 seat
Congress of War ravaged districts – 1 seat
Union of Russian Officials – 1 seat
Latgalian Non-party Union – 1 seat
National Farmers Union – 1 seat
Latvia’s Jewish socialdemocratic workers party Bund – 1 seat

List of Saeima deputies

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References

^ "Saeimas Stenogrammas – 1925.g. – Nr.3". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[1] "Saeimas Stenogrammas – 1925.g. – Nr.3". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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