1933 Latvian presidential election

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1933 Latvian presidential election

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Nominee Alberts Kviesis Pauls Kalniņš Miķelis Bite
Party LZS LSDSP Communist Party of Latvia
Electoral vote 55 20 9

Votes by MPs
Votes by MPs

President before election

Alberts Kviesis
LZS

Elected President

Alberts Kviesis
LZS

The 1933 presidential elections in Latvia took place on April 4, 1933, during the term of the 4th Saeima. In the first round of voting, incubment President Alberts Kviesis was re-elected President.

Candidates[]

Candidate Party
Alberts Kviesis Latvian Farmers' Union
Pauls Kalniņš LSDSP
Miķelis Bite Communist Party of Latvia

Election process and results[]

Along with incumbent President Alberts Kviesis and Speaker of the Saeima Pauls Kalniņš, the little-known candidate Miķelis Bite, who had not yet passed the deputy's mandate at the time of the elections, was nominated for the presidency. In the first round, Kviesis received a sufficient number of votes to be re-elected as President.[1]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Alberts KviesisLatvian Farmers' Union5363.86
Pauls KalniņšLSDSP2125.30
Miķelis BiteCommunist Party of Latvia910.84
Total83100.00

References[]

  1. ^ "Kviesis, Alberts (22.12.1881.-09.08.1944.)". Historia.lv (in Latvian).
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