1933 Latvian presidential election

1933
 
Nominee Alberts Kviesis Pauls Kalniņš Miķelis Bite
Party LZS LSDSP Trade Union Workers and Peasants Group
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, incumbent President Alberts Kviesis was re-elected President.

Candidates

Candidate Party
Alberts Kviesis Latvian Farmers' Union
Pauls Kalniņš LSDSP
Miķelis Bite Trade Union Workers and Peasants Group (Communist Party)

Election process and results

Along with incumbent President Alberts Kviesis and Speaker of the Saeima Pauls Kalniņš, the little-known Communist 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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