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1936 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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1936 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Lithuania
← 1926 10 June 1936 1940 →

All 49 seats in the Seimas
25 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats
LTS Juozas Tūbelis 42
JL [lt] Benedict Grebliauskas-Grebliūnas 7
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Juozas Tūbelis
LTS
Juozas Tūbelis
LTS
Ballot papers

Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 10 June 1936,[1] after a new law on holding elections was issued by presidential decree.[2]

Background

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Candidates had to be nominated by district or town councils.[1] The number of candidates nominated was equal to the number of seats available, and the number of seats was reduced from 85 to 49.[3][4] All political parties were banned except the Lithuanian Nationalist Union and its allies.[2]

Results

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The Nationalist Union won 42 seats, whilst the remaining seven were taken by Young Lithuania, a youth branch of the Nationalist Union.[5] The fourth Seimas first met on 1 September 1936, and drew up a new constitution, which was promulgated on 11 February 1938.[1]

PartySeats
Lithuanian Nationalist Union42
Young Lithuania [lt]7
Total49

References

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  1. ^ a b c Fourth Seimas 1936 - 1940 Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
  2. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1188 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1218
  4. ^ IV Seimas (1936-1940) Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (in Lithuanian)
  5. ^ Kamuntavičius, Rūstis; Vaida Kamuntavičienė; Remigijus Civinskas; Kastytis Antanaitis (2001). Lietuvos istorija 11–12 klasėms (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Vaga. pp. 385–386. ISBN 5-415-01502-7.