3rd Saeima

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "3rd Saeima" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Politics of Latvia
Constitution President Edgars Rinkēvičs
Government Prime Minister Evika Siliņa Cabinet Siliņa
Saeima Speaker Edvards Smiltēns Dissolution
Elections Recent elections Saeima: 2018 2022 next Presidential: 2015 2019 2023 European: 2014 2019 2024
Political parties JV ZZS AS NA ST! LPV PRO
Administrative divisions Planning regions
Foreign relations Ministers of foreign affairs
Latvia portal Other countries
v t e

Part of a series on the
History of Latvia
Ancient Latvia Kunda culture Narva culture Corded Ware culture Amber Road / Aesti Baltic Finns (Livonians, Vends) Balts Latgalians Curonians Selonians Semigallians
Middle Ages Principality of Jersika Principality of Koknese Tālava Livonian Crusade Livonian Brothers of the Sword Livonian Order Archbishopric of Riga Bishopric of Courland Terra Mariana Baltic Germans
Early modern period Livonian War Kingdom of Livonia Duchy of Livonia Inflanty Voivodeship Swedish Livonia Polish–Swedish Wars (1600–1629) Second Northern War Great Northern War Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Couronian colonization
National Awakening Governorate of Livonia Courland Governorate Vitebsk Governorate The First Latvian National Awakening New Current
Modern Latvia Latvian Riflemen German occupation United Baltic Duchy Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic War of Independence 1934 Latvian coup d'état 1940 Soviet occupation Nazi occupation The Holocaust in Latvia 1944 Soviet re-occupation Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Popular Front of Latvia Singing Revolution Restoration of Independence 2008 Latvian financial crisis
Chronology
Latvia portal
v t e

3rd Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 6 November 1928 until 2 November 1931. Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima.

3rd Saeima gave confidence to the 2nd cabinet of Hugo Celmiņš (1 December 1928 – 26 March 1931), and the 3rd cabinet of Kārlis Ulmanis (27 March 1931 – 5 December 1931).

3rd Saeima elections were held on 6–7 October 1928 and 79.35% 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.

• Social Democrats – 25 seats
• Latvian Farmers’ Union – 16 seats
• Committee of the German Baltic Parties – 6 seats
• Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party – 6 seats
• Workers and Peasants Party – 6 seats
• Christian Union and Workers Party – 4 seats
• New Farmers-Small Landowners Party – 4 seats
• Democratic Centre and Independents union – 3 seats
• Latgalian Democratic Peasant Party – 3 seats
• Progressive People’s Union – 3 seats
• Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers, New Farmers and Craftsmen – 2 seats
• United Old Believers list – 2 seats
• Mizrachi [lv] – 2 seats
• Latgalian Independent Socialist Party – 2 seats
• National Union – 2 seats
• Russian district and activist united list – 2 seats
• Russian Orthodox and Old Believers voters and united Russian organizations list – 2 seats
• Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles – 2 seats
• Lost money deposits and other victims Party – 1 seat
• Agudas Israel– 1 seat
• Christian Working Peoples Union – 1 seat
• Union of Latgalian Latvians and land plowers Party – 1 seat
• Latgalian Social Democratic Workers Party – 1 seat
• Labour League of Latvia – 1 seat
• Peace, order and production Union – 1 seat
• Ceire Cion – 1 seat
• Latvia’s Jewish socialdemocratic workers party Bund – 1 seat