1936 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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

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

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]



Party		Seats
	Lithuanian Nationalist Union	42
	Young Lithuania	7
Total		49

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Fourth Seimas 1936 - 1940 Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1188 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1218
^ IV Seimas (1936-1940) Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (in Lithuanian)
^ 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.