1933 Latvian presidential election

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

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.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alberts Kviesis	Latvian Farmers' Union	53	63.86
	Pauls Kalniņš	LSDSP	21	25.30
	Miķelis Bite	Communist Party of Latvia	9	10.84
Total			83	100.00