Jewish People's Election Group "Achdus" (Lithuanian: Žydų liaudies rinkimu grupes "Achdus") was an electoral grouping in inter-war Lithuania. It was affiliated to Agudath Israel.[1][2]

History

It first contested the Constituent Assembly elections in Lithuania in 1920 as part of the Democratic Jewish Union, receiving two out of six seats for Dr. Nachmon Rachmilewitz and R. Abraham Popelas.

The party contested the 1922 parliamentary elections, receiving 2.07% of the vote and winning no seats.[3] However, it received only 53 votes in the 1923 elections. It did not contest any further elections.[4]

In the 1924 Kaunas municipal election, the party received 1.12% of the vote, taking 1 out of 72 available seats. Męjeris Gurevičius, a merchant, was elected to represent it on the council.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Slutsky, Yehuda (2007). "In Independent Lithuania". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 13 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  2. ↑ Rosin, Josef (1996). "Batakiai". Pinkas Hakehillot Lita. p. 169-170.
  3. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1218 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1206
  5. ↑ "Savivaldybių rinkimai Lietuvoj" (PDF). The Lithuanian Daily News (in Lithuanian). 8 October 1924. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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