Democrats Union

The Democrats Union was a political party in Latvia from 1920 to 1934.

History

The DS was founded in February 1920. The party won six seats in the 1920 Latvian [Constitutional Assembly election|1920 Constitutional Assembly elections], becoming the joint fourth-largest party in the Assembly. Just a year later, its faction in the parliament suffered a split, with the breakaway faction joining the People's Party of Latvia, which soon faded in obscurity. The Democrats Union did not run in the 1922 Latvian [parliamentary election|1922 parliamentary elections], and although it returned for the 1925 parliamentary elections, the party received just 0.2% of the vote. It did not contest any further national elections and, like all Latvian parties, was banned in May 1934 after the 1934 Latvian [coup d'état|Ulmanis coup d'etat].
Alfrēds Andersons, Mayor of Riga from 1921 to 1928, was a prominent member of the party.