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Jewish People's Election Group "Achdus" (Template:Lang-lt) 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 [lt] and R. Abraham Popelas [lt].

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.[4] Two of their candidates, Isak Rafialas Golcbergas and Fišelis Beras[5] ran on the Jewish Economical and Religious list in the 1926 election.[6] Democratic Jewish Union also ran in 1926 but only as a merger of the Zionist and Folkspartei factions.[7]

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.[8]

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. ^ "II Apygardos Kandidatų Seiman Sąrašas Nr. 17 : Žydų liaudies rinkimų grupės „Achdus"". 1922. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Žydų ekonominio-tikybinio sąrašo kandidatų į Lietuvos Respublikos III Seimą VI rinkimų apygardoje sąrašas Nr. 11". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Levas Garfunkelis (1896–1976)". Seimas. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Savivaldybių rinkimai Lietuvoj" (PDF). The Lithuanian Daily News (in Lithuanian). 8 October 1924. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 1 November 2023.