Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, 1920
Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 18 April and the Senate on 25 April.[1] They were the first elections held under the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920. The result was a victory for the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party, which won 74 seats in the Chamber and 41 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 89.6% for the Chamber election and 75.6% for the Senate.[2]
Results
Chamber of Deputies
Party |
Nationality |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party |
Czechoslovak |
1,590,520 |
25.65 |
74 |
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Czechoslovak People's Party |
Czechoslovak |
699,728 |
11.29 |
33 |
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German Social Democratic Workers Party |
German |
689,589 |
11.12 |
31 |
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Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People |
Czechoslovak |
603,618 |
9.74 |
28 |
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Czechoslovak Socialist Party |
Czechoslovak |
500,821 |
8.08 |
24 |
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Czechoslovak National Democracy |
Czechoslovak |
387,552 |
6.25 |
19 |
|
German National Socialist Workers' Party |
German |
328,735 |
5.30 |
15 |
|
Slovak National and Peasant Party |
Slovak |
242,045 |
3.91 |
12 |
|
Farmers' League |
German |
241,747 |
3.90 |
11 |
|
German Christian Social People's Party |
German |
212,913 |
3.43 |
10 |
|
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party |
Hungarian |
139,355 |
2.25 |
5 |
|
Czechoslovak Traders' Party |
Czechoslovak |
122,813 |
1.98 |
6 |
|
Hungarian Social Democratic Party |
Hungarian |
108,546 |
1.75 |
4 |
|
German Liberal Party |
German |
105,449 |
1.70 |
5 |
|
United Jewish Parties |
Jewish |
79,714 |
1.29 |
0 |
|
Socialist Party of Czechoslovak Working Peoples |
Czechoslovak |
58,580 |
0.94 |
3 |
|
Party of Smallholders, Cottiers and Entrepreneurs of Czechoslovakia |
Czechoslovak |
42,670 |
0.69 |
0 |
|
Hungarian Provincial Party of Smallholders and Agrarians |
Hungarian |
26,520 |
0.43 |
1 |
|
German Free Social Party |
German |
7,630 |
0.12 |
0 |
|
Independent Party of Small People |
Czechoslovak |
5,252 |
0.08 |
0 |
|
Hungarian National Party |
Hungarian |
4,214 |
0.07 |
0 |
|
Slavic Socialist Party |
Czechoslovak |
2,024 |
0.03 |
0 |
Total |
6,200,035 |
100 |
281 |
Senate
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party |
1,466,958 |
28.07 |
41 |
Czechoslovak People's Party |
622,406 |
11.91 |
18 |
German Social Democratic Workers Party |
539,344 |
11.35 |
16 |
Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People |
530,388 |
10.15 |
14 |
Czechoslavak Socialist Party |
395,844 |
7.57 |
10 |
Czechoslovak National Democracy |
354,561 |
6.78 |
10 |
German National Socialist Workers' Party |
300,333 |
5.7 |
8 |
Farmers' League |
210,724 |
4.0 |
6 |
Slovak National and Farmers' Party |
181,289 |
3.47 |
6 |
German Christian Social People's Party |
141,495 |
2.7 |
4 |
Czechoslovak Traders' Party |
107,674 |
2.06 |
3 |
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party |
100,371 |
1.92 |
2 |
Other parties |
275,424 |
5.30 |
4 |
Total |
5,226,811 |
100 |
142 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ^ a b Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 9873832956097
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p472
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