Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1935

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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 19 May 1935.^[1] The result was a victory for the newly established Sudeten German Party, which won 44 seats in the Chamber and 23 in the Senate. Funded by the German Nazi Party, it won over two-thirds of the vote amongst Sudeten Germans. Voter turnout was 91.9% in the Chamber election and 81.2% for the Senate.^[2]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sudeten German Party	1,249,534	15.2	44	New
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	1,176,628	14.3	45	–1
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,032,773	12.5	38	–1
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	849,495	10.3	30	0
	Czechoslovak National Social Party	755,872	9.2	28	–4
	Czechoslovak People's Party	615,804	7.5	22	–3
	Autonomous Bloc^[a]	564,273	6.9	22	New
	National Unification–RNAP–RNP	458,351	5.6	17	New
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	448,049	5.4	17	+5
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	299,945	3.6	11	–10
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	291,837	3.5	9	0
	National Fascist Community	167,433	2.0	6	New
	German Christian Social People's Party	162,781	2.0	6	–8
	Farmers' League	142,399	1.7	5	New
	Other parties	16,206	0.2	0	–
Total		8,231,380	100	300	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The Autonomous Bloc was composed of Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, the Slovak National Party, the Autonomous Agrarian Union, the Polish People's Party and the Polish Socialist Workers Party.

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sudeten German Party	1,092,255	15.0	23	New
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	1,042,924	14.3	23	–1
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	910,252	12.5	20	0
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	740,696	10.2	16	+1
	Czechoslovak National Social Party	672,126	9.2	14	–2
	Czechoslovak People's Party	557,684	7.7	11	–2
	Autonomous Bloc^[a]	495,166	6.8	11	New
	National Unification–RNAP–RNP	410,095	5.6	9	New
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	393,732	5.4	8	+2
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	271,097	3.7	6	–5
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	259,832	3.6	6	0
	German Christian Social People's Party	155,234	2.1	3	–5
	National Fascist Community	145,125	2.0	0	New
	Farmers' League	129,862	1.8	0	New
	Other parties	973	0.0	0	–
Total		7,277,053	100	150	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p472

Elections in Czechoslovakia
Parliamentary elections	1920 1925 1929 1935 1946 1948 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 1992
Parliamentary by-elections	1924
Regional elections	1923 1928 1935
Local elections	1919 1923 1927 1931 1938 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990
Referendums	1951
See also: Elections in the Czech Republic Elections in Slovakia

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