Slovak provincial election, 1928

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Provincial elections were held in Slovak Province on 2 December 1928. They elections were marked by a drop in support for the Slovak People's Party,[1] whilst the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants emerged as the largest party in the Slovak Assembly.[2]

Background

The Slovak Assembly was established on 14 July 1927 when the National Assembly abolished the counties of Czechoslovakia, replacing them with four provinces, one of which was Slovakia.[3] The law took effect on 1 July 1928.[4]

Electoral system

The 54-member Assembly had two-thirds of its members elected and the other third appointed by the national government.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Elected Appointed Total
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 8816
Slovak People's Party 24.69514
Hungarian parties 606
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 505
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party 314
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 112
Czechoslovak People's Party 112
Czechoslovak People's Party 112
National Democracy 112
Slovak National Party 101
Total 361854
Source: Teich et al.[5]

References

  1. ↑ James Ramon Felak (1995) At the Price of the Republic: Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, 1929–1938, University of Pittsburgh, p36
  2. ↑ William M Mahoney (2011) The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ABC-CLIO, p152
  3. 1 2 Stanislav J Kirschbaum (2013) Historical Dictionary of Slovakia, Scarecrow Press, p290
  4. ↑ Kirschbaum, p299
  5. ↑ Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč & Martin D Brown (2011) Slovakia in History, Cambridge University Press, pp146–147
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