Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1935
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 Agrarian and Smallholding Peoples | 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 Socialist 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 Democratic Party | 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 Agrarian and Smallholding Peoples | 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 Socialist 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 Democratic Party | 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
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