1897 Serbian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 22 June 1897 to elect members of the National Assembly.

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A total of 191 members were elected, with a further 63 appointed. [1] The elections were boycotted by the Liberal Party, while the Serbian Progressive Party had dissolved itself prior to the elections. As a result, the People's Radical Party won all the seats. However, several members of the Liberals and Progressives were named amongst the appointees to the National Assembly. [1]

Aftermath

Nikola Pašić was appointed president of the National Assembly and Dimitrije Katić as vice president. [1]

The Radical Party's Đorđe Simić remained Prime Minister, but was dismissed by the king in October 1897 and replaced by Vladan Đorđević, who headed a cabinet whose members (with the exception of the Minister of War) were appointed by the king, largely composed of independents and Progressives, with a single Liberal. [2] On 14 March 1898 the Assembly was dissolved, with the intention of holding new elections. [1] A decree was issued on 18 April setting the election date as 23 May. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cedomil Mitrinović and Milos N. Brasić (1937). "Yugoslavian National Assembly and Parliaments". pp. 137–141.
  2. Marko Attila Hoare (2024). Serbia: A Modern History. Oxford University Press. p. 283. ISBN   978-0-19-776942-3.