1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

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All 315 seats in the National Assembly 158 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– NRS Aca Stanojević 31.92 112 +1 DS Ljubomir Davidović 16.42 59 +23 HSS Stjepan Radić 15.81 61 −6 SDS Svetozar Pribićević 8.56 22 +14 ZS Jovan Jovanović Pižon 5.85 9 +5 SLS Anton Korošec 4.57 20 0 DS–JMO – 3.17 11 New JMO Mehmed Spaho 2.52 9 −6 NS Ludwig Kremling  [ de ] 2.14 6 +1 HB Ante Trumbić 1.95 2 New HPS Stjepan Barić  [ hr ] 1.37 1 +1 SPJ Vitomir Korać 1.03 1 +1 SKS Ivan Pucelj  [ sl ] 0.43 1 0 CFS Sekula Drljević 0.22 1 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Velimir Vukićević NRS Velimir Vukićević NRS

Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 11 September 1927. ^[1] The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in Parliament, winning 112 of the 315 seats. ^[1]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Radical Party	742,111	31.92	112	+1
	Democratic Party	381,784	16.42	59	+23
	Croatian Peasant Party	367,570	15.81	61	–6
	Independent Democratic Party	199,040	8.56	22	+14
	Agrarian Party	136,076	5.85	9	+5
	Slovene People's Party	106,247	4.57	20	0
	Democratic Party–JMO	73,703	3.17	11	New
	Yugoslav Muslim Organization	58,623	2.52	9	–6
	German Party	49,849	2.14	6	+1
	Croatian Bloc	45,218	1.95	2	New
	Workers' Republican Union	43,114	1.85	0	0
	Croatian Popular Party	31,746	1.37	1	+1
	Socialist Party of Yugoslavia	24,035	1.03	1	+1
	Independent Agrarian Party	9,900	0.43	1	0
	Republican Party	6,122	0.26	0	0
	Montenegrin Federalist Party	5,153	0.22	1	–2
	Romanian Party	4,654	0.20	0	New
	Serbian Party	2,142	0.09	0	0
	Bunjevac-Šokac Party	1,618	0.07	0	0
	Croatian Community	1,103	0.05	0	New
	Others	34,862	1.50	0	–
Total		2,324,670	100.00	315	0
Registered voters/turnout		3,375,593	–
Source: Nohlen et al., [2] Rothschild [3]

Ethnic breakdown

The members of parliament had the following ethnic makeup:

Ethnic breakdown of parliament ^[4]

Party	Serbs	Croats	Slovenes	Bunjevci	Undeclared	Germans	Hungarians	Albanians	Turks	Total
People's Radical Party	102	2	-	2	-	-	2	3	1	112
Croatian Peasant Party	2	59	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	63
Democratic Party	56	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	61
Independent Democratic Party	13	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
Yugoslav People's Party	-	1	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
Agrarian Union	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Yugoslav Muslim Organization	1	11	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	18
German Party	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6
Small groups	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Total	183	82	27	2	6	6	3	4	2	313

Elected representatives

New members of parliament after swearing Oath.

• S. Barić - Croatian Popular Party ^[5]
• Đuro Basariček - Croatian Peasant Party
• Sekula Drljević - Montenegrin Federalist Party
• Anton Korošec - Slovene People's Party
• Filip Markotić - Croatian Peasant Party ^[6]
• Ante Pavelić - Croatian Bloc ^[7]
• Ivan Pernar - Croatian Peasant Party
• Puniša Račić - People's Radical Party
• Stjepan Radić - Croatian Peasant Party
• Milan Stojadinović - People's Radical Party
• Ante Trumbić - Croatian Bloc ^[7]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p. 784
2. Nohlen et al.
3. Rothschild
4. John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (p. 159)
5. Croatian Populist Party
6. Leček, Suzana; Brodski odvjetnik Filip Markotić – ‘desni’ haesesovac? .
7. Ante Pavelić Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Nebojša A. Popović Srpske parlamentarne stranke u Kraljevini SHS 1918-1929