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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Provincial elections were held in Slovak Province on 2 December 1928. The 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 Assembly of Slovakia. [2]
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]
The 54-member Assembly had two-thirds of its members elected and the other third appointed by the national government. [3] [5]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elected | Appointed | Total | ||||||
| Hlinka's Slovak People's Party | 325,588 | 24.64 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |||
| Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants | 271,520 | 20.55 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 190,595 | 14.42 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Provincial Christian-Socialist Party | 120,769 | 9.14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hungarian-German Party (MNP–ZDP–MNMP) | 104,106 | 7.88 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party | 96,901 | 7.33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Jewish Party–Jewish Economic Party | 45,244 | 3.42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 43,689 | 3.31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Czechoslovak National Socialist Party | 36,181 | 2.74 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Slovak National Party | 31,679 | 2.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Czechoslovak National Democracy | 26,300 | 1.99 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Czechoslovak Traders' Party | 15,371 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hungarian Smallholder, Craftsman and Labour Party | 13,635 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1,321,578 | 100.00 | 36 | 18 | 54 | |||
| Source: Teich et al. [6] Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb. [5] Statistical Handbook [7] | ||||||||
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