1928 Slovak provincial election

1928 Slovak provincial election

2 December 1928 1935  →

All 54 seats in the Assembly of Slovak Province 28 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats HSĽS Andrej Hlinka 24.64 14 RSZML Milan Hodža 20.55 16 KSČ Matej Kršiak  [ cz ] 14.42 5 OKSZP Géza Szüllő  [ cz ] 9.14 3 MNP–ZDP–MNMP József Törköly  [ cz ] 7.88 3 ČSSD Ivan Dérer 7.33 4 ŽS–ŽHS Julius Reisz  [ cz ] 3.42 2 ČSL Martin Mičura  [ sk ] 3.31 2 ČSNS Igor Hrušovský  [ cz ] 2.74 2 SNS Martin Rázus 2.40 1 ČsND Gejza Rehák  [ cz ] 1.99 2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Largest political party by district Land President before Land President after Ján Drobný HSĽS Ján Drobný HSĽS

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]

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] [5]}

Results

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]

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. Stanislav J Kirschbaum (2013) Historical Dictionary of Slovakia, Scarecrow Press, p290
4. Kirschbaum, p299
5. "Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb". epravo.cz (in Czech). 12 August 1927. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
6. Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč & Martin D Brown (2011) Slovakia in History, Cambridge University Press, pp146–147
7. Statistická příručka republiky Československé IV. Czechoslovak Statistical Office. 1932. p. 405.