1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

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1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election
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All 370 seats in the National Assembly
161 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Nikola Uzunovic facingright.jpg Vladko Macek.jpg
Leader Nikola Uzunović Vlatko Maček
Party JNS HSS
Alliance— United Opposition  [ sr ]
Seats won30367
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2New
Popular vote1,746,9821,076,345
Percentage60.64%37.36%
1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election - Results by banovina.svg
Most voted-for list by banovina
Prime Minister before election

Bogoljub Jevtić
JNS

Prime Minister after election

Milan Stojadinović
JNS

Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 5 May 1935. [1] The result was a victory for the governing Yugoslav National Party (JNS), which won 303 of the 370 seats in Parliament.

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Rioting among Croats and Slovenes prior to the election resulted in the death of 16 people during 19 and 20 February. [2] Prior to the elections the government obstructed the Socialist Party of Yugoslavia from fielding candidates. [3] On 1 May Yugoslav gendarmery killed one and injured 50 after rioting broke out in Sarajevo subsequent to authorities banning a speech by Mehmed Spaho. [4]

On election day 2,000 anti-government protesters in Belgrade were dispersed by police. [5] Hundreds of youth were arrested on election day and foreign journalists were expelled from the country. [6]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Yugoslav National Party 1,746,98260.64303–2
United Opposition  [ sr ]1,076,34537.3667New
Yugoslav National Movement 33,5491.160New
Bož Maksimović List24,0880.840New
Total2,880,964100.00370+65
Registered voters/turnout3,908,313–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Elected members

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784
  2. ↑ Yugoslavia Prince Condemns Rioting, Montreal Gazette, 21 February 1935
  3. ↑ Yugoslavia Vote Control Feared, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 April 1935
  4. ↑ Fatal Election Riot Occurs in Sarajevo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 May 1935
  5. ↑ Quell Election Demonstration in Yugoslavia, The Schenectady Gazette, 6 May 1935
  6. ↑ Government Opponents Jailed - News Writers Expelled, The Montreal Gazette, 6 May 1935
  7. ↑ People's representative of the Croatian Peasants' Party and his district: the work of Stjepan Hefer in the territory of Osijek and Valpovo (1924-1941)
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