1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

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1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg
  1931 5 May 1935 1938  

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)