Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1925

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Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1925
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  1920 15 November 1925 (1925-11-15) 1929  

All 300 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
All 150 seats to the Senate
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.1%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Antonin Svehla.jpg Josef Haken.jpg Jan Sramek.jpg
Leader Antonín Švehla Josef Haken Jan Šrámek
Party RSZML KSČ ČSL
Seats after454131
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 17Increase2.svg 41Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote970,498913,711691,238
Percentage13.66%12.86%9.73%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Antonin Hampl.jpg Vaclav Klofac - barva.jpg Franz Spina.jpg
Leader Antonín Hampl Václav Klofáč Franz Spina
Party ČSSD ČSNS BdL
Seats after292824
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 45Increase2.svg 4Increase2.svg 11
Popular vote630,894609,915571,198
Percentage8.88%8.58%8.03%

 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
  Andrej Hlinka 1937.jpg Ludwig Czech.jpg Karl Hilgenreiner verbessert.jpg
Leader Andrej Hlinka Ludwig Czech Karl Hilgenreiner
Party HSĽS DSAP DCVP
Seats after231713
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 23Decrease2.svg 14Decrease2.svg 14
Popular vote489,027411,010314,440
Percentage6.88%5.78%4.43%

Prime Minister before election

Antonín Švehla
RSZML

Elected Prime Minister

Antonín Švehla
RSZML

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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 15 November 1925. [1] The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, which won 45 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.1% in the Chamber election and 77.3% for the Senate. [2]

Czechoslovakia 1918–1992 country in Central Europe, predecessor of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia, was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants

The Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants was a centre-right agrarian party of Czechoslovakia, seen as representing big business and agriculture. In the period up to 1935 it was the biggest and most influential political party in the country. Led by Antonín Švehla and Milan Hodža, the party influenced Czechoslovak politics between World War I and World War II. It participated in the Pětka coalition governments, and it was a member of the International Agrarian Bureau.

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Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
  Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 970,49813.6645+17
  Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 913,71112.8641New
  Czechoslovak People's Party 691,2389.7331–2
  Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 630,8948.8829–45
  Czechoslovak Socialist Party 609,9158.5828+4
  Carpatho-Russian Labour Party 0New
  Farmers' League 571,1988.0324+11
  Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 489,0276.8823New
  German Social Democratic Workers' Party 411,0105.7817+4
  German Christian Social People's Party 314,4404.4313–14
  Czechoslovak Traders' Party 285,9284.0213+7
  Czechoslovak National Democracy 284,6284.0113–6
  German National Party 240,8793.3910New
  German National Socialist Workers' Party 168,2782.377–8
  Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 85,7771.214+4
  Jewish Party 98,7931.392
  National Labour Party 98,2401.380
  Autonomous Agrarian Union 35,6740.50New
  Slovak National Party 35,4460.50–12
  Polish People's Party 29,8840.42New
  Polish Socialist Workers Party New
  Czechoslovak Agrarian and Conservative Party 27,8840.39New
  West Slovak Christian Social Party 17,2850.24New
  Jewish Economic Party 16,8610.24New
  Czechoslovak Cottiers and Smallholders Party 14,4530.200
  German Free Social Party 11,3670.16New
  Independent Communist Party 7,8540.11New
  Provincial Peasants Party 4,5920.06New
  Civic Party 4,240.06New
  Union of Christian Rural Peoples 2,3920.03New
  Entrepreneur Party of Subcarpathian Ruthenia 1,0940.02New
Total7,073,480100300+19

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 841,64713.823+9
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 774,45412.720New
Czechoslovak People's Party 618,03310.116–2
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 537,4708.814–27
Czechoslovak Socialist Party 516,2508.514+4
Farmers' League 505,5978.312+6
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 417,2066.812New
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 363,3106.09–7
German Christian Social People's Party 289,0554.77+3
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 257,1714.26+3
Czechoslovak National Democracy 256,3604.27–3
German National Party 214,5893.55New
German National Socialist Workers' Party 139,9452.33
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 85,7771.420
Slovak National and Farmers' Party 31,6570.50–6
Other parties248,1964.10–4
Total6,096,717100150+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p472