1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

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1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
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18 and 25 April 1920 1925  
Chamber of Deputies

281 of the 300 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
141 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats
ČSDSD Antonín Němec 25.6574
ČSL Jan Šrámek 11.2933
DSAP Josef Seliger 11.1231
RSZML Antonín Švehla 9.7428
ČSNS Václav Klofáč 8.0824
ČsND Karel Kramář 6.2519
DNPDNSAP Ernst Storch 5.3015
SNRS Pavel Blaho 3.9112
BdL Franz Křepek 3.9011
DCVP 3.4310
OKSZP Jenő Lelley 2.255
ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 1.986
UDPS 1.754
DDFP 1.705
SSČLP František Modráček 0.943
OMKFP 0.431
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate

All 142 seats in the Senate
82 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats
ČSDSD Antonín Němec 28.0741
ČSL Jan Šrámek 11.9118
DSAP Josef Seliger 11.3516
RSZML Antonín Švehla 10.1514
ČSNS Václav Klofáč 7.1510
ČsND Karel Kramář 6.7810
DNPDNSAP Ernst Storch 5.758
BdL Franz Křepek 4.036
SNRS Pavel Blaho 3.476
DCVP 2.704
ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 2.063
OKSZP Jenő Lelley 1.922
OMKFP 0.771
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Chamber of Deputies results. Elections were not held in the bright yellow areas; in Ruthenia they were delayed until 1924 due to security concerns [1]
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Vlastimil Tusar
ČSDSD
Vlastimil Tusar
ČSDSD

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920. [2] Members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected on 18 April and members of the Senate on 25 April. [3] The elections had initially been planned for mid- or late 1919, but had been postponed. [4]

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Results

281 of the 300 Chamber of Deputies seats 281 were unfilled as elections were not held in Hlučín Region (part of the Moravská Ostrava electoral district, resulting in one less deputy being elected from that district), the Těšín electoral district (nine deputies) and the Užhorod electoral district (nine deputies). [5] [6] [7] [8] 16 parties won parliamentary representation. [9] Voter turnout was 90% for the Chamber election and 76% for the Senate. [10]

The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party (ČSDSD) emerged as the largest party in the 1920 election, with 26% of the vote and 74 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 28% of the vote and 41 seats in the Senate and 41 senators elected. [3] Amongst the Czech voters, the 1920 election outcome was marked by remarkable stability compared to the 1911 election. [11] The gap between Czech socialist and bourgeois parties had only moved by 0.4% compared to the 1911 result. [11]

Chamber of Deputies

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PartyVotes%Seats
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 1,590,52025.6574
Czechoslovak People's Party-Slovak People's Party 699,72811.2933
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 689,58911.1231
Republican Party of the Czechoslovak Countryside 603,6189.7428
Czechoslovak Socialist Party 500,8218.0824
Czechoslovak National Democracy 387,5526.2519
German National PartyGerman National Socialist Workers' Party 328,7355.3015
Slovak National and Peasant Party 242,0453.9012
Farmers' League 241,7473.9011
German Christian Social People's Party 212,9133.4310
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 139,3552.255
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 122,8131.986
Hungarian-German Social Democratic Party 108,5461.754
German Democratic Freedom Party 105,4491.705
Associated Jewish Parties 79,7141.290
Socialist Party of the Czechoslovak Working People 58,5800.943
Party of Smallholders, Homeowners and Entrepreneurs of Czechoslovakia42,6700.690
Hungarian Provincial Party of Smallholders and Agrarians 26,5200.431
German Free Social Party7,6300.120
Independent Party of Small People5,2520.080
Hungarian National Party4,2140.070
Slavic Socialist Party2,0240.030
Total6,200,035100.00281
Registered voters/turnout6,917,956

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 1,466,95828.0741
Czechoslovak People's Party-Slovak People's Party 622,40611.9118
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 593,34411.3516
Republican Party of the Czechoslovak Countryside 530,38810.1514
Czechoslovak Socialist Party 373,9137.1510
Czechoslovak National Democracy 354,5616.7810
German National PartyGerman National Socialist Workers' Party 300,2875.758
Farmers' League 210,7004.036
Slovak National and Peasant Party 181,2893.476
German Christian Social People's Party 141,3342.704
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 107,6742.063
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 100,6581.932
Associated Jewish Parties 59,9131.150
Hungarian Provincial Smallholders' and Farmers' Part 40,3020.771
Party of Smallholders, Homeowners and Entrepreneurs of Czechoslovakia21,9310.420
German Democratic Freedom Party 21,1990.413
Other German parties96,9041.85
Socialist Party of the Czechoslovak Working People 3,0500.060
Total5,226,811100.00142
Registered voters/turnout6,917,956
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,. Electoral Office

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