1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920.[1] Members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected on 18 April and members of the Senate on 25 April.[2] The election had initially been planned for mid- or late 1919, but had been postponed.[3]

1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
18 April & 25 April 1920 (1920-04-25)
All 300 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
All 150 seats to the Senate
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89.6% & 75.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Antonín Němec Jan Šrámek
& František Šabata
& Andrej Hlinka		 Josef Seliger
Party ČSSD ČSL DSAP
Alliance ČSL–SĽS
Seats after 74 33 31
Seat change 74 33 31
Popular vote 1,590,520 699,728 689,589
Percentage 25.65% 11.29% 11.12%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Antonín Švehla Václav Klofáč Karel Kramář
Party RSZML ČSNS ČsND
Seats after 28 24 19
Seat change 28 24 19
Popular vote 603,618 500,821 387,552
Percentage 9.74% 8.08% 6.25%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Hans Knirsch Pavel Blaho Franz Křepek
Party German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia) SNaRS BdL
Alliance DNSAP–DNP
Seats after 15 12 11
Seat change 15 12 11
Popular vote 328,735 242,045 241,747
Percentage 5.30% 3.91% 3.90%
Prime Minister before election

Vlastimil Tusar
ČSSD

 Elected Prime Minister

Jan Černý

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Out of the 300 Chamber of Deputies seats 281 were filled, as no elections were held in Hlučín Region (part of the Moravská Ostrava electoral district, resulting in 1 less deputy elected from that district), the Těšín electoral district (9 deputies) and the Užhorod electoral district (9 deputies).[4][5][6][7] 16 parties won parliamentary representation.[8] Voter turnout was 89.6% for the Chamber election and 75.6% for the Senate.[9]

The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party (ČSDSD) emerged as the largest party in the 1920 election, with 25.7% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies, 74 deputies elected, 28.1% of the vote for the Senate and 41 senators elected.[2] Amongst the Czech voters, the 1920 election outcome was marked by remarkable stability compared to the 1911 election.[10] The gap between Czech socialist and bourgeois parties had only moved by 0.4% compared to the 1911 result.[10]

Results

Chamber of Deputies
Party Nationality Votes % Seats
 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' PartyCzechoslovak1,590,52025.6574
 Czechoslovak People's PartyCzechoslovak699,72811.2933
 German Social Democratic Workers' PartyGerman689,58911.1231
 Republican Party of Farmers and PeasantsCzechoslovak603,6189.7428
 Czechoslovak Socialist PartyCzechoslovak500,8218.0824
 Czechoslovak National DemocracyCzechoslovak387,5526.2519
 German National Socialist Workers' PartyGerman328,7355.3015
 Slovak National and Peasant PartySlovak242,0453.9112
 Farmers' LeagueGerman241,7473.9011
 German Christian Social People's PartyGerman212,9133.4310
 Provincial Christian-Socialist PartyHungarian139,3552.255
 Czechoslovak Traders' PartyCzechoslovak122,8131.986
 Hungarian-German Social Democratic PartyHungarian108,5461.754
 German Liberal PartyGerman105,4491.705
 United Jewish PartiesJewish79,7141.290
 Socialist Party of the Czechoslovak Working PeopleCzechoslovak58,5800.943
 Party of Smallholders, Cottiers and Entrepreneurs of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak42,6700.690
 Hungarian Provincial Party of Smallholders and AgrariansHungarian26,5200.431
 German Free Social PartyGerman7,6300.120
 Independent Party of Small PeopleCzechoslovak5,2520.080
 Hungarian National PartyHungarian4,2140.070
 Slavic Socialist PartyCzechoslovak2,0240.030
Total6,200,035100281

Senate
Party Votes % Seats
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party1,466,95828.0741
Czechoslovak People's Party622,40611.9118
German Social Democratic Workers' Party539,34411.3516
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants530,38810.1514
Czechoslovak Socialist Party395,8447.5710
Czechoslovak National Democracy354,5616.7810
German National Socialist Workers' Party300,3335.78
Farmers' League210,7244.06
Slovak National and Peasant Party181,2893.476
German Christian Social People's Party141,4952.74
Czechoslovak Traders' Party107,6742.063
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party100,3711.922
Other parties275,4245.304
Total5,226,811100142
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Richard Crampton; Benjamin Crampton (11 June 2016). Atlas of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. pp. 58–60. ISBN 978-1-317-79952-8.
  3. Duin, P.C. van. Central European Cross-roads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart. 17–18. J. C. B. Mohr (P. Siebeck). 1929. p. 241.
  5. Otto Bauer (1926). Der Kampf: sozialdemokratische Monatsschrift. 19. Verlag Volksbuchhandlung. p. 12.
  6. "Volkswohl"; wissenschaftliche Monatsschrift. 11–12. 1920. p. 205.
  7. Mads Ole Balling (1991). Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. Dokumentation Verlag. p. 417. ISBN 978-87-983829-3-5.
  8. Joseph Lee (1989). Ireland, 1912-1985: Politics and Society. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-521-37741-6.
  9. Nohlen & Stöver, p472
  10. Carol Skalnik Leff (14 July 2014). National Conflict in Czechoslovakia: The Making and Remaking of a State, 1918-1987. Princeton University Press. pp. 48–49, 67. ISBN 978-1-4008-5921-4.
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