1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Czechoslovakia
18 and 25 April 1920
Chamber of Deputies
All 300 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
151 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats
ČSDSD Antonín Němec 25.65 74
ČSL Jan Šrámek 11.29 33
DSAP Josef Seliger 11.12 31
RSZML Antonín Švehla 9.74 28
ČSNS Václav Klofáč 8.08 24
ČsND Karel Kramář 6.25 19
DNP–DNSAP Ernst Storch 5.30 15
SNRS Pavel Blaho 3.91 12
BdL Franz Křepek 3.90 11
DCVP 3.43 10
OKSZP Jenő Lelley 2.25 5
ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 1.98 6
UDPS 1.75 4
DLP 1.70 5
SSČLP František Modráček 0.94 3
OMKFP 0.43 1
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 28.07 41
ČSL Jan Šrámek 11.91 18
DSAP Josef Seliger 11.35 16
RSZML Antonín Švehla 10.15 14
ČSNS Václav Klofáč 7.15 10
ČsND Karel Kramář 6.78 10
DNP–DNSAP Ernst Storch 5.75 8
BdL Franz Křepek 4.03 6
SNRS Pavel Blaho 3.47 6
DCVP 2.70 4
ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 2.06 3
OKSZP Jenő Lelley 1.92 2
OMKFP 0.77 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Vlastimil Tusar
ČSSD		 Jan Černý

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 elections had initially been planned for mid- or late 1919, but had been postponed.[3]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party1,590,52025.6574
Czechoslovak People's Party699,72811.2933
German Social Democratic Workers' Party689,58911.1231
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants603,6189.7428
Czechoslovak Socialist Party500,8218.0824
Czechoslovak National Democracy387,5526.2519
German National Party–German National Socialist Workers' Party328,7355.3015
Slovak National and Peasant Party242,0453.9012
Farmers' League241,7473.9011
German Christian Social People's Party212,9133.4310
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party139,3552.255
Czechoslovak Traders' Party122,8131.986
Hungarian-German Social Democratic Party108,5461.754
German Liberal Party105,4491.705
United Jewish Parties79,7141.290
Socialist Party of the Czechoslovak Working People58,5800.943
Party of Smallholders, Cottiers and Entrepreneurs of Czechoslovakia42,6700.690
Hungarian Provincial Party of Smallholders and Agrarians26,5200.431
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' Party1,466,95828.0741
Czechoslovak People's Party622,40611.9118
German Social Democratic Workers' Party593,34411.3516
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants530,38810.1514
Czechoslovak Socialist Party373,9137.1510
Czechoslovak National Democracy354,5616.7810
German National Party–German National Socialist Workers' Party300,2875.758
Farmers' League210,7004.036
Slovak National and Peasant Party181,2893.476
German Christian Social People's Party141,3342.704
Czechoslovak Traders' Party107,6742.063
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party100,6581.932
United Jewish Parties59,9131.150
Hungarian Provincial Party of Smallholders and Agrarians40,3020.771
Party of Smallholders, Cottiers and Entrepreneurs of Czechoslovakia21,9310.420
German Liberal Party21,1990.413
Other German parties96,9041.85
Socialist Party of the Czechoslovak Working People3,0500.060
Total5,226,811100.00142
Registered voters/turnout6,917,956–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,. Electoral Office

Aftermath

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 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. Vol. 17–18. J. C. B. Mohr (P. Siebeck). 1929. p. 241.
  5. ↑ Otto Bauer (1926). Der Kampf: sozialdemokratische Monatsschrift. Vol. 19. Verlag Volksbuchhandlung. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "Volkswohl"; wissenschaftliche Monatsschrift. Vol. 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. 1 2 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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