Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1935

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 19 May 1935.^[1] The result was a victory for the newly established Sudeten German Party, which won 44 seats in the Chamber and 23 in the Senate. Funded by the German Nazi Party, it won over two-thirds of the vote amongst Sudeten Germans. Voter turnout was 91.9% in the Chamber election and 81.2% for the Senate.^[2]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sudeten German Party	1,249,534	15.2	44	New
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	1,176,628	14.3	45	–1
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,032,773	12.5	38	–1
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	849,495	10.3	30	0
	Czechoslovak National Socialist Party	755,872	9.2	28	–4
	Czechoslovak People's Party	615,804	7.5	22	–3
	Autonomous Bloc^[a]	564,273	6.9	22	New
	National Democratic Party	458,351	5.6	17	New
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	448,049	5.4	17	+5
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	299,945	3.6	11	–10
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	291,837	3.5	9	0
	National Fascist Community	167,433	2.0	6	New
	German Christian Social People's Party	162,781	2.0	6	–8
	Farmers' League	142,399	1.7	5	New
	Other parties	16,206	0.2	0	–
Total		8,231,380	100	300	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The Autonomous Bloc was composed of Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, the Slovak National Party, the Autonomous Agrarian Union, the Polish People's Party and the Polish Socialist Workers Party.

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sudeten German Party	1,092,255	15.0	23	New
	Republican Party of Agrarian and Smallholding Peoples	1,042,924	14.3	23	–1
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party	910,252	12.5	20	0
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	740,696	10.2	16	+1
	Czechoslovak National Socialist Party	672,126	9.2	14	–2
	Czechoslovak People's Party	557,684	7.7	11	–2
	Autonomous Bloc^[a]	495,166	6.8	11	New
	National Democratic Party	410,095	5.6	9	New
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	393,732	5.4	8	+2
	German Social Democratic Workers Party	271,097	3.7	6	–5
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	259,832	3.6	6	0
	German Christian Social People's Party	155,234	2.1	3	–5
	National Fascist Community	145,125	2.0	0	New
	Farmers' League	129,862	1.8	0	New
	Other parties	973	0.0	0	–
Total		7,277,053	100	150	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p472

Elections in Czechoslovakia

Parliamentary elections	1920 1925 1929 1935 1946 1948 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 1992

Parliamentary by-elections	1924

Regional elections	1923 1928 1935

Local elections	1919 1923 1927 1931 1938 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990

Referendums	1951

See also: Elections in the Czech Republic Elections in Slovakia

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