Yugoslavian parliamentary election, 1938

Kingdom of Yugoslavia parliamentary election, 1938

December 11, 1938

All 373 seats to the Narodna skupština

	First party	Second party

Leader	Milan Stojadinović	Vlatko Maček
Party	Yugoslav Radical Union	United Opposition
Last election	303 seats, 60.6%	67 seats, 37.4%
Seats won	306	67
Seat change	+3	0
Percentage	54.1%	44.9%

PM before election

Milan Stojadinović

Elected PM

Dragiša Cvetković

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Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 1 December 1938.^[1] The result was a victory for the governing Yugoslav Radical Union, which won 306 of the 373 seats in Parliament.

Coalitions

The Yugoslav Radical Union was an alliance of the People's Radical Party led by Milan Stojadinović, the Yugoslav National Party led by Bogoljub Jevtić, the Yugoslav Muslim Organization led by Mehmed Spaho and the Slovene People's Party led by Anton Korošec.

The United Opposition consisted of:

The Croatian Peasant Party led by Vladko Maček
The Independent Democratic Party led by Srđan Budisavljević
The People's Radical Party led by Aca Stanojević
The Democratic Party led by Ljubomir Davidović
The Agrarian Party led by Jovan Jovanović Pižon
The Montenegrin Federalist Party led by Sekula Drljević

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Yugoslav Radical Union	1,643,783	54.1	306	+3
United Opposition	1,364,524	44.9	67	0
Yugoslav National Movement	30,734	1.0	0	0
Total	3,039,041	100	373	+3
Registered voters/turnout	4,080,286	74.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784

External links

The Elections to the Parliament of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes 1920 - 1938

Elections in Yugoslavia

Parliamentary elections	1919 (South Serbia) 1920 1923 1925 1927 1931 1935 1938 1945 1950 1953 1958 1963 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986

Upper house elections	1935 1938

See also: Elections in Serbia & Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia

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