- Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, 1920
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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 18 April and the Senate on 25 April.[1] They were the first elections held under the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920. The result was a victory for the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party, which won 74 seats in the Chamber amd 41 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 89.6% for the Chamber election and 75.6% for the Senate.[2]
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Results
Chamber of Deputies
Party Nationality Votes % Seats Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party Czechoslovak 1,590,520 25.65 74 Czechoslovak People's Party Czechoslovak 699,728 11.29 33 German Social Democratic Workers Party German 689,589 11.12 31 Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People Czechoslovak 603,618 9.74 28 Czechoslovak Socialist Party Czechoslovak 500,821 8.08 24 Czechoslovak National Democracy Czechoslovak 387,552 6.25 19 German National Socialist Workers' Party German 328,735 5.30 15 Slovak National and Peasant Party Slovak 242,045 3.91 12 Farmers' League German 241,747 3.90 11 German Christian Social People's Party German 212,913 3.43 10 Provincial Christian-Socialist Party Hungarian 139,355 2.25 5 Czechoslovak Traders' Party Czechoslovak 122,813 1.98 6 Hungarian Social Democratic Party Hungarian 108,546 1.75 4 German Liberal Party German 105,449 1.70 5 United Jewish Parties Jewish 79,714 1.29 0 Socialist Party of Czechoslovak Working Peoples Czechoslovak 58,580 0.94 3 Party of Smallholders, Cottiers and Entrepreneurs of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak 42,670 0.69 0 Hungarian Provincial Party of Smallholders and Agrarians Hungarian 26,520 0.43 1 German Free Social Party German 7,630 0.12 0 Independent Party of Small People Czechoslovak 5,252 0.08 0 Hungarian National Party Hungarian 4,214 0.07 0 Slavic Socialist Party Czechoslovak 2,024 0.03 0 Total 6,200,035 100 281 Senate
Party Votes % Seats Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party 1,466,958 28.07 41 Czechoslovak People's Party 622,406 11.91 18 German Social Democratic Workers Party 539,344 11.35 16 Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People 530,388 10.15 14 Czechoslavak Socialist Party 395,844 7.57 10 Czechoslovak National Democracy 354,561 6.78 10 German National Socialist Workers' Party 300,333 5.7 8 Farmers' League 210,724 4.0 6 Slovak National and Farmers' Party 181,289 3.47 6 German Christian Social People's Party 141,495 2.7 4 Czechoslovak Traders' Party 107,674 2.06 3 Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 100,371 1.92 2 Other parties 275,424 5.30 4 Total 5,226,811 100 142 Source: Nohlen & Stöver References
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