- Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, 1935
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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-third of the vote amongst Sudeten Germans. Voter turnout was 91.9% in the Chamber election and 81.2% for the Senate.[2]
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Results
Chamber of Deputies
Party Votes % Seats +/– Sudeten German Party 1,249,534 15.2 44 New Republican Party of Agrarian and Smallholding Peoples 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 Bloc¹ 564,273 6.9 22 New National Reunion 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 German-Hungarian Coalition 291,837 3.5 9 New 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 ¹ 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 495,166 6.8 11 New National Reunion 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 German-Hungarian Coalition 259,832 3.6 6 New 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
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