1928 Slovak provincial election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Largest political party by district
Land President before
Land President after
Ján DrobnýHSĽS
Ján DrobnýHSĽS
Provincial elections were held in Slovak Province on 2 December 1928. The elections were marked by a drop in support for the Slovak People's Party ,[ 1] Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants emerged as the largest party in the Assembly of Slovakia.[ 2]
Background
The Slovak Assembly was established on 14 July 1927 when the National Assembly abolished the counties of Czechoslovakia , replacing them with four provinces, one of which was Slovakia.[ 3] [ 4]
Electoral system
The 54-member Assembly had two-thirds of its members elected and the other third appointed by the national government.[ 3] [ 5]
Results
Party Votes % Seats Elected Appointed Total Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 325,588 24.64 9 5 14 Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 271,520 20.55 8 8 16 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 190,595 14.42 5 0 5 Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 120,769 9.14 3 0 3 Hungarian-German Party (MNP –ZDP –MNMP) 104,106 7.88 3 0 3 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 96,901 7.33 3 1 4 Jewish Party –Jewish Economic Party 45,244 3.42 1 1 2 Czechoslovak People's Party 43,689 3.31 1 1 2 Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 36,181 2.74 1 1 2 Slovak National Party 31,679 2.40 1 0 1 Czechoslovak National Democracy 26,300 1.99 1 1 2 Czechoslovak Traders' Party 15,371 1.16 0 0 0 Hungarian Smallholder, Craftsman and Labour Party 13,635 1.03 0 0 0 Total 1,321,578 100.00 36 18 54 Source: Teich et al .[ 6] [ 5] [ 7]
References
^ James Ramon Felak (1995) At the Price of the Republic: Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, 1929–1938 , University of Pittsburgh, p36
^ William M Mahoney (2011) The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia , ABC-CLIO, p152
^ a b Stanislav J Kirschbaum (2013) Historical Dictionary of Slovakia , Scarecrow Press, p290
^ Kirschbaum, p299
^ a b "Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb" . epravo.cz (in Czech). 12 August 1927. Retrieved 15 November 2017 .^ Mikuláš Teich , Dušan Kováč & Martin D Brown (2011) Slovakia in History , Cambridge University Press, pp146–147^ Statistická příručka republiky Československé IV
