Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, 1925
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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia
on 15 November 1925. The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People, which won 45 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.1% in the Chamber election and 77.3% for the Senate.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
on 15 November 1925. The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People, which won 45 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.1% in the Chamber election and 77.3% for the Senate.
Chamber of Deputies
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People | 970,498 | 13.66 | 45 | ||
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa was a Communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992.... |
913,711 | 12.86 | 41 | New | |
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 691,238 | 9.73 | 31 | –2 | |
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic.-History:The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria was founded on 7 April 1878 in Austria-Hungary representing the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian parliament... |
630,894 | 8.88 | 29 | –45 | |
| Czechoslovak Socialist Party Czech National Socialist Party The Czech National Socialist Party , abbreviated to ČSNS 2005, is a centre-left political party in the Czech Republic. Founded in 2005 by members of the Czech National Social Party because of financial problems of that party. ČSNS 2005 is committed to the heritage of the First Republic Czechoslovak... |
609,915 | 8.58 | 28 | ||
| Carpatho-Russian Labour Party Carpatho-Russian Labour Party of Small Peasants and Landless Carpatho-Russian Labour Party of Small Peasants and Landless was a political party in Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia founded in 1919. The party had a 'Greater Russian' orientation... |
0 | New | |||
| Farmers' League Farmers' League Farmers' League was an ethnic German agrarian political party in Czechoslovakia. Ideologically the party was moderately conservative, having its base in the Sudetenland countryside. The party was led by Franz Spina. Landjugend was the youth wing of the party... |
571,198 | 8.03 | 24 | ||
| Hlinka's Slovak People's Party | 489,027 | 6.88 | 23 | New | |
| German Social Democratic Workers Party | 411,010 | 5.78 | 17 | ||
| German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party was an ethnic German political party in Czechoslovakia, formed as a continuation from the Austrian Christian Social Party. It was founded in November 1919 in Prague. The party had good relations with its Czechoslovak brother party.In the summer of 1919, a... |
314,440 | 4.43 | 13 | –14 | |
| Czechoslovak Traders' Party | 285,928 | 4.02 | 13 | ||
| Czechoslovak National Democracy National Democratic Party (Czechoslovakia) The National Democratic Party was a First Republic right-wing political party in Czechoslovakia. It was founded by Karel Kramář in 1919, after the creation of independent Czechoslovakia from the Austria-Hungary Empire... |
284,628 | 4.01 | 13 | –6 | |
| German National Party German National Party The German Nationalist Party was a First Republic political party in Czechoslovakia, representing German population of Sudetenland. Its chairman and political face was Rudolf Lodgman von Auen.... |
240,879 | 3.39 | 10 | New | |
| German National Socialist Workers Party German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia) The German National Socialist Workers' Party was a protofascist party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the German Workers' Party from Austria-Hungary. It was founded in November 1919 in Duchcov. Most important party activists were Hans Knirsch, Hans Krebs, Adam Fahrner, Rudolf Jung and... |
168,278 | 2.37 | 7 | –8 | |
| Provincial Christian-Socialist Party Provincial Christian-Socialist Party The Provincial Christian-Socialist Party was the main political party of ethnic Hungarians in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia.It was founded on 23 November 1919 in Košice, by the merger of Catholic associations from Bratislava and Košice, but the first party convention took place in... |
85,777 | 1.21 | 4 | ||
| Jewish Party | 98,793 | 1.39 | 2 | – | |
| National Labour Party | 98,240 | 1.38 | 0 | ||
| Autonomous Agrarian Union Autonomous Agrarian Union The Autonomous Agrarian Union was a political party in Czechoslovakia, which fought for autonomy for Subcarpathia. The party was founded as the Subcarpathian Agrarian Union . The party published Russkij vestnik. It was represented in the Czechoslovak parliament by Ivan Kurtyak.The party was one of... |
35,674 | 0.50 | New | ||
| Slovak National Party Slovak National Party (historical party) The Slovak National Party was a Slovak conservative and nationalist political party in the Kingdom of Hungary and then in Czechoslovakia from 1871 to 1938... |
35,446 | 0.50 | –12 | ||
| Polish People's Party Polish People's Party (Czechoslovakia) Polish People's Party was a political party in Czechoslovakia founded in autumn 1922, based amongst Polish middle-class Protestants. The chairman of the party was doctor Jan Buzek. Other prominent party activists were pastor Józef Berger and journalist Jarosław Waleczko. In the 1929 parliamentary... |
29,884 | 0.42 | New | ||
| Polish Socialist Workers Party Polish Socialist Workers Party Polish Socialist Workers Party was a political party in Czechoslovakia founded in February 1921, based amongst Polish workers. The party was active in trade union struggles, mainly mobilizing miners and workers in heavy industries. The chairman of the party was Emanuel Chobot. Other prominent... |
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| Czechoslovak Agrarian and Conservative Party | 27,884 | 0.39 | New | ||
| West Slovakian Christian Social Party | 17,285 | 0.24 | New | ||
| Jewish Economical Party | 16,861 | 0.24 | New | ||
| Czechoslovak Cottiers and Smallholders Party | 14,453 | 0.20 | 0 | ||
| German Free Social Party | 11,367 | 0.16 | New | ||
| Independent Communist Party | 7,854 | 0.11 | New | ||
| Provincial Peasants Party | 4,592 | 0.06 | New | ||
| Civic Party | 4,24 | 0.06 | New | ||
| Union of Christian Rural Peoples | 2,392 | 0.03 | New | ||
| Entrepreneur Party of Subcarpathian Ruthenia | 1,094 | 0.02 | New | ||
| Total | 7,073,480 | 100 | 300 | +19 | |
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People | 841,647 | 13.8 | 23 | |
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa was a Communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992.... |
774,454 | 12.7 | 20 | New |
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 618,033 | 10.1 | 16 | –2 |
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic.-History:The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria was founded on 7 April 1878 in Austria-Hungary representing the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian parliament... |
537,470 | 8.8 | 14 | –27 |
| Czechoslavak Socialist Party Czech National Social Party Czech National Social Party was a civic nationalist political party established in 1898 within the Young Czech Party as a nominally socialist group with a stress on achieving Czech independence from Austria–Hungary Czech National Social Party (Czech: Česká strana národně sociální) was a civic... |
516,250 | 8.5 | 14 | |
| Farmers' League Farmers' League Farmers' League was an ethnic German agrarian political party in Czechoslovakia. Ideologically the party was moderately conservative, having its base in the Sudetenland countryside. The party was led by Franz Spina. Landjugend was the youth wing of the party... |
505,597 | 8.3 | 12 | |
| Hlinka's Slovak People's Party | 417,206 | 6.8 | 12 | New |
| German Social Democratic Workers Party | 363,310 | 6.0 | 9 | –7 |
| German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party was an ethnic German political party in Czechoslovakia, formed as a continuation from the Austrian Christian Social Party. It was founded in November 1919 in Prague. The party had good relations with its Czechoslovak brother party.In the summer of 1919, a... |
289,055 | 4.7 | 7 | |
| Czechoslovak Traders' Party | 257,171 | 4.2 | 6 | |
| Czechoslovak National Democracy National Democratic Party (Czechoslovakia) The National Democratic Party was a First Republic right-wing political party in Czechoslovakia. It was founded by Karel Kramář in 1919, after the creation of independent Czechoslovakia from the Austria-Hungary Empire... |
256,360 | 4.2 | 7 | –3 |
| German National Party German National Party The German Nationalist Party was a First Republic political party in Czechoslovakia, representing German population of Sudetenland. Its chairman and political face was Rudolf Lodgman von Auen.... |
214,589 | 3.5 | 5 | New |
| German National Socialist Workers' Party German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia) The German National Socialist Workers' Party was a protofascist party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the German Workers' Party from Austria-Hungary. It was founded in November 1919 in Duchcov. Most important party activists were Hans Knirsch, Hans Krebs, Adam Fahrner, Rudolf Jung and... |
139,945 | 2.3 | 3 | – |
| Provincial Christian-Socialist Party Provincial Christian-Socialist Party The Provincial Christian-Socialist Party was the main political party of ethnic Hungarians in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia.It was founded on 23 November 1919 in Košice, by the merger of Catholic associations from Bratislava and Košice, but the first party convention took place in... |
85,777 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Slovak National and Farmers' Party Slovak National Party (historical party) The Slovak National Party was a Slovak conservative and nationalist political party in the Kingdom of Hungary and then in Czechoslovakia from 1871 to 1938... |
31,657 | 0.5 | 0 | –6 |
| Other parties | 248,196 | 4.1 | 0 | –4 |
| Total | 6,096,717 | 100 | 150 | +8 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||