1923 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 18 March 1923.[1] The seats were divided up by the political borders which existed before the Kingdom's formation and distributed using the population statistics of 1910.
According to a TIME Magazine article published in the next week of the election, the poll was marred by voter intimidation by the military police, suppression of the opposition and the disenfranchisement of ethnic minorities like the Hungarians and the Turks.[2]
After the elections, an opposition Federalist Bloc was formed from the Croatian Republican Peasant Party, Slovenian People's Party and Yugoslav Muslim Organization.[3]
Results[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Radical Party | 562,213 | 25.82 | 108 | +17 | |
| Croatian Peasant Party | 473,733 | 21.76 | 70 | +20 | |
| Democratic Party | 400,342 | 18.39 | 51 | –41 | |
| Agrarian Party | 153,579 | 7.05 | 10 | –29 | |
| Slovene People's Party–Croatian Popular Party | 126,378 | 5.81 | 21 | – | |
| Yugoslav Muslim Organization | 112,228 | 5.16 | 18 | –6 | |
| Džemijet | 71,453 | 3.28 | 14 | +6 | |
| Socialist Party of Yugoslavia | 48,337 | 2.22 | 2 | –8 | |
| German Party | 43,415 | 1.99 | 8 | New | |
| Independent Workers' Party | 24,321 | 1.12 | 0 | New | |
| Republican Party | 18,941 | 0.87 | 0 | –3 | |
| 16,209 | 0.74 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Serbian Party | 15,236 | 0.70 | 1 | New | |
| Bunjevac-Šokac Party | 12,793 | 0.59 | 3 | – | |
| Independent Agrarian Party | 11,023 | 0.51 | 1 | New | |
| Montenegrin Federalist Party | 8,561 | 0.39 | 2 | New | |
| Party of Rights | 8,089 | 0.37 | 0 | –2 | |
| 7,070 | 0.32 | 1 | New | ||
| 5,468 | 0.25 | 0 | –7 | ||
| People's Socialist Party | 4,064 | 0.19 | 0 | –2 | |
| 3,384 | 0.16 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Others | 50,214 | 2.31 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 2,177,051 | 100.00 | 312 | –107 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,971,370 | – | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al., Rothschild | |||||
Elected representatives[]
- Mihailo Ivanović - Montenegrin Federalist Party
- Risto Popović - Montenegrin Federalist Party
- Vranje Sudarević - Bunjevac-Šokac Party
- Blaško Rajić - Bunjevac-Šokac Party
- Ivan Evetović - Bunjevac-Šokac Party
Modruš-Rijeka electoral district with Krk and Kastav[]
- Croatian Peasant Party - 5 representatives
- Srđan Budisavljević - Democratic Party
Požega electoral district[]
- Dragutin Kovačević - Croatian Peasant Party
- Ante Adžija - Croatian Peasant Party
- Ilija Martinović - Croatian Peasant Party
- Ivo Čaldarević - Croatian Peasant Party
- Stjepan Klaić - Croatian Peasant Party
- Nikola Ovanin - Croatian Peasant Party
- Joco Trifunović - Democratic Party
Šibenik-Zadar electoral district[]
- Ljubo Jovanović - People's Radical Party
- Nikola Novaković - People's Radical Party
- Uroš Desnica - People's Radical Party
- Mate Goreta - Croatian Peasant Party
- Mate Drinković - Croatian Peasant Party
Syrmia electoral district[]
- Croatian Peasant Party - 5 representatives
- Bogdan Milašinović - People's Radical Party
- Dušan Marković - People's Radical Party
- Milan Nedeljković - People's Radical Party
- Vojislav Janjić - People's Radical Party
- Svetislav Popović - Democratic Party
Kotor-Dubrovnik-Split electoral district[]
- Croatian Peasant Party - 7 representatives
- People's Radical Party - 2 representatives
- Democratic Party - 1 representative
Varaždin electoral district with Međimurje[]
- Croatian Peasant Party - 9 representatives
- Hinko Krizman - Democratic Party
Virovitica electoral district[]
- Croatian Peasant Party - 6 representatives
- Jovan Kockar - People's Radical Party
Zagreb electoral district[]
- Croatian Peasant Party - 10 representatives
- Valerijana Pribićević - Democratic Party
- Edo Lukinić - Democratic Party
- Dušan Peleš - People's Radical Party
City of Zagreb electoral district[]
- Juraj Krnjević - Croatian Peasant Party
- Vinko Trnjar - Croatian Peasant Party
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p783
- ^ Balkan Politics, TIME Magazine, March 31, 1923
- ^ "I.Banjac: Hrvati i Bošnjaci". Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ M. MAROJA, Pobuna pristaša HRSS-a Novigrada 1924. godine protiv velikosrpske politike, Rad. Zavoda povij. znan. HAZU Zadru, sv. 48/2006., str. 631–644.
External links[]
- Između demokrata i radikala - produbljivanje političkih podela među Srbima u Hrvatskoj i parlamentarni izbori 1923
- Studia croatica THE ELECTIONS OF 1923 IN THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS, AND SLOVENES
- Nebojša A. Popović Srpske parlamentarne stranke u Kraljevini SHS 1918-1929
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