1928 Slovak provincial election

1928 Slovak provincial election
36 of the 54 seats in the Assembly of Slovakia
Land President before election; ; HSĽS	Elected Land President ; ;

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] whilst the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants emerged as the largest party in the .^[2]

Background[]

The Slovak Assembly was established on 14 July 1927 when the National Assembly abolished the , replacing them with four provinces, one of which was Slovakia.^[3] The law took effect on 1 July 1928.^[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
Party		Votes	%	Elected	Appointed	Total
	Hlinka's Slovak People's Party	325,588	25.19	9	5	14
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	271,520	21.01	8	8	16
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	190,595	14.75	5	0	5
	Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	120,769	9.34	3	0	3
	Hungarian-German Party (MNP–ZDP-MNMP)	104,106	8.05	3	0	3
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	96,901	7.50	3	1	4
	Jewish Party–Jewish Economic Party	45,244	3.50	1	1	2
	Czechoslovak People's Party	43,689	3.38	1	1	2
	Czechoslovak National Socialist Party	36,181	2.80	1	1	2
	Slovak National Party	31,679	2.45	1	0	1
	Czechoslovak National Democracy	26,300	2.03	1	1	2
Total		1,292,572	100.00	36	18	54

Source: Teich et al.^[6] Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb.^[5] Statistical Handbook^[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. Czechoslovak Statistical Office. 1932. p. 405.

[JRK-1] James Ramon Felak (1995) At the Price of the Republic: Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, 1929–1938, University of Pittsburgh, p36

[2] William M Mahoney (2011) The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ABC-CLIO, p152

[HDS-3] Stanislav J Kirschbaum (2013) Historical Dictionary of Slovakia, Scarecrow Press, p290

[4] Kirschbaum, p299

[L1927-5] "Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb". epravo.cz (in Czech). 12 August 1927. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[6] Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč & Martin D Brown (2011) Slovakia in History, Cambridge University Press, pp146–147

[7] Statistická příručka republiky Československé IV. Czechoslovak Statistical Office. 1932. p. 405.

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