1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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All 315 seats in the National Assembly
158 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
NRS Aca Stanojević 31.92 112 +1
DS Ljubomir Davidović 16.42 59 +23
HSS Stjepan Radić 15.81 61 −6
SDS Svetozar Pribićević 8.56 22 +14
ZS Jovan Jovanović Pižon 5.85 9 +5
SLS Anton Korošec 4.57 20 0
DS–JMO – 3.17 11 New
JMO Mehmed Spaho 2.52 9 −6
NS Ludwig Kremling [de] 2.14 6 +1
HB Ante Trumbić 1.95 2 New
HPS Stjepan Barić [hr] 1.37 1 +1
SPJ Vitomir Korać 1.03 1 +1
SKS Ivan Pucelj [sl] 0.43 1 0
CFS Sekula Drljević 0.22 1 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Velimir Vukićević
NRS		 Velimir Vukićević
NRS

Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 11 September 1927.[1] The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in Parliament, winning 112 of the 315 seats.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Radical Party742,11131.92112+1
Democratic Party381,78416.4259+23
Croatian Peasant Party367,57015.8161–6
Independent Democratic Party199,0408.5622+14
Agrarian Party136,0765.859+5
Slovene People's Party106,2474.57200
Democratic Party–JMO73,7033.1711New
Yugoslav Muslim Organization58,6232.529–6
German Party49,8492.146+1
Croatian Bloc45,2181.952New
Workers' Republican Union43,1141.8500
Croatian Popular Party31,7461.371+1
Socialist Party of Yugoslavia24,0351.031+1
Independent Agrarian Party9,9000.4310
Republican Party6,1220.2600
Montenegrin Federalist Party5,1530.221–2
Romanian Party4,6540.200New
Serbian Party2,1420.0900
Bunjevac-Šokac Party1,6180.0700
Croatian Community1,1030.050New
Others34,8621.500–
Total2,324,670100.003150
Registered voters/turnout3,375,593–
Source: Nohlen et al., Rothschild

Ethnic breakdown

The members of parliament had the following ethnic makeup:

Ethnic breakdown of parliament[2]
Party Serbs Croats Slovenes Bunjevci Undeclared Germans Hungarians Albanians Turks Total
People's Radical Party 102 2 - 2 - - 2 3 1 112
Croatian Peasant Party 2 59 2 - - - - - - 63
Democratic Party 56 2 - - - - 1 1 1 61
Independent Democratic Party 13 5 4 - - - - - - 22
Yugoslav People's Party - 1 20 - - - - - - 21
Agrarian Union 9 - - - - - - - - 9
Yugoslav Muslim Organization 1 11 - - 6 - - - - 18
German Party - - - - - 6 - - - 6
Small groups - 2 1 - - - - - - 3
Total 183 82 27 2 6 6 3 4 2 313

Elected representatives

New members of parliament after swearing Oath.

References

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p. 784
  2. ^ John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (p. 159)
  3. ^ Croatian Populist Party
  4. ^ Leček, Suzana; Brodski odvjetnik Filip Markotić – ‘desni’ haesesovac?.
  5. ^ a b Ante Pavelić Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine