1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election explained

Country:	Czechoslovakia
Flag Year:	1920
Election Date:	18 and 25 April 1920
Next Election:	1925
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Chamber of Deputies Seats For Election: 281 of the 300 seats in the Chamber of Deputies Majority Seats: 141 First Election: yes Seats1: 74 Percentage1: 25.65 Seats2: 33 Percentage2: 11.29 Party3: German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic Seats3: 31 Percentage3: 11.12 Party4: Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants Seats4: 28 Percentage4: 9.74 Seats5: 24 Percentage5: 8.08 Party6: Czechoslovak National Democracy Seats6: 19 Percentage6: 6.25 Seats7: 15 Percentage7: 5.30 Seats8: 12 Percentage8: 3.91 Party9: Farmers' League Seats9: 11 Percentage9: 3.90 Party10: German Christian Social People's Party Percentage10: 3.43 Seats10: 10 Party11: Provincial Christian-Socialist Party Percentage11: 2.25 Seats11: 5 Party12: Czechoslovak Traders' Party Percentage12: 1.98 Seats12: 6 Party13: Hungarian-German Social Democratic Party Percentage13: 1.75 Seats13: 4 Percentage14: 1.70 Seats14: 5 Color14: 23B68A Party15: Socialist Party of the Czechoslovak Working People Percentage15: 0.94 Seats15: 3 Percentage16: 0.43 Seats16: 1 Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Senate Seats For Election: All 142 seats in the Senate Majority Seats: 82 First Election: yes Percentage1: 28.07 Seats1: 41 Percentage2: 11.91 Seats2: 18 Party3: German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic Percentage3: 11.35 Seats3: 16 Party4: Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants Percentage4: 10.15 Seats4: 14 Percentage5: 7.15 Seats5: 10 Party6: Czechoslovak National Democracy Percentage6: 6.78 Seats6: 10 Percentage7: 5.75 Seats7: 8 Party8: Farmers' League Percentage8: 4.03 Seats8: 6 Percentage9: 3.47 Seats9: 6 Party10: German Christian Social People's Party Percentage10: 2.70 Seats10: 4 Party11: Czechoslovak Traders' Party Percentage11: 2.06 Seats11: 3 Party12: Provincial Christian-Socialist Party Percentage12: 1.92 Seats12: 2 Percentage13: 0.77 Seats13: 1 Prime Minister Before Election: Vlastimil Tusar Before Party: ČSDSD After Election: Vlastimil Tusar After Party: ČSDSD Map: CS 1920 Election.svg

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920.^[1] Members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected on 18 April and members of the Senate on 25 April.^[2] The elections had initially been planned for mid- or late 1919, but had been postponed.^[3]

Results

281 of the 300 Chamber of Deputies seats 281 were unfilled as elections were not held in Hlučín Region (part of the Moravská Ostrava electoral district, resulting in one less deputy being elected from that district), the Těšín electoral district (nine deputies) and the Užhorod electoral district (nine deputies).^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} 16 parties won parliamentary representation.^[8] Voter turnout was 90% for the Chamber election and 76% for the Senate.^[9]

The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party (ČSDSD) emerged as the largest party in the 1920 election, with 26% of the vote and 74 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 28% of the vote and 41 seats in the Senate and 41 senators elected.^[2] Amongst the Czech voters, the 1920 election outcome was marked by remarkable stability compared to the 1911 election. The gap between Czech socialist and bourgeois parties had only moved by 0.4% compared to the 1911 result.^[10]

Senate

See also

• List of members of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1920–1925)

Notes and References

1. [Dieter Nohlen]
2. Book: Richard Crampton. Benjamin Crampton. Atlas of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. 11 June 2016. Routledge. 978-1-317-79952-8. 58–60.
3. Duin, P.C. van. Central European Cross-roads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867–1921
4. Book: Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart. 17-18. 1929. J. C. B. Mohr (P. Siebeck). 241.
5. Book: Otto Bauer. Der Kampf: sozialdemokratische Monatsschrift. 19. 1926. Verlag Volksbuchhandlung. 12.
6. Book: "Volkswohl"; wissenschaftliche Monatsschrift. 11-12. 1920. 205.
7. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 417.
8. Book: Joseph Lee. Ireland, 1912–1985: Politics and Society. 1989. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-37741-6. 80.
9. Nohlen & Stöver, p472
10. Book: Carol Skalnik Leff. National Conflict in Czechoslovakia: The Making and Remaking of a State, 1918–1987. 14 July 2014. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-5921-4. 48–49, 67.