1923 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election explained

Election Name:	1923 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
Country:	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election
Previous Year:	1920
Next Election:	1925 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
Next Year:	1925
Seats For Election:	All 312 seats in the National Assembly
Majority Seats:	157
Election Date:	18 March 1923
Image1:	Nikola Pašić cph.3b31626.jpg
Leader1:	Nikola Pašić
Party1:	People's Radical Party
Last Election1:	17.71%, 91 seats
Seats1:	108
Seat Change1:	17
Popular Vote1:	562,213
Percentage1:	25.82%
Leader2:	Stjepan Radić
Party2:	Croatian Peasant Party
Last Election2:	12.37%, 50 seats
Seats2:	70
Seat Change2:	20
Popular Vote2:	473,733
Percentage2:	21.76%
Image3:	Ljubimir davidovic.jpg
Party3:	Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)
Last Election3:	19.88%, 92 seats
Seats3:	51
Seat Change3:	41
Popular Vote3:	400,342
Percentage3:	18.39%
Prime Minister
Before Election:	Nikola Pašić
Before Party:	People's Radical Party
After Election:	Nikola Pašić
After Party:	People's Radical Party

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]

Elected representatives

Source:^[4]

Serbia (73 seats including Belgrade)

Belgrade city (2 seats)

• Nikola Pašić (NRS, also elected in the Tuzla and Srem district)
• Ljubomir Davidović (DS, also elected in Belgrade district and Vranje district)

Belgrade district (4 seats)

• Aleksa Žujović (NRS, also elected in the Smederevo district)
• Sreten Petrović (NRS)
• Ljubomir Davidović (DS, also elected in Belgrade city and Vranje district)
• ? (DS)

Valjevo district (4 seats)

• M. Đuričić (NRS)
• Vićentija Matić (NRS)
• Pera Marković (DS)
• Voja Lazić (Agrarian party)

Vranje district (7 seats)

• Milutin Dragović (NRS)
• Stojan Kostić (NRS)
• Vlajko Kocić (NRS)
• Dimitrije Popović (NRS)
• Ljubomir Davidović (DS, also elected in Belgrade city and Belgrade district)
• Krsta Prokić (DS)
• Ž, Rafajlović (DS)

Kragujevac district (5 seats)

• dr Miloš Radosavljević (DS)
• dr Dragutin Kojić (NRS)
• Tadija Pantović (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)

Kruševac district (4 seats)

• Božidar Jeličić (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• Ljuba Ristić (DS)
• ?

Krajina district (3 seats)

• Đoka Popović (DS)
• Velizar Janković (NRS, also elected in the Skopje district)
• ? (NRS)

Morava district (5 seats)

• Velja Popović (NRS)
• Nastas Petrović (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• D. Pećić (DS)
• ? (DS)

Niš district (5 seats)

• Rad. Agatonović (DS)
• Nikola Uzunović (NRS)
• Vlada Miletić (NRS)
• Mihailo Srećković (NRS)
• Nikola Mitić (NRS)

Pirot district (3 seats)

• V. Vukićević (NRS)
• Mitar Ćirković (NRS)
• Đorđe Ćirić (NRS)

Požarevac district (6 seats)

• Lj. Stojadinović (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• V. Marinković (DS)
• ? (DS)

Podrinje district (6 seats)

• Miloš Moskovljević (Agrarian)
• Voja Veljković (DS)
• Milorad Vujičić (NRS, also elected in the Užice district)
• Ninko Perić (NRS)
• Mihailo Ranković (NRS)
• Živojin Dimitrijević (NRS)

Rudnik district (2 seats)

• Rajko Ilić (NRS)
• Nikola Sretenović (DS)

Smederevo district (3 seats)

• Aleksa Žujović (NRS, also elected in the Belgrade district)
• K. Timotijević (DS)
• ? (DS)

Timok district (4 seats)

• Aleksandar Mijović (DS)
• Krsta MIletić (NRS, also elected in the Kosovo district)
• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)

Toplica district (3 seats)

• Dragan Bojović (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)

Užice district (4 seats)

• Miša Trifenović (NRS)
• Andra Stanić (NRS)
• Petar M. Bjelica (NRS)
• Milorad Vujičić (NRS, also elected in the Podrinje district)

Čačak district (3 seats)

• M. Sokić (DS)
• Petar Bogavac (NRS)
• Anta Radojević (NRS)

South Serbia (41 seats)

Bitola district (6 seats)

• Jovan Ćirković (NRS)
• Petar Robević (NRS)
• Kosta Kumanudi (DS)
• Dimitrije Čičević (DS)
• Ćenan Zija (Džemijet)
• Sadedin Rušid (Džemijet)

Bregalnica district (2 seats)

• Vlada Puzderlijević (NRS)
• ? (NRS)

Zvečan-Raška district (4 seats)

• Živko A. Šušić (NRS)
• ? (Džemijet)
• ? (Džemijet)
• ? (Džemijet)

Kosovo district (5 seats)

• Krsta Miletić (NRS, also elected in the Timok district)
• Jovan Magovčević (DS)
• Hadži Džemail Aluš (Džemijet)
• ? (Džemijet)
• ? (Džemijet)

Kumanovo district (3 seats)

• Mladen Nikolić (DS)
• Trajko Arsić (DS)
• Dimitrije Trajković (DS)

Metohija district (2 seats)

• Nedžib Beg Bašić (NRS)
• ? (NRS)

Ohrid district (2 seats)

• Ilija Šumenković (DS)
• Rista Nastasijević (DS)

Prizren district (3 seats)

• Rista Skakaljević (NRS)
• Andreja Kujundžić (NRS)
• ? (NRS)

Prijepolje district (3 seats)

• Sreten Vukosavljević (DS)
• ? (DS)
• ? (Džemijet)

Skopje district (4 seats)

• Mihailo Kujundžić (DS)
• dr Velizar Janković (NRS, also elected in the Krajina district)
• Ćemal Osman (Džemijet)
• ? (Džemijet)

Tetovo district (4 seats)

• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• Halil Beg Draga (Džemijet)
• ? (Džemijet)

Tikveš district (3 seats)

• Gligorije Anastasijević (DS)
• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)

Montenegro (7 seats)

• Ljubo Bakić (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• ? (NRS)
• dr Božidar Vuković (DS)
• ? (DS)
• Mihailo Ivanović (Montenegrin Federalist Party)
• Risto Popović (Montenegrin Federalist Party)

Vojvodina (34 seats)

Subotica district (6 seats)

• dr Jovan Radonjić (NRS)
• Marko Jurić (NRS)
• Jova Vujić (NRS)
• Blaško Rajić (Bunjevac-Šokac Party)
• Franjo Sudarević (Bunjevac-Šokac Party)
• Milan Sekulić (Socialist Party)

Veliki Bečkerek district (7 seats)

• dr Momčilo Ninčić (NRS)
• dr Svetislav Mihajlović (NRS)
• Svetozar Stanković (NRS)
• dr Slavko Šećerov (DS)
• dr Vilhelm Najner (German Party)
• Nedeljko Divac (Socialist)
• Dimitrije Vujić (Agrarian)

Sombor district (7 seats including Baranja)

• Marko Trifković (NRS)
• Joca Lalošević (NRS)
• Pavle Tatić (Socialist)
• Ivan Evetović (Bunjevac-Šokac Party)
• Samuel Šumaher (German Party)
• dr Stevan Kraft (German Party)
• dr Simon Bartman (German Party)

Pančevo - Bela Crkva district (8 seats)

• dr Žarko Miladinović (NRS)
• dr Milan Stojadinović (NRS)
• Živa Vitolić (NRS)
• dr Dušan Grgin (NRS)
• dr Dušan Bošković (DS)
• Nikola Karać (DS)
• dr Ludvig Kremling (German Party)
• dr Jovan Žan (Romanian Party)

Novi Sad district (6 seats)

• dr Slavko Miletić (NRS)
• Mita Đorđević (NRS)
• Miloš Katić (NRS)
• dr Janko Šijačić (NRS)
• dr Mozer (German Party)
• dr Franja Trebl (German Party)

Croatia (66 seats)

Modruš-Rijeka electoral district with Krk and Kastav (6 seats)

• Croatian Peasant Party - 5 representatives
• Srđan Budisavljević - Democratic Party

Požega electoral district (7 seats)

• 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^[5]

Syrmia electoral district (10 seats)

• 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 (10 seats)

• Croatian Peasant Party - 9 representatives
• Hinko Krizman - Democratic Party

Virovitica electoral district (7 seats)

• Croatian Peasant Party - 6 representatives
• Jovan Kockar - People's Radical Party

Zagreb electoral district (13 seats)

• Croatian Peasant Party - 10 representatives
• Valerijana Pribićević - Democratic Party
• Edo Lukinić - Democratic Party
• Dušan Peleš - People's Radical Party

City of Zagreb electoral district (2 seats)

• Juraj Krnjević - Croatian Peasant Party
• Vinko Trnjar - Croatian Peasant Party

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

Notes and References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p783
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080220082638/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846181,00.html Balkan Politics
3. Web site: I.Banjac: Hrvati i Bošnjaci . 2008-10-30 . https://archive.today/20120903152123/http://www.islam.co.ba/tekstovi/index.php?subaction=ostalo&id=1070742230 . 2012-09-03 . dead .
4. 20 March 1923 . Резултат избора . Политика . 5354 . 1-2.
5. M. MAROJA, Pobuna pristaša HRSS-a Novigrada 1924. godine protiv velikosrpske politike, Rad. Zavoda povij. znan. HAZU Zadru, sv. 48/2006., str. 631–644.