1932 Yugoslavian Senate election explained

Senate elections were held in Yugoslavia for the first time on 3 January 1932,[1] following the election of the National Assembly in November 1931 after a new constitution was promulgated in September 1931. Half of the 92 members were elected, with the other half appointed by King Alexander.

Electoral system

Of the 46 elected senators, nine were elected in Sava Banovina, eight in Danube Banovina, five in Drina Banovina, Morava Banovina and Vardar Banovina, four in Drava Banovina, three in Littoral Banovina, Vrbas Banovina and Zeta Banovina and one in Belgrade.[2]

Elected members

ConstituencyElected members
BelgradeJovan Stanković
Drava banovinaVladimir Ravnihar
Janko Rajar
Fran Novak
Drina Banovina
Pavle Vujić
Mateja Popović
Šerif Arnautović
Stjepan Janković
Danube Banovina
Milan Marjanović
Stevan Mihaldžić
Milutin Petrović
Antun Vidaković
Milan L. Popović
Littoral BanovinaNikola Preka
Uroš Desnica
Ivo Mastrović
Morava BanovinaDimitrije Ilidžanović
Miloje Jovanović
Vladimir Mitrović
Milan Simonović
Krsta Radovanović
Sava BanovinaStanko Šverljuga
Marko Kostrenčić
Ljudevit Gaj
Petar Teslić
Frane Kukuljević Sakcinski
Tomo Jalžabetić
Ljubomir Tomašević
Ivan Gmajner
Petar Dobrinić
Vardar Banovina
Xhafer Sylejmani
Vrbas BanovinaPavle Ubavić
Asim Bey Alibegović
Zeta BanovinaMarko Radulović
Gavrilo Cerović
Source: Politika

Notes and References

  1. Robert L. Jarman (1997) Yugoslavia: 1927–1937, p298
  2. http://digitalna.nb.rs/wb/NBS/novine/politika/1932/01/04#page/0/mode/1up Politika