1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election explained

Country:Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1931 Yugoslavian parliamentary election
Previous Year:1931
Next Election:1938 Yugoslavian parliamentary election
Next Year:1938
Seats For Election:All 370 seats in the National Assembly
Majority Seats:161
Election Date:5 May 1935
Image1:Nikola Uzunovic facingright.jpg
Leader1:Nikola Uzunović
Party1:JNS
Alliance1:—
Alliance1 Name:no
Seats1:303
Seat Change1: 2
Popular Vote1:1,746,982
Percentage1:60.64%
Leader2:Vlatko Maček
Party2:HSS
Color2:D3D3D3
Alliance2:United Opposition
Seats2:67
Seat Change2:New
Popular Vote2:1,076,345
Percentage2:37.36%
Prime Minister
Before Election:Bogoljub Jevtić
Before Party:JNS
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
After Election:Milan Stojadinović
After Party:JNS

Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 5 May 1935.[1] The result was a victory for the governing Yugoslav National Party (JNS), which won 303 of the 370 seats in Parliament.

Rioting among Croats and Slovenes prior to the election resulted in the death of 16 people during 19 and 20 February.[2] Prior to the elections the government obstructed the Socialist Party of Yugoslavia from fielding candidates.[3] On 1 May Yugoslav gendarmery killed one and injured 50 after rioting broke out in Sarajevo subsequent to authorities banning a speech by Mehmed Spaho.[4]

On election day 2,000 anti-government protesters in Belgrade were dispersed by police.[5] Hundreds of youth were arrested on election day and foreign journalists were expelled from the country.[6]

Results

Elected members

External links

Notes and References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784
  2. Yugoslavia Prince Condemns Rioting, Montreal Gazette, 21 February 1935
  3. Yugoslavia Vote Control Feared, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 April 1935
  4. Fatal Election Riot Occurs in Sarajevo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 May 1935
  5. Quell Election Demonstration in Yugoslavia, The Schenectady Gazette, 6 May 1935
  6. Government Opponents Jailed - News Writers Expelled, The Montreal Gazette, 6 May 1935
  7. http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/68145 People's representative of the Croatian Peasants' Party and his district: the work of Stjepan Hefer in the territory of Osijek and Valpovo (1924-1941)

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