1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election explained

Country:Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Type:parliamentary
Election Name:1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
Election Date:11 September 1927
Previous Election:1925 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
Previous Year:1925
Next Election:1931 Yugoslavian parliamentary election
Next Year:1931
Seats For Election:All 315 seats in the National Assembly
Majority Seats:158
Image1:Aca Stanojević.jpg
Leader1:Aca Stanojević
Party1:People's Radical Party
Last Election1:28.82%, 123 seats
Seats1:112
Seat Change1:9
Popular Vote1:742,111
Percentage1:31.92%
Party2:Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)
Last Election2:11.47%, 36 seats
Seats2:59
Seat Change2:23
Popular Vote2:381,784
Percentage2:16.42%
Image4:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2010-0420-502, Stefan Radic, cropped.jpg
Leader4:Stjepan Radić
Party4:Croatian Peasant Party
Last Election4:22.38%, 67 seats
Seats4:61
Seat Change4:6
Popular Vote4:367,570
Percentage4:15.81%
Image5:Svetozar Pribićević (1).jpg
Leader5:Svetozar Pribićević
Party5:SDS
Last Election5:4.84%, 8 seats
Seats5:22
Seat Change5:14
Popular Vote5:199,040
Percentage5:8.56%
Prime Minister
Before Election:Velimir Vukićević
Before Party:People's Radical Party
Posttitle:Subsequent Prime Minister
After Election:Velimir Vukićević
After Party:People's Radical Party

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]

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 Party1022-2--231112
Croatian Peasant Party2592------63
Democratic Party562----111 61
Independent Democratic Party1354------22
Yugoslav People's Party-120------21
Agrarian Union9--------9
Yugoslav Muslim Organization111--6----18
German Party-----6---6
Small groups-21------3
Total 1838227266342313

Elected representatives

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, p. 784
  2. John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (p. 159)
  3. http://www.matica.hr/HRRevija/revija303.nsf/AllWebDocs/matijevic Croatian Populist Party
  4. Leček, Suzana; Brodski odvjetnik Filip Markotić – ‘desni’ haesesovac?.
  5. http://www.moljac.hr/biografije/pavelic.htm Ante Pavelić