Country: | Kingdom of Serbia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1889 Serbian parliamentary election |
Next Election: | May 1893 Serbian parliamentary election |
Election Date: | March 1893 |
Image1: | Nikola Pašić cph.3b31626.jpg |
Party1: | People's Radical Party |
Seats1: | 64 |
Party2: | Liberal Party (Kingdom of Serbia) |
Seats2: | 64 |
Image3: | Milutin Garasanin1.jpg |
Party3: | Serbian Progressive Party (Kingdom of Serbia) |
Seats3: | 4 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Jovan Avakumović |
Before Party: | Liberal Party (Kingdom of Serbia) |
After Election: | Lazar Dokić |
After Party: | People's Radical Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia in early March 1893.[1] Although the People's Radical Party had won a large majority in the 1889 elections, by 1893 a Liberal government led by Prime Minister Jovan Avakumović was in place.[1]
The Liberals and People's Radical Party both won 64 seats, with the Progressive Party winning four.[2] However, Liberals had manipulated the elections, which would have otherwise resulted in a majority for the People's Radical Party.[3] As a result, the People's Radical Party threatened to boycott the Assembly, meaning the quorum of 68 members could not be achieved.[3]
A coup d'état was carried out by King Alexander on 13 April, with the Liberal government of Jovan Avakumović removed from office and replaced by a cabinet headed by Lazar Dokić and composed of People's Radical Party members.[4] The National Assembly was dissolved, and fresh elections called.[4]