1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

15 November 1925 (1925-11-15)
All 300 seats to the Chamber of Deputies All 150 seats to the Senate 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	90.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Antonín Švehla Josef Haken Jan Šrámek Party RSZML KSČ ČSL Seats after 45 41 31 Seat change 17 41 10 Popular vote 970,498 913,711 691,238 Percentage 13.66% 12.86% 9.73%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Antonín Hampl Václav Klofáč Franz Spina Party ČSSD ČSNS BdL Seats after 29 28 24 Seat change 45 4 11 Popular vote 630,894 609,915 571,198 Percentage 8.88% 8.58% 8.03%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Andrej Hlinka Ludwig Czech Karl Hilgenreiner Party Hlinka's Slovak People's Party DSAP DCVP Seats after 23 17 13 Seat change 11 14 14 Popular vote 489,027 411,010 314,440 Percentage 6.88% 5.78% 4.43%
Prime Minister before election Antonín Švehla RSZML Elected Prime Minister Antonín Švehla RSZML

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 15 November 1925. The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, which won 45 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.1% in the Chamber election and 77.3% for the Senate.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	970,498	13.66	45	+17
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	913,711	12.86	41	New
	Czechoslovak People's Party	691,238	9.73	31	–2
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	630,894	8.88	29	–45
	Czechoslovak Socialist Party	609,915	8.58	28	+4
	Carpatho-Russian Labour Party			0	New
	Farmers' League	571,198	8.03	24	+11
	Hlinka's Slovak People's Party	489,027	6.88	23	New
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	411,010	5.78	17	+4
	German Christian Social People's Party	314,440	4.43	13	–14
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	285,928	4.02	13	+7
	Czechoslovak National Democracy	284,628	4.01	13	–6
	German National Party	240,879	3.39	10	New
	German National Socialist Workers' Party	168,278	2.37	7	–8
	Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	85,777	1.21	4	+4
	Jewish Party	98,793	1.39	0	–
	National Labour Party	98,240	1.38	0	–
	Autonomous Agrarian Union	35,674	0.50	1	New
	Slovak National Party	35,446	0.50	0	–12
	Polish People's Party	29,884	0.42	1	New
	Polish Socialist Workers Party				New
	Czechoslovak Agrarian and Conservative Party	27,884	0.39	0	New
	West Slovak Christian Social Party	17,285	0.24	0	New
	Jewish Economic Party	16,861	0.24	0	New
	Czechoslovak Cottiers and Smallholders Party	14,453	0.20	0	–
	German Free Social Party	11,367	0.16	0	New
	Independent Communist Party	7,854	0.11	0	New
	Provincial Peasants Party	4,592	0.06	0	New
	Civic Party	4,240	0.06	0	New
	Union of Christian Rural Peoples	2,392	0.03	0	New
	Entrepreneur Party of Subcarpathian Ruthenia	1,094	0.02	0	New
Total		7,073,480	100	300	0
Source: CZSO

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	841,647	13.8	23	+9
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	774,454	12.7	20	New
Czechoslovak People's Party	618,033	10.1	16	–2
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	537,470	8.8	14	–27
Czechoslovak Socialist Party	516,250	8.5	14	+4
Farmers' League	505,597	8.3	12	+6
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party	417,206	6.8	12	New
German Social Democratic Workers' Party	363,310	6.0	9	–7
German Christian Social People's Party	289,055	4.7	7	+3
Czechoslovak Traders' Party	257,171	4.2	6	+3
Czechoslovak National Democracy	256,360	4.2	7	–3
German National Party	214,589	3.5	5	New
German National Socialist Workers' Party	139,945	2.3	3	–
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	85,777	1.4	2	0
Slovak National and Farmers' Party	31,657	0.5	0	–6
Other parties	248,196	4.1	0	–4
Total	6,096,717	100	150	+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver