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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920.[1] Voting for the Chamber of Deputies occurred on April 18, 1920, and the voting for the Senate was held a week later on April 25, 1920.[2] The election had initially been planned for mid- or late 1919, but had been postponed.[3]
Out of the 300 Chamber of Deputies seats 281 were filled, as no elections were held in Hlučín Region (part of the Moravská Ostrava electoral district, resulting in 1 less deputy elected from that district), the Těšín electoral district (9 deputies) and the Užhorod electoral district (9 deputies).[4][5][6][7] 16 parties won parliamentary representation.[8] Voter turnout was 89.6% for the Chamber election and 75.6% for the Senate.[9]
The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party (ČSDSD) emerged as the largest party in the 1920 election, with 25.7% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies, 74 deputies elected, 28.1% of the vote for the Senate and 41 senators elected.[2] Amongst the Czech voters, the 1920 election outcome was marked by remarkable stability compared to the 1911 election.[10] The gap between Czech socialist and bourgeois parties had only moved by 0.4% compared to the 1911 result.[10]