1935 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1935

19 May 1935 (1935-05-19)
All 300 seats to the Chamber of Deputies All 150 seats to the Senate 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	91.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konrad Henlein Rudolf Beran Antonín Hampl Party SdP RSZML ČSSD Seats after 44 45 38 Seat change 44 1 1 Popular vote 1,249,534 1,176,628 1,032,773 Percentage 15.2% 14.3% 12.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Klement Gottwald Václav Klofáč Jan Šrámek Party KSČ ČSNS ČSL Seats after 30 28 22 Seat change 0 4 3 Popular vote 849,495 755,872 615,804 Percentage 10.3% 9.2% 7.5%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Andrej Hlinka Karel Kramář Josef Václav Najman Party Hlinka's Slovak People's Party NSj ČŽOS Alliance Autonomous Bloc[a] Seats after 22 17 17 Seat change 22 17 5 Popular vote 564,273 458,351 448,049 Percentage 6.9% 5.6% 5.4%
Prime Minister before election Jan Malypetr RSZML Elected Prime Minister Jan Malypetr RSZML

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 19 May 1935. The result was a victory for the newly established Sudeten German Party, which won 44 seats in the Chamber and 23 in the Senate. Funded by the German Nazi Party, it won over two-thirds of the vote amongst Sudeten Germans. Voter turnout was 91.9% in the Chamber election and 81.2% for the Senate.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
bgcolor="Template:Nazi Party/meta/color"|	Sudeten German Party	1,249,534	15.2	44	New
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	1,176,628	14.3	45	–1
bgcolor="Template:ČSSD/meta/color"|	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,032,773	12.5	38	–1
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	849,495	10.3	30	0
bgcolor="Template:Czechoslovak National Socialist Party/meta/color"|	Czechoslovak National Social Party	755,872	9.2	28	–4
	Czechoslovak People's Party	615,804	7.5	22	–3
	Autonomous Bloc[a]	564,273	6.9	22	New
bgcolor="Template:National Unification (Czechoslovakia)/meta/color"|	National Unification–RNAP–RNP	458,351	5.6	17	New
bgcolor="Template:Czechoslovak Traders' Party/meta/color"|	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	448,049	5.4	17	+5
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	299,945	3.6	11	–10
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	291,837	3.5	9	0
	National Fascist Community	167,433	2.0	6	New
	German Christian Social People's Party	162,781	2.0	6	–8
	Farmers' League	142,399	1.7	5	New
	Other parties	16,206	0.2	0	–
Total		8,231,380	100	300	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The Autonomous Bloc was composed of Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, the Slovak National Party, the Autonomous Agrarian Union, the Polish People's Party and the Polish Socialist Workers Party.

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
bgcolor="Template:Nazi Party/meta/color"|	Sudeten German Party	1,092,255	15.0	23	New
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	1,042,924	14.3	23	–1
bgcolor="Template:Czech Social Democratic Party/meta/color"|	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	910,252	12.5	20	0
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	740,696	10.2	16	+1
bgcolor="Template:Czechoslovak National Socialist Party/meta/color"|	Czechoslovak National Social Party	672,126	9.2	14	–2
	Czechoslovak People's Party	557,684	7.7	11	–2
	Autonomous Bloc[a]	495,166	6.8	11	New
bgcolor="Template:National Unification (Czechoslovakia)/meta/color"|	National Unification–RNAP–RNP	410,095	5.6	9	New
bgcolor="Template:Czechoslovak Traders' Party/meta/color"|	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	393,732	5.4	8	+2
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	271,097	3.7	6	–5
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	259,832	3.6	6	0
	German Christian Social People's Party	155,234	2.1	3	–5
	National Fascist Community	145,125	2.0	0	New
	Farmers' League	129,862	1.8	0	New
	Other parties	973	0.0	0	–
Total		7,277,053	100	150	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver