1928 Slovak provincial election
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Provincial elections were held in Slovak Province on 2 December 1928. The elections were marked by a drop in support for the Slovak People's Party,[1] whilst the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants emerged as the largest party in the Assembly of Slovakia.[2]
Background
The Slovak Assembly was established on 14 July 1927 when the National Assembly abolished the counties of Czechoslovakia, replacing them with four provinces, one of which was Slovakia.[3] The law took effect on 1 July 1928.[4]
Electoral system
The 54-member Assembly had two-thirds of its members elected and the other third appointed by the national government.[3][5]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| Elected | Appointed | Total | ||||
| Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Hlinka's Slovak People's Party | 24.6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Hungarian Coalition (OKSZP–MNP–ZDP) | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Czechoslovak National Socialist Party | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Czechoslovak National Democracy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Slovak National Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Others | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 35 | 17 | 54 | |||
| Source: Teich et al.[6] Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb.[5] | ||||||
References
- ^ James Ramon Felak (1995) At the Price of the Republic: Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, 1929–1938, University of Pittsburgh, p36
- ^ William M Mahoney (2011) The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ABC-CLIO, p152
- ^ a b Stanislav J Kirschbaum (2013) Historical Dictionary of Slovakia, Scarecrow Press, p290
- ^ Kirschbaum, p299
- ^ a b "Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb". epravo.cz (in Czech). 12 August 1927. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč & Martin D Brown (2011) Slovakia in History, Cambridge University Press, pp146–147
