1928 Slovak provincial election
2 December 1928 1935 →
All 54 seats in the Assembly of Slovak Province
28 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats
HSĽS Andrej Hlinka 24.64 14
RSZML Milan Hodža 20.55 16
KSČ Matej Kršiak 14.42 5
OKSZP Géza Szüllő 9.14 3
MNP–ZDP–MNMP József Törköly 7.88 3
ČSSD Ivan Dérer 7.33 4
ŽS–ŽHS Julius Reisz 3.42 2
ČSL Martin Mičura 3.31 2
ČSNS Igor Hrušovský 2.74 2
SNS Martin Rázus 2.40 1
ČsND Gejza Rehák 1.99 2
Largest political party by district
Land President before Land President after
Ján Drobný
HSĽS		 Ján Drobný
HSĽS

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

PartyVotes%Seats
ElectedAppointedTotal
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party325,58824.649514
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants271,52020.558816
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia190,59514.42505
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party120,7699.14303
Hungarian-German Party (MNP–ZDP–MNMP)104,1067.88303
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party96,9017.33314
Jewish Party–Jewish Economic Party45,2443.42112
Czechoslovak People's Party43,6893.31112
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party36,1812.74112
Slovak National Party31,6792.40101
Czechoslovak National Democracy26,3001.99112
Czechoslovak Traders' Party15,3711.16000
Hungarian Smallholder, Craftsman and Labour Party13,6351.03000
Total1,321,578100.00361854
Source: Teich et al.[6] Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb.[5] Statistical Handbook[7]

References

  1. ^ James Ramon Felak (1995) At the Price of the Republic: Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party, 1929–1938, University of Pittsburgh, p36
  2. ^ William M Mahoney (2011) The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ABC-CLIO, p152
  3. ^ a b Stanislav J Kirschbaum (2013) Historical Dictionary of Slovakia, Scarecrow Press, p290
  4. ^ Kirschbaum, p299
  5. ^ a b "Administrative Law 125/1927 Sb". epravo.cz (in Czech). 12 August 1927. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. ^ Mikuláš Teich, Dušan Kováč & Martin D Brown (2011) Slovakia in History, Cambridge University Press, pp146–147
  7. ^ Statistická příručka republiky Československé IV. Czechoslovak Statistical Office. 1932. p. 405.
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