1929 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
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Chamber of Deputies
All 300 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
151 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
RSZML Antonín Švehla 14.97 46 +1
ČSDSD Antonín Hampl 13.05 39 +10
ČSNS Václav Klofáč 10.39 32 +4
KSČ Klement Gottwald 10.2 30 −11
ČSL Jan Šrámek 8.44 25 −6
DSAP Ludwig Czech 6.86 21 +4
HSĽS Andrej Hlinka 5.76 19 −4
German Coalition Franz Spina 5.37 16 New
ČsND Karel Kramář 4.87 15 +2
DCVP–PGD–WSdM Karl Hilgenreiner 4.71 14 +1
ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 3.94 12 −1
OKSZP–MNP–ZDP Janos Esterházy 3.49 9 +5
DNSAP Hans Knirsch 2.76 8 +1
DNP–SdLB 2.56 7 −3
ZWPSZ 1.42 4 New
LPVKL Radola Gajda 0.96 3 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
All 150 seats in the Senate
76 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
RSZML Antonín Švehla 15.17 24 +1
ČSDSD Antonín Hampl 13.04 20 +6
ČSNS Václav Klofáč 10.33 16 +2
KSČ Klement Gottwald 10 15 −5
ČSL Jan Šrámek 8.68 13 −3
DSAP Ludwig Czech 6.93 11 +2
HSĽS Andrej Hlinka 5.85 9 −3
German Coalition Franz Spina 5.57 9 New
ČsND Karel Kramář 5.04 8 +1
DCVP Karl Hilgenreiner 4.86 8 +1
ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 4.25 6 0
OKSZP Janos Esterházy 3.62 6 +4
DNSAP Hans Knirsch 2.65 4 +1
LPVKL Radola Gajda 0.8 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 27 October 1929.[1] The Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, emerged as the largest party, winning 46 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.2% in the Chamber election and 78.8% for the Senate.[2] The rightward shift of the 1925 elections was reversed, with moderate centre-left groups (Social Democrats and Czechoslovak National Socialists) increasing their vote shares whilst the Communist Party suffered a set-back.[3][4]

Background

The 1929 election took place at a time of relative prosperity, just before the Great Depression.[5]

The Communist Party was the sole multinational political party in the country at the time.[6] It had emerged as a major force in the 1925 election and had around 150,000 members in 1928.[6] In 1929 leadership shifted to a younger generation and a major purge of party ranks took place.[6]

The Czechoslovak National Democrats contested the election in Slovakia together with the Slovak National Party led by Martin Rázus.[7] Nevertheless, relations between Rázus and the leader of the National Democrats in Slovakia Milan Ivanka were strained, as the former was fiercely autonomist and the latter a strong supporter of Czechoslovak nationhood.[7]

In Slovakia, Hlinka's Slovak People's Party resigned from the coalition government on 8 October 1929.[8][9] The move followed a long controversy around the legal case of the party newspaper editor Vojtech Tuka, who was sentenced for espionage and treason on 5 October 1929.[10] The Tuka affair had resulted in an internal rift in the party, with the expelled anti-Tuka faction (led by Juriga and Tománek) setting up their own Juriga's Slovak People's Party.[11]

Results

Hlinka's Slovak People's Party saw a decline compared to the 1925 vote, being reduced from 23 seats to 19.[9] One interpretation is that two years of government participation without achieving Slovak autonomy had weakened the party.[11] Moreover, the party had an ambiguous stance during the Tuka affair.[11] The Juriga faction failed to make any impact in the election.[11]

The Czechoslovak Social Democrats won five seats from Slovakia, an increase by three seats compared to the 1925 election.[12] The Communist Party on the other hand retreated from 5 seats in Slovakia, compared to 8 seats in 1925.[13] Magyar and German parties won 9 seats from Slovakia.[9]

The Czechoslovak National Socialists, which lacked widespread support in the area, managed to win two seat from Slovakia.[14] This was the best result for the party in Slovakia during the years of the First Republic.[14] Another Czech party trying to build a base in Slovakia was the Czechoslovak People's Party, which managed to get its local leader Martin Mičura elected.[14]

The Jewish Party, which had failed to win representation in 1925, managed to win two seats through an alliance with three Polish parties.[15][16] Its deputies were Ludvík Singer from Bohemia and Julius Reiz from Slovakia.[15][16]

General Radola Gajda's list ('League against Bound Tickets'), which called for the formation of a corporativist state, failed to make a major headway but won three seats (Gajda, Jiří Stříbrný and Karel Pergler).[5][17] Gajda's political line was fascist, anti-Semitic and anti-German.[17]

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants978,29115.1724+1
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party841,33113.0420+6
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party666,60710.3316+2
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia644,89610.0015–5
Czechoslovak People's Party559,7008.6813–3
German Social Democratic Workers' Party446,9406.9311+2
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party377,4985.859–3
German Electoral Coalition359,0025.579New
Czechoslovak National Democracy325,0235.048+1
German Christian Social People's Party313,5444.868+1
Czechoslovak Traders' Party274,0854.2560
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party233,7723.626+4
German National Socialist Workers' Party171,1812.654+1
German National Party166,7182.580–5
League Against Bound Tickets51,6170.801New
Electoral Union of Polish and Jewish Parties27,8230.430New
Provincial Party of Smallholders, Entrepreneurs and Workers6,6910.100New
Juriga's Slovak People's Party5,7820.090New
Total6,450,501100.001500
Registered voters/turnout8,183,462–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Statistical Office

Chamber of Deputies

Most voted party per electoral district
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants1,105,49814.9746+1
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party963,46213.0539+10
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party767,32810.3932+4
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia753,22010.2030–11
Czechoslovak People's Party623,3408.4425–6
German Social Democratic Workers' Party506,7616.8621+4
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party425,0515.7619–4
German Electoral Coalition396,4545.3716New
Czechoslovak National Democracy359,5474.8715+2
DCVP–PGD–WSdM348,0664.7114+1
Czechoslovak Traders' Party291,2093.9412–1
OKSZP–MNP–ZDP257,3723.499+5
German National Socialist Workers' Party204,1102.768+1
DNP–SdLB189,1872.567–3
Electoral Union of Polish and Jewish Parties104,5561.424New
League Against Bound Tickets70,8500.963New
Provincial Party of Smallholders, Entrepreneurs and Workers6,9010.0900
All German People's Party for Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia6,6720.090New
Juriga's Slovak People's Party5,3950.070New
Total7,384,979100.003000
Valid votes7,384,97998.53
Invalid/blank votes110,0241.47
Total votes7,495,003100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,957,57283.67
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Manuel Statistique[18]

By province

Bohemia
Electoral districts I-IX
160 seats
Moravia-Silesia
Electoral districts X-XIV
70 seats
Slovakia
Electoral districts XV-XXI
61 seats
Subcarpathian Rus'
Electoral district XXII
9 seats
Party Bohemia Moravia-
Silesia 		Slovakia Subcarpathian
Rus'
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 524,578 13.56 224,522 12.32 278,979 19.54 77,419 29.07
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 535,358 13.84 269,674 14.79 135,506 9.49 22,924 8.61
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 535,740 13.85 177,595 9.74 43,968 3.08 10,025 3.76
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 398,260 10.30 162,136 8.89 152,242 10.66 40,582 15.24
Czechoslovak People's Party 255,877 6.62 321,936 17.66 36,548 2.56 8,979 3.37
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 387,060 10.01 114,877 6.30 4,824 0.34 – –
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 962 0.02 20,406 1.12 403,683 28.27 – –
German Electoral Coalition 288,972 7.47 90,560 4.97 13,704 0.96 3,218 1.21
Czechoslovak National Democracy 200,995 5.20 56,198 3.08 53,745 3.76 48,609 18.25
German Christian Social People's Party and German Commercial Party 221,945 5.74 126,121 6.92 – – –
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 176,188 4.56 77,539 4.25 30,134 2.11 7,348 2.76
Provincial Christian Socialist, Hungarian National Party and Zipser German Party – – – – 226,917 15.89 30,455 11.44
German National Socialist Workers' Party 136,384 3.53 67,726 3.72 – – – –
German National Party and Sudeten German Rural League 124,255 3.21 64,932 3.56 – – – –
Electoral Union of Polish and Jewish Parties 13,699 0.35 40,410 2.22 33,679 2.36 16,768 6.30
League Against Bound Tickets 60,837 1.57 8,203 0.45 1,810 0.13 – –
Provincial Party of Smallholders, Entrepreneurs and Workers – – – – 6,901 0.48 – –
All German People's Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia 6,672 0.17 – – – – – –
Juriga's Slovak People's Party – – – – 5,395 0.38 – –
Invalid votes 52,178 – 20,881 – 29,233 – 7,732 –
Total votes cast 3,919,960 100 1,843,716 100 1,457,268 100 274,059 100
Registered voters/turnout 4,251,922 92.19 1,999,578 92.21 1,621,329 89.88 310,633 88.23
Source: Manuel Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque[18]

By electoral district

Prague
Prague - Section A
Seats: 24
Prague - Section B
Seats: 24
Party I. Section A I. Section B
Votes % Votes %
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 104,771 21.12 117,641 22.08
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 88,120 17.76 95,536 17.93
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 79,981 16.12 92,911 17.44
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 58,905 11.87 57,998 10.89
Czechoslovak People's Party 45,715 9.21 52,262 9.81
Czechoslovak National Democracy 48,150 9.70 44,796 8.41
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 29,638 5.97 32,974 6.19
League Against Bound Tickets 23,125 4.66 23,067 4.33
German Electoral Coalition 7,971 1.61 7,558 1.42
United Jewish and Polish Parties 4,069 0.82 2,795 0.52
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 2,295 0.46 2,376 0.45
German Christian Social People's Party 1,702 0.34 1,432 0.27
German National Socialist Workers' Party 756 0.15 832 0.16
German National Party 968 0.20 578 0.11
Total valid votes 496,166 100 532,756 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality IA (%) IB (%)
Czechoslovak parties 84.55 86.19
Communists 11.87 10.89
German parties 2.76 2.40
Polish-Jewish parties 0.82 0.52
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Hradec Králové

Josef Adámek (Czechoslovak People's Party) was elected from Pardubice electoral district.[19]

II. Pardubice
Seats: 11
III. Hradec Králové
Seats: 12
Party II. Pardubice III. Hradec Králové
Votes % Votes %
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 57,654 21.56 49,146 16.50
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 49,863 18.65 38,990 13.09
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 41,756 15.62 41,742 14.02
Czechoslovak People's Party 41,213 15.41 30,743 10.32
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 16,861 6.31 20,306 6.82
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 9,030 3.38 25,960 8.72
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 15,955 5.97 18,600 6.25
German Electoral Coalition 12,368 4.63 20,221 6.79
German Christian Social People's Party 7,032 2.63 21,088 7.08
Czechoslovak National Democracy 10,186 3.81 15,594 5.24
German National Socialist Workers' Party 1,713 0.64 8,672 2.91
German National Party 1,083 0.41 4,513 1.52
League Against Bound Tickets 1,721 0.64 1,788 0.60
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 962 0.36
United Jewish and Polish Parties 470 0.16
Total valid votes 267,397 100 297,833 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality II (%) III (%)
Czechoslovak parties 82.36 66.58
German parties 11.68 27.01
Communists 5.97 6.25
Polish-Jewish parties 0.00 0.16
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Mladá Boleslav

Amongst the deputies elected from the Česká Lípa 5th electoral district were Ernst Grünzner (DSAP), Irene Kirpal (DSAP), Josef Schweichhart (DSAP), Josef Kleibl (DNP) and Hans Krebs.[20][21][22]

IV. Mladá Boleslav
Seats: 17
V. Česká Lípa
Seats: 13
Party IV. Mladá Boleslav V. Česká Lípa
Votes % Votes %
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 22,122 4.94 90,126 25.74
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 57,406 12.82 42,019 12.00
German Electoral Coalition 26,786 5.98 67,778 19.35
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 73,555 16.43 12,090 3.45
German Christian Social People's Party 27,358 6.11 50,558 14.44
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 71,696 16.02 2,656 0.76
German National Socialist Workers' Party 29,475 6.58 34,005 9.71
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 46,907 10.48 10,503 3.00
German National Party 15,567 3.48 33,065 9.44
Czechoslovak People's Party 27,269 6.09 1,433 0.41
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 25,280 5.65 1,643 0.47
Czechoslovak National Democracy 20,269 4.53 2,843 0.81
League Against Bound Tickets 3,540 0.79 628 0.18
United Jewish and Polish Parties 394 0.09 855 0.24
Total valid votes 447,624 100 350,202 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality IV (%) V (%)
German parties 27.10 78.68
Czechoslovak parties 59.99 9.08
Communists 12.82 12.00
Polish-Jewish parties 0.09 0.24
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Louny
VI. Louny
Seats: 17
VII. Karlovy Vary
Seats: 12
Party VI. Louny VII. Karlovy Vary
Votes % Votes %
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 66,087 14.12 106,494 34.37
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 74,487 15.91 37,298 12.04
German Electoral Coalition 31,297 6.69 49,085 15.84
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 63,263 13.51 3,907 1.26
German Christian Social People's Party 25,048 5.35 40,698 13.13
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 60,823 12.99 2,974 0.96
German National Socialist Workers' Party 32,358 6.91 25,772 8.32
German National Party 19,426 4.15 31,764 10.25
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 38,579 8.24 1,882 0.61
Czechoslovak National Democracy 23,665 5.06 1,531 0.49
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 18,128 3.87 664 0.21
Czechoslovak People's Party 10,228 2.18 372 0.12
Pangerman Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia 6,672 2.15
United Jewish and Polish Parties 2,697 0.58 773 0.25
League Against Bound Tickets 2,054 0.44
Total valid votes 468,140 100 309,886 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality VI (%) VII (%)
German parties 37.21 84.06
Czechoslovak parties 46.30 3.66
Communists 15.91 12.04
Polish-Jewish parties 0.58 0.25
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Plzeň
VIII. Plzeň
Seats: 17
IX. České Budějovice
Seats: 13
Party VIII. Plzeň IX. České Budějovice
Votes % Votes %
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 115,320 28.15 37,086 12.87
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 55,975 13.66 63,334 21.98
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 42,956 10.49 34,059 11.82
German Electoral Coalition 43,260 10.56 22,648 7.86
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 41,986 10.25 20,584 7.14
German Christian Social People's Party 23,341 5.70 23,688 8.22
Czechoslovak People's Party 17,404 4.25 29,238 10.15
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 17,902 4.37 17,690 6.14
Czechoslovak National Democracy 20,483 5.00 13,478 4.68
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 15,753 3.85 14,941 5.19
German National Party 11,189 2.73 6,102 2.12
League Against Bound Tickets 2,472 0.60 2,442 0.85
German National Socialist Workers' Party 2,801 0.97
United Jewish and Polish Parties 1,646 0.40
Total valid votes 409,687 100 288,091 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality VI (%) VII (%)
Czechoslovak parties 65.99 67.54
German parties 29.24 26.32
Communists 4.37 6.14
Polish-Jewish parties 0.40 0.00
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Brno

Amongst the deputies elected from the Jihlava 10th electoral district were Johann Wagner (German Electoral Coalition), Erwin Zajicek (German Christian Social People's Party) and Viktor Stern (Communist Party).[23]

X. Jihlava
Seats: 9
XI. Brno
Seats: 17
XIII. Uherské Hradiště
Seats: 8
Party X. Jihlava XI. Brno XIII. Uherské Hradiště
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Czechoslovak People's Party 42,324 18.28 83,016 19.19 68,241 34.02
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 44,401 19.17 56,474 13.05 35,437 17.67
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 25,787 11.14 56,597 13.08 27,190 13.55
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 18,129 7.83 70,000 16.18 18,504 9.22
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 16,010 6.91 42,555 9.84 22,742 11.34
German Christian Social People's Party 25,078 10.83 19,329 4.47 462 0.23
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 11,027 4.76 19,553 4.52 11,950 5.96
German Electoral Coalition 19,232 8.31 18,328 4.24 991 0.49
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 9,911 4.28 24,840 5.74 823 0.41
German National Party 11,177 4.83 10,368 2.40
Czechoslovak National Democracy 3,137 1.35 10,734 2.48 6,293 3.14
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 7,080 1.64 4,655 2.32
German National Socialist Workers' Party 3,774 1.63 7,748 1.79
United Jewish and Polish Parties 1,570 0.68 3,359 0.78 2,259 1.13
League Against Bound Tickets 2,672 0.62 1,049 0.52
Total valid votes 231,557 100 432,653 100 200,596 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality X (%) XI (%) XIII (%)
Czechoslovak parties 62.54 70.76 86.40
German parties 29.87 18.63 1.13
Communists 6.91 9.84 11.34
Polish-Jewish parties 0.68 0.78 1.13
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Moravská Ostrava
XII. Olomouc
Seats: 17
XIV. Moravská Ostrava
Seats: 19
Party XII. Olomouc XIV. Moravská Ostrava
Votes % Votes %
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 64,314 14.55 95,786 18.56
Czechoslovak People's Party 68,361 15.47 59,994 11.62
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 53,088 12.01 35,122 6.80
German Christian Social People's Party 45,608 10.32 35,644 6.91
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 28,611 6.47 52,218 10.12
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 42,319 9.58 36,984 7.17
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 28,687 6.49 42,275 8.19
German National Socialist Workers Party 22,883 5.18 33,321 6.46
German Electoral Coalition 32,744 7.41 19,265 3.73
German National Party 15,545 3.52 27,842 5.39
Czechoslovak National Democracy 12,770 2.89 23,264 4.51
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 20,170 4.56 14,839 2.87
United Jewish and Polish Parties 2,512 0.57 30,710 5.95
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 2,032 0.46 6,639 1.29
League Against Bound Tickets 2,234 0.51 2,248 0.44
Total valid votes 441,878 100 516,151 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality XII (%) XIV (%)
Czechoslovak parties 56.95 54.28
German parties 36.01 29.65
Communists 6.47 10.12
Polish-Jewish parties 0.57 5.95
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Turčiansky Svätý Martin
XV. Trnava
Seats: 9
XVII. Turčiansky Svätý Martin
Seats: 11
Party XV. Trnava XVII. Turčiansky Svätý Martin
Votes % Votes %
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 82,267 37.93 114,883 48.89
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 45,291 20.88 36,352 15.47
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 26,281 12.12 23,249 9.89
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 24,471 11.28 14,520 6.18
Czechoslovak People's Party 4,081 1.88 20,028 8.52
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 6,967 3.21 5,050 2.15
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 7,032 3.24 3,919 1.67
United Jewish and Polish Parties 5,198 2.40 5,201 2.21
Czechoslovak National Democracy 4,457 2.05 5,386 2.29
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 5,957 2.75 3,779 1.61
German Electoral Coalition 2,156 0.99 2,196 0.93
Juriga's Slovak People's Party 2,752 1.27
League Against Bound Tickets 399 0.17
Total valid votes 216,910 100 234,962 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality XV (%) XVII (%)
Czechoslovak parties 82.58 89.06
Communists 11.28 6.18
Polish-Jewish parties 2.40 2.21
Magyar-German parties 2.75 1.61
German parties 0.99 0.93
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš
XVIII. Bánská Bystrica
Seats: 7
XIX. Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš
Seats: 6
Party XVIII. Bánská Bystrica XIX. Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš
Votes % Votes %
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 62,143 39.05 39,888 34.20
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 31,830 20.00 31,730 27.20
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 22,438 14.10 13,352 11.45
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 12,088 7.60 9,166 7.86
Czechoslovak National Democracy 7,597 4.77 9,976 8.55
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 8,968 5.63 4,291 3.68
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 4,688 2.95 3,015 2.58
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 2,587 1.63 1,668 1.43
United Jewish and Polish Parties 1,773 1.11 1,435 1.23
German Electoral Coalition 2,732 1.72 407 0.35
Czechoslovak People's Party 1,614 1.01 1,496 1.28
Juriga's Slovak People's Party 691 0.43
League Against Bound Tickets 220 0.19
Total valid votes 159,149 100 116,644 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality XV (%) XVII (%)
Czechoslovak parties 83.94 86.88
Communists 7.60 7.86
Magyar-German parties 5.63 3.68
Polish-Jewish parties 1.11 1.23
German parties 1.72 0.35
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Prešov
XXI. Prešov
Seats: 5
Party XXI. Prešov
Votes %
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 70,224 36.56
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 55,651 28.98
Czechoslovak National Democracy 17,415 9.07
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 13,461 7.01
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 8,777 4.57
United Jewish and Polish Parties 7,601 3.96
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 6,301 3.28
Czechoslovak People's Party 5,663 2.95
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 4,641 2.42
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 2,322 1.21
Total valid votes 192,056 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality XXI (%)
Czechoslovak parties 84.46
Magyar-German parties 7.01
Communists 4.57
Polish-Jewish parties 3.96
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nové Zámky

The Nové Zámky senatorial district consisted of the Nové Zámky 16th electoral district and the Košice 20th electoral district, two districts that together hosted around 96% of the Hungarian and 56% of the German population of Slovakia.[24][25][26] The percentage achieved by the Communist Party in the Nové Zámky 16th electoral district was the highest in the country in the 1929 vote.[24][18]

Hlinka's Slovak People's Party fielded Vojtech Tuka in the Košice 20th electoral district, but he failed to win a seat.[27] Fielding Tuka in a district where the party lacked strong support displayed the ambiguity the party had towards him during his treason trials.[27]

XVI. Nové Zámky
Seats: 11
XX. Košice
Seats: 7
Party XVI. Nové Zámky XX. Košice
Votes % Votes %
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 119,987 37.64 70,474 37.19
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 53,702 16.84 29,518 15.58
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 33,687 10.57 29,865 15.76
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party 29,475 9.25 19,376 10.22
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 31,093 9.75 12,792 6.75
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 12,140 3.81 7,467 3.94
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 8,569 2.69 4,037 2.13
United Jewish and Polish Parties 7,480 2.35 4,991 2.63
Czechoslovak National Democracy 4,002 1.26 4,912 2.59
Provincial Party of Smallholders,
Entrepreneurs and Workers of Czechoslovakia		 5,733 1.80 1,168 0.62
German Electoral Coalition 4,268 1.34 1,945 1.03
German Social Democratic Workers' Party 3,813 1.20 1,011 0.53
Czechoslovak People's Party 2,065 0.65 1,601 0.84
Juriga's Slovak People's Party 1,952 0.61
League Against Bound Tickets 843 0.26 348 0.18
Total valid votes 318,809 100 189,505 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality XVI (%) XX (%)
Czechoslovak parties 38.84 42.43
Magyar-German parties 37.64 37.19
Communists 16.84 15.58
Polish-Jewish parties 2.35 2.63
German parties 2.53 1.56
Magyar parties 1.80 0.62
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Užhorod

A bloc aligned with the Agrarians merged as the most voted list in the Užhorod electoral district, the sole electoral district in Subcarpathian Rus'.[18] The bloc formed by the National Democrats and the Russian National Bloc, which included the Autonomous Agrarian Union, the Russian National Party, the Russian National Union and the Carpatho-Russian Labour Party of Small Peasants and Landless, finished in second place.[18][28][29]

The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party stood on a joint list with the Social Democratic Workers' Party in Subcarpathian Rus' in the constituency. The sole mandate won by this list went to Julius Husnaj of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party.[30][31]

The Czechoslovak People's Party contested under the name 'Christian People's Party' in the Užhorod electoral district.[18]

XXII. Užhorod
Seats: 9
Party XXII. Užhorod
Votes %
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants 77,419 29.07
Czechoslovak National Democracy 48,609 18.25
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 40,582 15.24
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party 30,455 11.44
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 22,924 8.61
United Jewish and Polish Parties 16,768 6.30
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 10,025 3.76
Christian People's Party (ČSL) 8,979 3.37
Czechoslovak Traders' Party 7,348 2.76
German Electoral Coalition 3,218 1.21
Total valid votes 266,327 100
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
Nationality XXII (%)
Czechoslovak parties[a] 65.82
Communists 15.24
Magyar-German parties 11.44
Polish-Jewish parties 6.30
German parties 1.21
Source: Manuel Statistique[18]
  1. ^ Rusyn parties usually ran with Czechoslovak parties.

Aftermath

On 7 December 1929 František Udržal formed a coalition government of Czechoslovak Agrarians, Czechoslovak People's Party, Czechoslovak Social Democrats, Czechoslovak National Socialists, Czechoslovak National Democrats, Czechoslovak Traders' Party, German Agrarians and German Social Democrats.[5] Whilst the cabinet was politically broadened after the 1929 elections, it lacked representation from Slovak populists, German Clericals or the Magyar parties.[8][10]

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