1923 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

Summary

Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 18 March 1923.[1] The seats were divided up by the political borders which existed before the Kingdom's formation and distributed using the population statistics of 1910.

1923 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

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All 312 seats in the National Assembly
157 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nikola Pašić Stjepan Radić Ljubomir Davidović
Party NRS HSS DS
Last election 17.71%, 91 seats 12.37%, 50 seats 19.88%, 92 seats
Seats won 108 70 51
Seat change Increase17 Increase20 Decrease41
Popular vote 562,213 473,733 400,342
Percentage 25.82% 21.76% 18.39%

Prime Minister before election

Nikola Pašić
NRS

Elected Prime Minister

Nikola Pašić
NRS

According to a TIME Magazine article published in the next week of the election, the poll was marred by voter intimidation by the military police, suppression of the opposition and the disenfranchisement of ethnic minorities like the Hungarians and the Turks.[2]

After the elections, an opposition Federalist Bloc was formed from the Croatian Republican Peasant Party, Slovenian People's Party and Yugoslav Muslim Organization.[3]

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Radical Party562,21325.82108+17
Croatian Peasant Party473,73321.7670+20
Democratic Party400,34218.3951–41
Agrarian Party153,5797.0510–29
Slovene People's PartyCroatian Popular Party126,3785.8121
Yugoslav Muslim Organization112,2285.1618–6
Džemijet71,4533.2814+6
Socialist Party of Yugoslavia48,3372.222–8
German Party43,4151.998New
Independent Workers' Party24,3211.120New
Republican Party18,9410.870–3
Ante Trumbić List16,2090.742+1
Serbian Party15,2360.701New
Bunjevac-Šokac Party12,7930.593
Independent Agrarian Party11,0230.511New
Montenegrin Federalist Party8,5610.392New
Party of Rights8,0890.370–2
Romanian Party7,0700.321New
Croatian Husbandmen's Party5,4680.250–7
People's Socialist Party4,0640.190–2
Liberal Party3,3840.160–1
Others50,2142.310
Total2,177,051100.00312–107
Registered voters/turnout2,971,370
Source: Nohlen et al., Rothschild

Elected representatives edit

Source:[4]

Serbia (73 seats including Belgrade) edit

Belgrade city (2 seats) edit

  • Nikola Pašić (NRS, also elected in the Tuzla and Srem district)
  • Ljubomir Davidović (DS, also elected in Belgrade district and Vranje district)

Belgrade district (4 seats) edit

  • Aleksa Žujović (NRS, also elected in the Smederevo district)
  • Sreten Petrović (NRS)
  • Ljubomir Davidović (DS, also elected in Belgrade city and Vranje district)
  • ? (DS)

Valjevo district (4 seats) edit

  • M. Đuričić (NRS)
  • Vićentija Matić (NRS)
  • Pera Marković (DS)
  • Voja Lazić (Agrarian party)

Vranje district (7 seats) edit

  • Milutin Dragović (NRS)
  • Stojan Kostić (NRS)
  • Vlajko Kocić (NRS)
  • Dimitrije Popović (NRS)
  • Ljubomir Davidović (DS, also elected in Belgrade city and Belgrade district)
  • Krsta Prokić (DS)
  • Ž, Rafajlović (DS)

Kragujevac district (5 seats) edit

  • dr Miloš Radosavljević (DS)
  • dr Dragutin Kojić (NRS)
  • Tadija Pantović (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)

Kruševac district (4 seats) edit

  • Božidar Jeličić (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • Ljuba Ristić (DS)
  • ?

Krajina district (3 seats) edit

  • Đoka Popović (DS)
  • Velizar Janković (NRS, also elected in the Skopje district)
  • ? (NRS)

Morava district (5 seats) edit

  • Velja Popović (NRS)
  • Nastas Petrović (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • D. Pećić (DS)
  • ? (DS)

Niš district (5 seats) edit

  • Rad. Agatonović (DS)
  • Nikola Uzunović (NRS)
  • Vlada Miletić (NRS)
  • Mihailo Srećković (NRS)
  • Nikola Mitić (NRS)

Pirot district (3 seats) edit

  • V. Vukićević (NRS)
  • Mitar Ćirković (NRS)
  • Đorđe Ćirić (NRS)

Požarevac district (6 seats) edit

  • Lj. Stojadinović (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • V. Marinković (DS)
  • ? (DS)

Podrinje district (6 seats) edit

  • Miloš Moskovljević (Agrarian)
  • Voja Veljković (DS)
  • Milorad Vujičić (NRS, also elected in the Užice district)
  • Ninko Perić (NRS)
  • Mihailo Ranković (NRS)
  • Živojin Dimitrijević (NRS)

Rudnik district (2 seats) edit

  • Rajko Ilić (NRS)
  • Nikola Sretenović (DS)

Smederevo district (3 seats) edit

  • Aleksa Žujović (NRS, also elected in the Belgrade district)
  • K. Timotijević (DS)
  • ? (DS)

Timok district (4 seats) edit

  • Aleksandar Mijović (DS)
  • Krsta MIletić (NRS, also elected in the Kosovo district)
  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)

Toplica district (3 seats) edit

  • Dragan Bojović (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)

Užice district (4 seats) edit

  • Miša Trifenović (NRS)
  • Andra Stanić (NRS)
  • Petar M. Bjelica (NRS)
  • Milorad Vujičić (NRS, also elected in the Podrinje district)

Čačak district (3 seats) edit

  • M. Sokić (DS)
  • Petar Bogavac (NRS)
  • Anta Radojević (NRS)

South Serbia (41 seats) edit

Bitola district (6 seats) edit

  • Jovan Ćirković (NRS)
  • Petar Robević (NRS)
  • Kosta Kumanudi (DS)
  • Dimitrije Čičević (DS)
  • Ćenan Zija (Džemijet)
  • Sadedin Rušid (Džemijet)

Bregalnica district (2 seats) edit

  • Vlada Puzderlijević (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)

Zvečan-Raška district (4 seats) edit

  • Živko A. Šušić (NRS)
  • ? (Džemijet)
  • ? (Džemijet)
  • ? (Džemijet)

Kosovo district (5 seats) edit

  • Krsta Miletić (NRS, also elected in the Timok district)
  • Jovan Magovčević (DS)
  • Hadži Džemail Aluš (Džemijet)
  • ? (Džemijet)
  • ? (Džemijet)

Kumanovo district (3 seats) edit

  • Mladen Nikolić (DS)
  • Trajko Arsić (DS)
  • Dimitrije Trajković (DS)

Metohija district (2 seats) edit

  • Nedžib Beg Bašić (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)

Ohrid district (2 seats) edit

  • Ilija Šumenković (DS)
  • Rista Nastasijević (DS)

Prizren district (3 seats) edit

  • Rista Skakaljević (NRS)
  • Andreja Kujundžić (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)

Prijepolje district (3 seats) edit

  • Sreten Vukosavljević (DS)
  • ? (DS)
  • ? (Džemijet)

Skopje district (4 seats) edit

  • Mihailo Kujundžić (DS)
  • dr Velizar Janković (NRS, also elected in the Krajina district)
  • Ćemal Osman (Džemijet)
  • ? (Džemijet)

Tetovo district (4 seats) edit

  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • Halil Beg Draga (Džemijet)
  • ? (Džemijet)

Tikveš district (3 seats)

  • Gligorije Anastasijević (DS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)

Montenegro (7 seats) edit

  • Ljubo Bakić (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • ? (NRS)
  • dr Božidar Vuković (DS)
  • ? (DS)
  • Mihailo Ivanović (Montenegrin Federalist Party)
  • Risto Popović (Montenegrin Federalist Party)

Vojvodina (34 seats) edit

Subotica district (6 seats) edit

  • dr Jovan Radonjić (NRS)
  • Marko Jurić (NRS)
  • Jova Vujić (NRS)
  • Blaško Rajić (Bunjevac-Šokac Party)
  • Franjo Sudarević (Bunjevac-Šokac Party)
  • Milan Sekulić (Socialist Party)

Veliki Bečkerek district (7 seats) edit

  • dr Momčilo Ninčić (NRS)
  • dr Svetislav Mihajlović (NRS)
  • Svetozar Stanković (NRS)
  • dr Slavko Šećerov (DS)
  • dr Vilhelm Najner (German Party)
  • Nedeljko Divac (Socialist)
  • Dimitrije Vujić (Agrarian)

Sombor district (7 seats including Baranja) edit

  • Marko Trifković (NRS)
  • Joca Lalošević (NRS)
  • Pavle Tatić (Socialist)
  • Ivan Evetović (Bunjevac-Šokac Party)
  • Samuel Šumaher (German Party)
  • dr Stevan Kraft (German Party)
  • dr Simon Bartman (German Party)

Pančevo - Bela Crkva district (8 seats) edit

  • dr Žarko Miladinović (NRS)
  • dr Milan Stojadinović (NRS)
  • Živa Vitolić (NRS)
  • dr Dušan Grgin (NRS)
  • dr Dušan Bošković (DS)
  • Nikola Karać (DS)
  • dr Ludvig Kremling (German Party)
  • dr Jovan Žan (Romanian Party)

Novi Sad district (6 seats) edit

  • dr Slavko Miletić (NRS)
  • Mita Đorđević (NRS)
  • Miloš Katić (NRS)
  • dr Janko Šijačić (NRS)
  • dr Mozer (German Party)
  • dr Franja Trebl (German Party)

Croatia (66 seats) edit

Modruš-Rijeka electoral district with Krk and Kastav (6 seats) edit

Požega electoral district (7 seats) edit

Šibenik-Zadar electoral district edit

Syrmia electoral district (10 seats) edit

Kotor-Dubrovnik-Split electoral district edit

Varaždin electoral district with Međimurje (10 seats) edit

Virovitica electoral district (7 seats) edit

Bjelovar district (8 seats) edit

Lika - Krbava district (5 seats) edit

Zagreb electoral district (13 seats) edit

City of Zagreb electoral district (2 seats) edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p783
  2. ^ Balkan Politics, TIME Magazine, March 31, 1923
  3. ^ "I.Banjac: Hrvati i Bošnjaci". Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  4. ^ "Резултат избора". Политика. 5354: 1–2. 20 March 1923.
  5. ^ M. MAROJA, Pobuna pristaša HRSS-a Novigrada 1924. godine protiv velikosrpske politike, Rad. Zavoda povij. znan. HAZU Zadru, sv. 48/2006., str. 631–644.

External links edit

  • Između demokrata i radikala - produbljivanje političkih podela među Srbima u Hrvatskoj i parlamentarni izbori 1923
  • Studia croatica THE ELECTIONS OF 1923 IN THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS, AND SLOVENES
  • Nebojša A. Popović Srpske parlamentarne stranke u Kraljevini SHS 1918-1929