Summary
Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 8 February 1925.[1] The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in National Assembly, winning 123 of the 315 seats,[1] with Nikola Pašić remaining Prime Minister.
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Results edit
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| People's Radical Party | 702,573 | 28.82 | 123 | +15 | |
| Croatian Peasant Party | 545,466 | 22.38 | 67 | –3 | |
| Democratic Party | 279,686 | 11.47 | 36 | –15 | |
| National Bloc (NRS–SDS) | 210,843 | 8.65 | 31 | – | |
| Yugoslav Muslim Organization | 132,296 | 5.43 | 15 | –3 | |
| Independent Democratic Party | 117,953 | 4.84 | 8 | New | |
| Agrarian Party | 117,922 | 4.84 | 4 | –6 | |
| Slovene People's Party | 105,304 | 4.32 | 20 | – | |
| German Party | 45,172 | 1.85 | 5 | –3 | |
| Socialist Party of Yugoslavia | 23,457 | 0.96 | 0 | –2 | |
| Republican Party | 20,388 | 0.84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Workers' Party | 16,330 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Croatian Popular Party | 12,482 | 0.51 | 0 | – | |
| Džemijet | 12,468 | 0.51 | 0 | –14 | |
| Independent Agrarian Party | 12,332 | 0.51 | 1 | 0 | |
| People's Bloc | 9,247 | 0.38 | 1 | New | |
| Montenegrin Federalist Party | 8,873 | 0.36 | 3 | +1 | |
| Serbian Party | 6,186 | 0.25 | 0 | –1 | |
| Democratic Farmers' Union | 6,055 | 0.25 | 1 | New | |
| Party of Rights | 3,064 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bunjevac-Šokac Party | 4,679 | 0.19 | 0 | – | |
| Others | 44,821 | 1.84 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 2,437,597 | 100.00 | 315 | +3 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,167,659 | – | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
Aftermath edit
In April 1926, faced with a series of corruption scandals Prime Minister Nikola Pašić was forced to resign. A member of Pašić's party Nikola Uzunović became the new Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on 8 April 1926, however faced with internal conflict within the party, a succession of short term governments, came and went under his watch.
In April 1927 Uzunović resigned from the office of Prime Minister, after the Croatian Peasant Party decided to leave his government. He was replaced by Velimir Vukićević, who was also a member of People's Radical Party.
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External links edit
- Nebojša A. Popović, Srpske parlamentarne stranke u Kraljevini SHS 1918-1929
- Branko Petranović, Momčilo Zečević, Jugoslavija 1918-1988. Tematska zbirka dokumenata, p. 228