1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 15 November 1925.[1] The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, which won 45 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.1% in the Chamber election and 77.3% for the Senate.[2]

1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

15 November 1925
All 300 seats to the Chamber of Deputies All 150 seats to the Senate 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	90.1%
Leader Antonín Švehla Josef Haken Jan Šrámek Party RSZML KSČ ČSL Seats after 45 41 31 Seat change 17 41 2 Popular vote 970,498 913,711 691,238 Percentage 13.66% 12.86% 9.73%   Leader Antonín Hampl Václav Klofáč Franz Spina Party ČSSD ČSNS BdL Seats after 29 28 24 Seat change 45 4 11 Popular vote 630,894 609,915 571,198 Percentage 8.88% 8.58% 8.03%   Leader Andrej Hlinka Ludwig Czech Karl Hilgenreiner Party HSĽS DSAP DCVP Seats after 23 17 13 Seat change 23 14 14 Popular vote 489,027 411,010 314,440 Percentage 6.88% 5.78% 4.43%
Prime Minister before election Antonín Švehla RSZML Elected Prime Minister Antonín Švehla RSZML

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	970,498	13.66	45	+17
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	913,711	12.86	41	New
	Czechoslovak People's Party	691,238	9.73	31	–2
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	630,894	8.88	29	–45
	Czechoslovak Socialist Party	609,915	8.58	28	+4
	Carpatho-Russian Labour Party			0	New
	Farmers' League	571,198	8.03	24	+11
	Hlinka's Slovak People's Party	489,027	6.88	23	New
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	411,010	5.78	17	+4
	German Christian Social People's Party	314,440	4.43	13	–14
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	285,928	4.02	13	+7
	Czechoslovak National Democracy	284,628	4.01	13	–6
	German National Party	240,879	3.39	10	New
	German National Socialist Workers' Party	168,278	2.37	7	–8
	Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	85,777	1.21	4	+4
	Jewish Party	98,793	1.39	0	–
	National Labour Party	98,240	1.38	0	–
	Autonomous Agrarian Union	35,674	0.50	1	New
	Slovak National Party	35,446	0.50	0	–12
	Polish People's Party	29,884	0.42	1	New
	Polish Socialist Workers Party				New
	Czechoslovak Agrarian and Conservative Party	27,884	0.39	0	New
	West Slovak Christian Social Party	17,285	0.24	0	New
	Jewish Economic Party	16,861	0.24	0	New
	Czechoslovak Cottiers and Smallholders Party	14,453	0.20	0	–
	German Free Social Party	11,367	0.16	0	New
	Independent Communist Party	7,854	0.11	0	New
	Provincial Peasants Party	4,592	0.06	0	New
	Civic Party	4,240	0.06	0	New
	Union of Christian Rural Peoples	2,392	0.03	0	New
	Entrepreneur Party of Subcarpathian Ruthenia	1,094	0.02	0	New
Total		7,073,480	100	300	0
Source: CZSO

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	841,647	13.8	23	+9
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	774,454	12.7	20	New
Czechoslovak People's Party	618,033	10.1	16	–2
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	537,470	8.8	14	–27
Czechoslovak Socialist Party	516,250	8.5	14	+4
Farmers' League	505,597	8.3	12	+6
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party	417,206	6.8	12	New
German Social Democratic Workers' Party	363,310	6.0	9	–7
German Christian Social People's Party	289,055	4.7	7	+3
Czechoslovak Traders' Party	257,171	4.2	6	+3
Czechoslovak National Democracy	256,360	4.2	7	–3
German National Party	214,589	3.5	5	New
German National Socialist Workers' Party	139,945	2.3	3	–
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	85,777	1.4	2	0
Slovak National and Farmers' Party	31,657	0.5	0	–6
Other parties	248,196	4.1	0	–4
Total	6,096,717	100	150	+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p472