The 1920 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 27 May 1920. It was the first contested presidential election.

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur * Tomáš Berdyc ...

has won his second term against German theologian

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Procedure

President was elected by bicameral parliament that consisted of 281 Deputies and 142 Senators. Candidate needed at least 247 votes to be elected.

Candidates

, the incumbent president and a candidate of governing coalition. *

, candidate of German minority. *

Alois Muna Alois Muna, also Alois Můňa (23 February 1886, Lysice – 2 August 1943, Kladno), was a Czechoslovak politician and one of the founders and interwar period general secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of ...

, candidate of left fraction of social democrats (later Communist). * Antonín Janoušek, Communist radical, former leader of

Slovak Soviet Republic The Slovak Soviet Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika rád, hu, Szlovák Tanácsköztársaság, uk, Словацька Радянська Республіка, literally: 'Slovak Republic of Councils') was a short-lived Communist state in sout ...

Election

Masaryk received 284 votes and was elected for his second term.

References

{{Czechoslovak presidential elections Presidential 1920