Parliamentary elections were held in
Czechoslovakia
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on 18 and 25 April 1920.
[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 ] Members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected on 18 April and members of the Senate on 25 April.
The election had initially been planned for mid- or late 1919, but had been postponed.
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Central European Cross-roads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921
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Aftermath
Out of the 300 Chamber of Deputies seats 281 were filled, as no elections were held in
Hlučín Region
Hlučín Region ( cs, Hlučínsko, german: Hultschiner Ländchen, pl, Ziemia hulczyńska) is a historically significant part of Czech Silesia, now part of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. It is named after its largest town, Hlu ...
(part of the Moravská Ostrava electoral district, resulting in 1 less deputy elected from that district), the
Těšín electoral district (9 deputies) and the
Užhorod electoral district (9 deputies).
16 parties won parliamentary representation.
Voter turnout was 89.6% for the Chamber election and 75.6% for the Senate.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p472]
The
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party (ČSDSD) emerged as the largest party in the 1920 election, with 25.7% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies, 74 deputies elected, 28.1% of the vote for the Senate and 41 senators elected.
Amongst the Czech voters, the 1920 election outcome was marked by remarkable stability compared to the
1911 election.
The gap between Czech socialist and bourgeois parties had only moved by 0.4% compared to the 1911 result.
Results
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
See also
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List of members of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1920–1925)
References
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Czechoslovakia
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Parliamentary election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
Legislative elections in Czechoslovakia
April 1920 events