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. It was created in October 1925 by Slovak

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s as a regional

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n party against the Zionist-controlled Jewish Party. It took part in the

1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 15 November 1925.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, which won 45 ...

s, where it got 16,861 votes (0.24%) and no seat.

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