1935 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

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19 May 1935 (1935-05-19)

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Chamber of Deputies

All 300 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
151 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
SdP	Konrad Henlein	15.18	44	New
RSZML	Rudolf Beran	14.29	45	−1
ČSDSD	Antonín Hampl	12.55	38	−1
KSČ	Klement Gottwald	10.32	30	0
ČSNS	Václav Klofáč	9.18	28	−4
ČSL	Jan Šrámek	7.48	22	−3
AB	Andrej Hlinka	6.86	22	New
NSj–RNAP–RNP	Karel Kramář	5.57	17	New
ČŽOS	Josef Václav Najman	5.44	17	+5
DSAP	Ludwig Czech	3.64	11	−10
OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	Géza Szüllö	3.55	9	0
NOF	Radola Gajda	2.03	6	New
DCVP	Karl Hilgenreiner	1.98	6	−8
BdL	Franz Spina	1.73	5	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

All 150 seats in the Senate
76 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
SdP	Konrad Henlein	15.01	23	New
RSZML	Rudolf Beran	14.33	23	−1
ČSDSD	Antonín Hampl	12.51	20	0
KSČ	Klement Gottwald	10.18	16	+1
ČSNS	Václav Klofáč	9.24	14	−2
ČSL	Jan Šrámek	7.66	11	−2
AB	Andrej Hlinka	6.8	11	New
NSj–RNAP–RNP	Karel Kramář	5.64	9	New
ČŽOS	Josef Václav Najman	5.41	8	+2
DSAP	Ludwig Czech	3.73	6	−5
OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	Géza Szüllö	3.57	6	0
DCVP	Karl Hilgenreiner	2.13	3	−5

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Jan Malypetr RSZML	Jan Malypetr RSZML

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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 19 May 1935.^[1] The result was a victory for the newly established Sudeten German Party, which won 44 seats in the Chamber and 23 in the Senate. Funded by the German Nazi Party, it won over two-thirds of the vote amongst Sudeten Germans. Voter turnout was 91.9% in the Chamber election and 81.2% for the Senate.^[2] These elections would be the last in Czechoslovakia until 1946.

Results

Chamber of Deputies



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sudeten German Party	1,249,534	15.18	44	New
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	1,176,628	14.29	45	–1
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,032,773	12.55	38	–1
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	849,495	10.32	30	0
	Czechoslovak National Social Party	755,872	9.18	28	–4
	Czechoslovak People's Party	615,804	7.48	22	–3
	Autonomous Bloc (HSĽS–SNS–AZS–PSL–PSPR)	564,273	6.86	22	New
	National Unification–RNAP–RNP	458,351	5.57	17	New
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	448,049	5.44	17	+5
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	299,945	3.64	11	–10
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	291,837	3.55	9	0
	National Fascist Community	167,434	2.03	6	New
	German Christian Social People's Party	162,781	1.98	6	–8
	Farmers' League	142,402	1.73	5	New
	National Unification of the Clerical-Administrative Parties	10,225	0.12	0	New
	Economic Party of Debtors	5,977	0.07	0	New
Total		8,231,380	100.00	300	0

Registered voters/turnout		8,957,572	–
Source: Statistical Office

Senate



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sudeten German Party	1,092,255	15.01	23	New
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	1,042,924	14.33	23	–1
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	910,252	12.51	20	0
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	740,696	10.18	16	+1
	Czechoslovak National Social Party	672,126	9.24	14	–2
	Czechoslovak People's Party	557,684	7.66	11	–2
	Autonomous Bloc (HSĽS–SNS–AZS–PSL–PSPR)	495,166	6.80	11	New
	National Unification–RNAP–RNP	410,095	5.64	9	New
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	393,732	5.41	8	+2
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	271,097	3.73	6	–5
	OKSZP–MNP–ZDP	259,832	3.57	6	0
	German Christian Social People's Party	155,234	2.13	3	–5
	National Fascist Community	145,125	1.99	0	New
	Farmers' League	129,862	1.78	0	New
	Economic Party of Debtors	973	0.01	0	New
Total		7,277,053	100.00	150	0

Registered voters/turnout		8,957,572	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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

v t e Elections and referendums in Czechoslovakia
Parliamentary elections	1920 1925 1929 1935 1946 1948 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 1992
Parliamentary by-elections	1924
Regional elections	1923 1928 1935
Local elections	1919 1923 1927 1931 1938 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990
Referendums	1951
See also: Presidential elections Elections in the Czech Republic Elections in Slovakia

v t e Munich Agreement
Prelude (Oct 1925 – Sep 1938)	Locarno Treaties Sudeten German Party Parliamentary election, 1935 Border fortifications Fall Grün Hossbach Memorandum Heim ins Reich Anschluss May Crisis Runciman Mission Bled Agreement Runciman Report Godesberg Memorandum Oster Conspiracy Sudeten German uprising
Consequences (Nov 1938 – Sep 1939)	First Vienna Award Second Czechoslovak Republic German invasion of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak government-in-exile Slovak Republic Bohemia and Moravia Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine Slovak–Hungarian War Slovak invasion of Poland Generalplan Ost
Nullification (Mar 1945 – Dec 1973)	Third Czechoslovak Republic German evacuation from Central and Eastern Europe German expulsion from Czechoslovakia Potsdam Agreement Beneš decrees Paris Peace Treaties (1947) Treaty of Prague (1973)
Related topics	Events preceding the war in Europe European foreign policy of the Chamberlain ministry: Appeasement "Peace for our time" Lesson of Munich History of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938): Germans in Czechoslovakia Western betrayal: Arms and the Covenant (1938) Why England Slept (1940)