1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 11 September 1927.[1] The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in Parliament, winning 112 of the 315 seats.[1]

1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
11 September 1927
All 315 seats in the National Assembly
158 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Aca Stanojević Ljubomir Davidović
Party NRS DS
Last election 28.82%, 123 seats 11.47%, 36 seats
Seats won 112 59
Seat change Decrease9 Increase23
Popular vote 742,111 381,784
Percentage 31.92% 16.42%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Stjepan Radić Svetozar Pribićević
Party HSS SDS
Last election 22.38%, 67 seats 4.84%, 8 seats
Seats won 61 22
Seat change Decrease6 Increase14
Popular vote 367,570 199,040
Percentage 15.81% 8.56%
Prime Minister before election

Velimir Vukićević
NRS

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Velimir Vukićević
NRS

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Radical Party742,11131.92112+1
Democratic Party381,78416.4259+23
Croatian Peasant Party367,57015.8161–6
Independent Democratic Party199,0408.5622+14
Agrarian Party136,0765.859+5
Slovene People's Party106,2474.57200
Democratic Party–JMO73,7033.1711New
Yugoslav Muslim Organization58,6232.529–6
German Party49,8492.146+1
Croatian Bloc45,2181.952New
Workers' Republican Union43,1141.8500
Croatian Popular Party31,7461.371+1
Socialist Party of Yugoslavia24,0351.031+1
Independent Agrarian Party9,9000.4310
Republican Party6,1220.2600
Montenegrin Federalist Party5,1530.221–2
Romanian Party4,6540.200New
Serbian Party2,1420.0900
Bunjevac-Šokac Party1,6180.0700
Croatian Community1,1030.050New
Others34,8621.500–
Total2,324,670100.003150
Registered voters/turnout3,375,593–
Source: Nohlen et al., Rothschild

Ethnic breakdown

The members of parliament had the following ethnic makeup:

Ethnic breakdown of parliament[2]
PartySerbsCroatsSlovenesBunjevciUndeclaredGermansHungariansAlbaniansTurksTotal
People's Radical Party 102 2 - 2 - - 2 3 1 112
Croatian Peasant Party 2 59 2 - - - - - - 63
Democratic Party 56 2 - - - - 1 1 1 61
Independent Democratic Party 13 5 4 - - - - - - 22
Yugoslav People's Party - 1 20 - - - - - - 21
Agrarian Union 9 - - - - - - - - 9
Yugoslav Muslim Organization 1 11 - - 6 - - - - 18
German Party - - - - - 6 - - - 6
Small groups - 2 1 - - - - - - 3
Total 183 82 27 2 6 6 3 4 2 313

Elected representatives
New members of parliament after swearing Oath.

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p. 784
  2. John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (p. 159)
  3. Croatian Populist Party
  4. Leček, Suzana; Brodski odvjetnik Filip Markotić – ‘desni’ haesesovac?.
  5. Ante Pavelić Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
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