Nové Zámky 16th electoral district (Czechoslovakia)

The Nové Zámky 16th electoral district ('XVI. Nové Zámky') was a parliamentary constituency in the First Czechoslovak Republic for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. The seat of the District Electoral Commission was in the town of Nové Zámky.[2] The constituency elected 11 members of the Chamber of Deputies.[3][4][5]

XVI. Electoral District
County Municipalities
Bratislava Bratislava City, Bystrica, Devín, Devínska Nová Ves, Dúbravka, Farna, Hochštetno, Horvátský Grob, Ivánka, Karlova Ves, Lamač, Mariatál, Mást, Oberufer, Pajštún, Petržalka, Stupava, Vajnory, Zohor
Dunajská Streda entire county
Galanta all areas not included in the Trnava 15th electoral district
Komárno entire county
Malacky entire county
Modra Nemecký Grob, Slovenský Grob, Švansbach
Šaľa Diakovce, Dlhá nad Váhom, Farkašd, Králová, Kráľová nad Váhom, Neded, Pered, Selice, Šala nad Váhom, Šok, Tornok, Veča, Žigard
Šamorín entire county
Nitra Badice, Branč, Čehynce, Čitáry, Gest, Hrnčiarovce, Jagersek, Lajošová, Mechenice, Nitra, Pogranice, Velký Cetín, Vyčapy-Opatovce
Nové Zámky Andod, Nové Zámky, Tardošked, Veliký Kýr
Parkáň entire county
Stará Ďala all areas not included in the Báňská Bystrica 18th electoral district
Vráble Babindol, Baračka, Beša, Bešeňov, Čifáry, Dyčka, Dedinka (Fajkurt), Horný Ohaj, Horný Pial, Iňa, Lula, Mochovce, Pozba, Tehla, Teldince, Velké Hyndice
Zlaté Moravce Dýmeš, Koleňany, Ladice, Žirany
Krupina Dolné Semerovce, Fedýmeš, Hokovce, Horné Semerovce, Horné Turovce, Horváty, Hrkovce, Inam, Kleňany, Malé Turovce, Nekyje, Pereslany, Plášťovce, Sazdice, Sečenka, Slatina, Stredné Turovce, Šahy, Tešmák, Tompa, Velká Ves, Vyška
Levice Bor, Dolná Seč, Horná Seč, Levice, Lok, Ludany, Malá Kálnica, Malé Kosmalovce, Malý Kiar, Marušová, Naďod, Nový Tekov, Ovárky, Varšavy, Velká Kálnica
Modrý Kameň Balog, Bátorová, Čebovce, Ďurkovce, Chrástince, Ipolské Kosihy, Kamenné Kosihy, Koláry, Kosihovce, Lesenice, Malá Čalomija, Nanince, Opatovce, Selany, Slovenské Ďarmoty, Širákov, Trebušovce, Velká Čalomija
Želiezovce entire county
*As per the revision of constituencies made in 1925.[1]

Demographics

The boundaries of the Nové Zámky 16th electoral district and the Kosice 20th electoral district had been drawn to maximize the number of Hungarian and German voters in these districts.[6][7] 96% of all Hungarians and 59% of all Germans in Slovakia lived in these two electoral districts.[6] In Nové Zámky 16th electoral district 36% of the inhabitants were ethnic Czechoslovaks.[6]

The 1921 Czechoslovak census estimated that the Nové Zámky 16th electoral district had 629,458 inhabitants.[4] Thus there was one Chamber of Deputies member for each 57,223 inhabitants, far more than the national average of 45,319 inhabitants per seat.[4][6][8] The Košice 20th electoral district had 57,238 inhabitants per seat.[4][6] Only the Užhorod 23rd electoral district (i.e. Subcarpathian Rus') had a higher amount of inhabitants per seat that the Nové Zámky and Košice districts in all of Czechoslovakia.[4][6] As of the 1930 census Nove Zámky 16th electoral district had the second-highest number of inhabitants per seat (64,273/seat), after Užhorod.[9]

Senate elections

In election to the Senate Nové Zamky 16th electoral district and Košice 20th electoral district together formed the Nové Zámky 9th senatorial electoral district (which elected 9 senators),[3] in spite of the fact that the two electoral districts were geographically separated.[6]

1920 election

In the 1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election the majority of votes in Nové Zámky were cast for social democrats and the Hungarian-German Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party.[8] With 35.7% of the votes it got 4 deputies elected (Paul Wittich, Samuel Mayer, Gyula Nagy and Jozsef Földessy).[8] Also in the fray was the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party which obtained 15.3% of the vote and got a deputy elected (Ivan Dérer).[8] The social democrats mobilized voters both in industrial centres (like Bratislava) as well as amongst agricultural labourers in the country-side.[8]

The second largest party in the district was the Hungarian-German Christian Social Party, which polled 24.5% of the votes.[8] János Tobler and Johann Jabloniczky were two of their deputies.[10]

1929 election
Party Votes %
 Provincial Christian-Socialist Party119,98737.64
 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia53,70216.84
 Republican Party of Agrarian and Smallholding Peoples33,68710.57
 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party31,0939.75
 Hlinka's Slovak People's Party29,4759.25
 Czechoslovak National Socialist Party12,1403.81
 Czechoslovak Traders' Party8,5692.69
 United Jewish and Polish Parties7,4802.35
 Provincial Party of Smallholders, Entrepreneurs and Workers5,7331.80
 German Electoral Coalition4,2681.34
 Czechoslovak National Democracy4,0021.26
 German Social Democratic Workers Party3,8131.20
 Czechoslovak People's Party2,0650.65
 Juriga's Slovak People's Party1,9520.61
 League Against Bound Tickets8430.26
Total318,809100

[11]

The percentage achieved by the Communist Party in the district was the highest in the country in the 1929 vote.[6][11]

References
  1. Senát Národního shromáždění R. Čs.. Usnesení poslanecké sněmovny. 1925.
  2. Czechoslovakia (1920). Prager Archiv für Gesetzgebung und Rechtsprechung. Vol. 2. H. Mercy Sohn. p. 360.
  3. Národní shromáždění Republiky Ceskoslovenské: Poslanecká sněmovna, Senát, Národní výbor, Revoluční národní shromáždění. Zivotopisná a statistická příruča ... s výňatkem nejdůležitějších ustanovení a dat, která se týkají Národního shromáždění. Nákladem a tiskem firmy Šmejc a spol. 1924. pp. 24–25.
  4. Czechoslovakia. Státní úřad statistický (1922). La statistique tchécoslovaque: Agriculture. XIIe série. Vol. 1–5. p. 16.
  5. Zborník Ústavu marxizmu-leninizmu a Filozofickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského: Historica. Vol. 32–33. Slovenské pedagogické nakladatels̕tvo. 1981. p. 113.
  6. Egbert K. Jahn (1971). Die Deutschen in der Slowakei in den Jahren 1918-1929: Beitrag zur Nationalitätenproblematik. Oldenbourg. pp. 124, 130. ISBN 978-3-486-43321-0.
  7. James Mace Ward (2 April 2013). Priest, Politician, Collaborator: Jozef Tiso and the Making of Fascist Slovakia. Cornell University Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-8014-6812-4.
  8. Duin, P.C. van. Central European Cross-roads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Mads Ole Balling (1991). Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. Dokumentation Verlag. p. 247. ISBN 978-87-983829-3-5.
  10. Mads Ole Balling (1991). Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. Dokumentation Verlag. pp. 439–440. ISBN 978-87-983829-3-5.
  11. Manuel Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque. IV. 1932. Prague. Annuaire Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque. pp. 401-402

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