Yugoslavian parliamentary election, 1938

Kingdom of Yugoslavia parliamentary election, 1938
1 December 1938
All 373 seats to the Narodna skupština
Turnout 74.5%

  First party Second party
 
Leader Milan Stojadinović Vladko Maček
Party Yugoslav Radical Union United Opposition
Last election 303 seats, 60.6% 67 seats, 37.4%
Seats won 306 67
Seat change +3 0
Popular vote 1,643,783 1,364,524
Percentage 54.1% 44.9%
PM before election

Milan Stojadinović

 Elected PM

Dragiša Cvetković

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Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 1 December 1938.[1] The result was a victory for the governing Yugoslav Radical Union, which won 306 of the 373 seats in Parliament.

Coalitions

The Yugoslav Radical Union was an alliance of the People's Radical Party led by Milan Stojadinović, the Yugoslav National Party led by Bogoljub Jevtić, the Yugoslav Muslim Organization led by Mehmed Spaho and the Slovene People's Party led by Anton Korošec.

The United Opposition consisted of:

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Yugoslav Radical Union1,643,78354.1306+3
United Opposition1,364,52444.9670
Yugoslav National Movement30,7341.000
Total3,039,041100373+3
Registered voters/turnout4,080,28674.5––
Source: Nohlen et al.

Although the United Opposition, de facto led by Maček, had attracted 44.9% of the vote, due to the electoral rules by which the government parties received 40% of the seats in the National Assembly before votes were counted, the opposition vote only translated into 67 seats out of a total of 373.[2]

Following the election, there was a faction led by the commander of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force (VVKJ), General Dušan Simović, that contemplated a pro-Serb coup. Simović had been involved in similar plotting earlier in the year.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784
  2. ↑ Ramet 2006, p. 104.
  3. ↑ Onslow 2005, p. 37.

Sources

  • Onslow, Sue (March 2005). "Britain and the Belgrade Coup of 27 March 1941 Revisited" (PDF). Electronic Journal of International History. University of London (8): 359–370. ISSN 1471-1443.
  • Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918–2005. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34656-8.


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