1925 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 8 February 1925.^[1] The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in National Assembly, winning 123 of the 315 seats,^[1] with Nikola Pašić remaining prime minister.

1925 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

← 1923 8 February 1925 1927 →
All 315 seats in the National Assembly 158 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nikola Pašić Stjepan Radić Ljubomir Davidović Party NRS HSS DS Last election 25.82%, 108 seats 21.76%, 70 seats 18.39%, 51 seats Seats won 123 67 36 Seat change 15 3 15 Popular vote 702,573 545,466 279,686 Percentage 28.82% 22.38% 11.47%
Prime Minister before election Nikola Pašić NRS Elected Prime Minister Nikola Pašić NRS

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Radical Party	702,573	28.82	123	+15
	Croatian Peasant Party	545,466	22.38	67	–3
	Democratic Party	279,686	11.47	36	–15
	National Bloc (NRS–SDS)	210,843	8.65	31	–
	Yugoslav Muslim Organization	132,296	5.43	15	–3
	Independent Democratic Party	117,953	4.84	8	New
	Agrarian Party	117,922	4.84	4	–6
	Slovene People's Party	105,304	4.32	20	–
	German Party	45,172	1.85	5	–3
	Socialist Party of Yugoslavia	23,457	0.96	0	–2
	Republican Party	20,388	0.84	0	0
	Independent Workers' Party	16,330	0.67	0	0
	Croatian Popular Party	12,482	0.51	0	–
	Džemijet	12,468	0.51	0	–14
	Independent Agrarian Party	12,332	0.51	1	0
	People's Bloc	9,247	0.38	1	New
	Montenegrin Federalist Party	8,873	0.36	3	+1
	Serbian Party	6,186	0.25	0	–1
	Democratic Farmers' Union	6,055	0.25	1	New
	Party of Rights	3,064	0.13	0	0
	Bunjevac-Šokac Party	4,679	0.19	0	–
	Others	44,821	1.84	0	–
Total		2,437,597	100.00	315	+3
Registered voters/turnout		3,167,659	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

In April 1926, faced with a series of corruption scandals, Prime Minister Nikola Pašić was forced to resign. A member of Pašić's party Nikola Uzunović became the new prime minister of Yugoslavia on 8 April 1926, however faced with internal conflict within the party, a succession of short term governments, came and went under his watch.

In April 1927 Uzunović resigned from the office of prime minister, after the Croatian Peasant Party decided to leave his government. He was replaced by Velimir Vukićević, who was also a member of People's Radical Party.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784

External links

• Nebojša A. Popović, Srpske parlamentarne stranke u Kraljevini SHS 1918-1929
• Branko Petranović, Momčilo Zečević, Jugoslavija 1918-1988. Tematska zbirka dokumenata, p. 228