1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

15 November 1925

Chamber of Deputies

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

Party Leader % Seats +/– RSZML Antonín Švehla 13.66 45 +17 KSČ Josef Haken 13.14 41 New ČSL Jan Šrámek 9.72 31 −2 ČSDSD Antonín Hampl 8.88 29 −45 ČSNS–KTPMB Václav Klofáč 8.57 28 +4 BdL Franz Spina 8.04 24 +13 HSĽS Andrej Hlinka 6.88 23 New DSAP Ludwig Czech 5.79 17 New DCVP Karl Hilgenreiner 4.42 13 +3 ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 4.02 13 +7 ČsND Karel Kramář 4.00 13 −6 DNP 3.39 10 DNSAP Hans Knirsch 2.37 7 OKSZP Géza Szüllő 1.38 4 −1 AZS Ivan Mockoš 0.50 1 New PSL–PSPR Jan Buzek 0.42 1 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 +/– RSZML Antonín Švehla 13.80 23 +9 KSČ Josef Haken 12.70 20 New ČSL Jan Šrámek 10.14 16 −2 ČSDSD Antonín Hampl 8.82 14 −27 ČSNS–KTPMB Václav Klofáč 8.47 14 +4 BdL Franz Spina 8.29 12 +6 HSĽS Andrej Hlinka 6.84 12 New DSAP Ludwig Czech 5.96 9 −7 DCVP Karl Hilgenreiner 4.74 7 +3 ČŽOS Rudolf Mlčoch 4.22 6 +3 ČsND Karel Kramář 4.20 7 −3 DNP 3.52 5 DNSAP Hans Knirsch 2.30 3 OKSZP Géza Szüllő 1.41 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Antonín Švehla RSZML Antonín Švehla RSZML

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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 15 November 1925.^[1] The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, which won 45 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 23 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.1% in the Chamber election and 77.3% for the Senate.^[2]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants	970,940	13.66	45	+17
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	934,223	13.14	41	New
	Czechoslovak People's Party	691,095	9.72	31	–2
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party	631,403	8.88	29	–45
	Czechoslovak Socialist Party–Carpatho-Russian Labour Party	609,153	8.57	28	+4
	Farmers' League	571,765	8.04	24	+11
	Hlinka's Slovak People's Party	489,111	6.88	23	New
	German Social Democratic Workers' Party	411,365	5.79	17	+4
	German Christian Social People's Party	314,438	4.42	13	+3
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	286,058	4.02	13	+7
	Czechoslovak National Democracy	284,601	4.00	13	–6
	German National Party	240,918	3.39	10	–
	German National Socialist Workers' Party	168,354	2.37	7	–
	Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	98,337	1.38	4	–1
	Jewish Party	98,845	1.39	0	0
	National Labour Party	97,938	1.38	0	–
	Autonomous Agrarian Union	35,699	0.50	1	New
	Slovak National Party	35,435	0.50	0	–12
	Polish People's and Workers Union	29,884	0.42	1	New
	Czechoslovak Agrarian and Conservative Party	27,768	0.39	0	New
	West Slovak Christian Social Party	17,285	0.24	0	New
	Jewish Economic Party	16,936	0.24	0	New
	Czechoslovak Cottiers and Smallholders Party	14,434	0.20	0	–
	German Free Social Party	11,344	0.16	0	New
	Independent Communist Party	7,813	0.11	0	New
	Regional Agrarian Party	4,546	0.06	0	New
	Civic Party	4,240	0.06	0	New
	Union of Christian Rural Peoples	2,389	0.03	0	New
	Entrepreneur Party of Subcarpathian Ruthenia	1,094	0.02	0	New
Total		7,107,411	100.00	300	+19
Registered voters/turnout		7,885,822	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Statistical Office

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