Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1935

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The Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1935 was the last pre-World War II national legislative election in Czechoslovakia, held amid rising ethnic tensions and the growing influence of extremist parties.

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instanceOf parliamentary election
country Czechoslovakia
date 1935-05-19
electoralSystem proportional representation
followedBy Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946
headOfStateAtTime Edvard Beneš
languageOfCampaigning Czech
German
Hungarian
Slovak
largestPartyChamberOfDeputies Sudeten German Party
largestPartyIdeology pro-German nationalist
right-wing extremist
largestPartyLeader Konrad Henlein
largestPartySeatsChamberOfDeputies 44
largestPartyVoteSharePercentage 15.2
legislatureElected Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia
Senate of Czechoslovakia
mainIssue economic difficulties of the Great Depression
ethnic minority representation
growing influence of Nazi Germany
majorParty Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak National Social Party
Czechoslovak People's Party
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party
German Christian Social People's Party
German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party
Hungarian parties in Czechoslovakia
partOf interwar elections in Czechoslovakia
precededBy Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1929
primeMinisterAfterElection Milan Hodža
primeMinisterBeforeElection Milan Hodža
resultedIn continued participation of democratic parties in government
strengthening of Sudeten German Party
secondLargestPartyChamberOfDeputies Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants
secondLargestPartyIdeology agrarian
secondLargestPartyLeader Milan Hodža
secondLargestPartySeatsChamberOfDeputies 45
secondLargestPartyVoteSharePercentage 14.3
tookPlaceDuring rise of extremist parties in Europe
rising ethnic tensions in Czechoslovakia
tookPlaceInContextOf growing influence of Nazi Germany on Sudeten Germans
political fragmentation along ethnic lines
totalSeatsChamberOfDeputies 300
totalSeatsSenate 150
voterTurnoutPercentage 91.0
votingEligibility universal suffrage for adults
wasLastPreWorldWarIINationalElectionIn Czechoslovakia

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Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 precededBy Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1935