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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 28 November 1920. The Democratic Party emerged as the largest faction, winning 92 of the 419 seats. Deputies are elected by secret ballot, in a direct manner, by the electoral quotient system. The 1920 elections were the first democratic elections in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Shortly after the election, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia was banned by the authorities.
Up until the elections a Provisional Assembly had existed of unelected delegates from each of the constituent regions of the country.
Province | Seats in Provisional Assembly |
Seats in Constitutional Assembly |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42 | 63 |
Croatia-Slavonia | 62 | 93 |
Dalmatia | 12 | 11 |
Istria | 4 | N/A |
Montenegro | 12 | 10 |
Northern Serbia | 84 | 103 |
Southern Serbia | 24 | 55 |
Slovenia | 32 | 40 |
Vojvodina | 24 | 44 |
Total | 296 | 419 |
The electoral districts corresponded to administrative divisions of the constitutive lands which came together to form the Kingdom in late 1918. There were 56 in total:
Province | No. of electoral districts | Districts |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | Banja Luka, Bihać, Mostar, Sarajevo, Travnik, Tuzla |
Croatia-Slavonia | 9 | Bjelovar-Križevci, Lika-Krbava, Modruš-Rijeka, Požega, Syrmia, Varaždin (with Međimurje), Virovitica, Zagreb, City of Zagreb |
Dalmatia | 2 | Dubrovnik-Kotor-Split, Šibenik-Zadar |
Montenegro | 1 | Montenegro (single district) |
Northern Serbia | 18 | Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Čačak, Kragujevac, Krajina, Kruševac, Morava, Niš, Pirot, Podrinje, Požarevac, Rudnik, Smederevo, Timok, Toplica, Užice, Valjevo, Vranje |
Southern Serbia | 12 | Berane-Bijelo Polje-Pljevlja-Prijepolje, Bitola, Bregalnica, Kosovo, Kumanovo, Metohija, Ohrid, Prizren, Raška-Zvečan, Skopje, Tetovo, Tikveš |
Slovenia | 3 | Celje-Maribor, Ljubljana-Novo Mesto, City of Ljubljana |
Vojvodina | 5 | Veliki Bečkerek-Velika Kikinda, Novi Sad, Pančevo-Bela Crkva, Sombor, Subotica |
Total | 56 |
There were a total of 22 party lists and one independent list.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Democratic Party | 319,448 | 19.88 | 92 | |
People's Radical Party | 284,575 | 17.71 | 91 | |
Croatian Popular Peasant Party | 230,590 | 14.35 | 50 | |
Communist Party | 198,736 | 12.37 | 58 | |
Agrarian Alliance–Independent Agrarian Party | 151,603 | 9.43 | 39 | |
Yugoslav Muslim Organization | 110,895 | 6.90 | 24 | |
Slovene People's Party | 58,971 | 3.67 | 14 | |
Bunjevac-Šokac Party–Croatian Popular Party list | 52,333 | 3.26 | 13 | |
Social Democratic Party | 46,792 | 2.91 | 10 | |
Croatian Husbandmen's Party | 38,400 | 2.39 | 7 | |
Džemijet | 30,029 | 1.87 | 8 | |
Croatian Union | 25,867 | 1.61 | 4 | |
Republican Party | 18,136 | 1.13 | 3 | |
Croatian Party of Rights | 10,880 | 0.68 | 2 | |
Ante Trumbić | 6,581 | 0.41 | 1 | |
People's Socialist Party | 6,186 | 0.38 | 2 | |
Liberal Party | 5,061 | 0.31 | 1 | |
Others | 12,118 | 0.75 | 0 | |
Total | 1,607,201 | 100.00 | 419 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,480,623 | – | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |