1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 11 September 1927.[1] The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in Parliament, winning 112 of the 315 seats.[1]

11 September 1927
All 315 seats to the National Assembly 158 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	69.0%
Leader Aca Stanojević Ljubomir Davidović Party NRS DS Last election 28.8%, 123 seats 11.8%, 36 seats Seats won 112 59 Seat change 9 23 Popular vote 742,111 381,784 Percentage 31.9% 16.4%   Leader Stjepan Radić Svetozar Pribićević Party HSS SDS Last election 22.2%, 67 seats 4.8%, 8 seats Seats won 61 22 Seat change 6 14 Popular vote 367,570 199,040 Percentage 15.8% 8.6%
Prime Minister before election Velimir Vukićević NRS Subsequent Prime Minister Velimir Vukićević NRS

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
People's Radical Party	742,111	31.9	112	+1
Democratic Party	381,784	16.4	59	+23
Croatian Peasant Party	367,570	15.8	61	–6
Independent Democratic Party	199,040	8.6	22	+14
Agrarian Party	136,076	5.9	9	+5
Slovene People's Party	106,247	4.1	20	0
Democratic Party–JMO	73,703	3.2	11	New
Yugoslav Muslim Organization	58,623	2.5	9	–6
German Party	49,849	2.2	6	+1
Croatian Bloc	45,218	2.0	2	New
Workers' Republican Union[2]	43,114	1.9	0	0
Croatian Popular Party	31,746	1.3	1	+1
Socialist Party of Yugoslavia	24,035	1.1	1	+1
Independent Agrarian Party	9,900	0.5	1	0
Republican Party	6,122	0.3	0	0
Montenegrin Federalist Party	5,153	0.2	1	–2
Romanian Party	4,654	0.2	0	New
Serbian Party	2,142	0.1	0	0
Bunjevac-Šokac Party	1,618	0.1	0	0
Croatian Community	1,103	0.1	0	New
Others	34,862	1.6	0	–
Total	2,324,676	100	315	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,375,593	69.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Ethnic breakdown

The members of parliament had the following ethnic makeup:

Ethnic breakdown of parliament[3]

Party	Serbs	Croats	Slovenes	Bunjevci	Undeclared	Germans	Hungarians	Albanians	Turks	Total
People's Radical Party	102	2	-	2	-	-	2	3	1	112
Croatian Peasant Party	2	59	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	63
Democratic Party	56	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	61
Independent Democratic Party	13	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
Yugoslav People's Party	-	1	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
Agrarian Union	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Yugoslav Muslim Organization	1	11	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	18
German Party	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6
Small groups	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Total	183	82	27	2	6	6	3	4	2	313

Elected representatives

New members of parliament after swearing Oath.

• S. Barić - Croatian Popular Party[4]
• Đuro Basariček - Croatian Peasant Party
• Sekula Drljević - Montenegrin Federalist Party
• Anton Korošec - Slovene People's Party
• Filip Markotić - Croatian Peasant Party[5]
• Ante Pavelić - Croatian Bloc[6]
• Ivan Pernar - Croatian Peasant Party
• Puniša Račić - People's Radical Party
• Stjepan Radić - Croatian Peasant Party
• Milan Stojadinović - People's Radical Party
• Ante Trumbić - Croatian Bloc[6]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p. 784
2. “Hronologija radničkog pokreta i SKJ 1919-1979”, “Narodna knjiga” и “Institut za savremenu istoriju”, Beograd, 1980, T. 1, p. 162.
3. John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (p. 159)
4. Croatian Populist Party
5. Leček, Suzana; Brodski odvjetnik Filip Markotić – ‘desni’ haesesovac?.
6. Ante Pavelić Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Nebojša A. Popović Srpske parlamentarne stranke u Kraljevini SHS 1918-1929