1895 Serbian parliamentary election

none 1895 Serbian parliamentary election Kingdom of Serbia parliamentary no May 1893 Serbian parliamentary election 1893 1897 Serbian parliamentary election 1897 7 April 1895 130x130px Milutin Garasanin1.jpg Milutin Garašanin Serbian Progressive Party (Kingdom of Serbia) 208 Jovan Avakumovic Crop.jpg Jovan Avakumović Liberal Party (Kingdom of Serbia) 30 NikolaPasic--serbiaherpeopleh00petruoft.png Nikola Pašić People's Radical Party 2 Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia in April 1895. They followed a royal coup d'état by King Alexander in May 1894, in which he suspended the 1888 constitution and restored the 1869 constitution."Coup D'état In Servia", The Times, 22 May 1894 Background Whilst the 1888 constitution had increased the number of people eligible to vote, reverting to the 1869 constitution saw the government given the right to appoint one-third of the members of the National Assembly, whilst in many constituencies the Assembly members were elected indirectly through electoral colleges."The Servian Elections", The Times, 22 April 1895 The changes were expected to reduce the number of candidates of the People's Radical Party elected to the assembly."The Crisis In Servia", The Times, 23 May 1894 Results The People's Radical Party boycotted the election, citing government interference.Dunning Wm. A. 1895 Record of Political Events https://www.jstor.org/stable/2139748 Political Science Quarterly 10 2 385 10.2307/2139748 0032-3195 subscription The elections resulted in a victory for the Progressive Party government. Only six members of the People's Radical Party were elected, as well as 30 Liberals. Of the sixty appointed members, 49 were supporters of the government. References Serbia Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Serbia Serbia