1940 Croatian local elections

none 1940 Croatian local elections Banovina of Croatia parliamentary no 1936 Yugoslav local elections 1936 19 May, 26 May, 2 June 1940 100 Municipalities Municipalities +/- HSS-SDS 73ae25 Vladko Maček Vladko Maček crop.jpg 588 Serb independent lists 798aed Blank1x1.svg 34 34 JRZ 000000 Dragiša Cvetković Dragiša Cvetković (1).jpg 22 86 Communists DD0000 Rade Končar Rade Končar.jpg 4 4 Lokalni izbori u Banovini Hrvatskoj 1940, koalicije.svg #73ae25 HSS-SDS Coalition #798aed Serb independent lists #4e4e4e JRZ #DD0000 Communists #a87000 German lists #c88c4b Minority lists #f5ca7aff Farmers #55ff00 Muslim lists #a8a800 Davidović group #e1e1e1 Elections not held The 1940 Croatian local elections were held in 625 municipalities of the Banovina of Croatia on 19 May 1940, and in 33 municipalities on 26 May and 2 June. These were the first elections following the Cvetković–Maček Agreement and the establishment of the autonomous Croatian Banate within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The elections were not held in cities and some Adriatic counties bordering, or adjacent to, Italy. Only men older than 24 were allowed to vote. Voting was public and conducted by voice. The elections were a landslide victory for the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and the Independent Democratic Party (SDS), the ruling parties of the Banovina of Croatia, which together won a majority in 90% of municipalities. Serb independent lists, supported by organizations opposing the Cvetković–Maček Agreement, won around 5% of municipalities. The Yugoslav Radical Union (JRZ), the ruling party of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, suffered a heavy defeat and lost control in 80% of its previously held municipalities. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia, and the subsequent period of communist rule, these were to be the last multi-party elections in Croatia until the 1990 parliamentary election, almost exactly fifty years later. Background Banovina of Croatia On 26 August 1939, the autonomous Banovina of Croatia was established within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was formed under the Cvetković–Maček Agreement, signed by Dragiša Cvetković, in the name of the Yugoslav Government, and Vladko Maček, the leader of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS). The Banovina of Croatia included the entire Sava Banovina and Littoral Banovina, as well as parts of the Drina, Zeta, and Danube Banovinas.Dugački 2017 130 Its capital was Zagreb and Ivan Šubašić of the HSS was appointed as Ban of Croatia. After the HSS achieved its main goal, Croatian autonomy in Yugoslavia, it had to face many new and difficult challenges in taking political responsibility in Croatia and addressing the hopes and expectations of the electorate. Due to the outbreak of the World War II, political leaders in Yugoslavia wanted to appease Germany and align the country with the Third Reich, tying their exports in vital war materials (aluminium, grain etc.) to Germany. Dire economic situation that resulted from the war heavily struck the impoverished peasants and workers in Croatia, still recovering from the Great Depression of the 1930s. The price of food in Croatia rose by between 50% (beef) and 100% (flour, potatoes, beans) between August 1939 and the summer of 1940.Dejan Djokić. National Mobilisation in the 1930s: The Emergence of the ‘Serb Question’ in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Gaping social inequality and the disappointment with the lack of profound political and social change that many expected to occur after Croatia gained its autonomy soon resulted in the rise of support for the Communists and right-wing extremists. Protests and demonstrations against the rising living costs, food and fuel shortages, high unemployment and inequality, as well as the approaching of the war, became ever more often. HSS authorities responded by persecuting trade unions, communists, underground Ustashe, as well as Yugoslav and Serb nationalists, increasingly relying on its paramilitary, Zaštita.Regan Krešimir 2005-11-03 Ujedinjavanje teritorija Banovine Hrvatske/Teritorijalno ujedinjenje Savske i Primorske banovine s osam novodobivenih kotara https://www.bib.irb.hr/229386 During a communist protest in Split on 17 December 1939, the police fired at the crowd, injuring many and killing young shipyard worker and communist party member, football player Vicko Buljanović. His funeral the next day drew a crowd of 25,000 while 12,000 participated in a mass strike in Split and the surrounding region."Politička situacija u Splitu prije Drugog svjetskog rata", in Antifašistički Split - Ratna kronika 1941-1945 After terrorist attacks that included planting explosives in public locations in Zagreb, in February 1940 the Croatian Government banned the fascist Ustashe periodicals (among which Hrvatski narod) and interned 50 Ustashe members in Lepoglava prison, among whom was Mile Budak.Jelić-Butić Fikreta https://hrcak.srce.hr/164929?lang=en sh Prilog proučavanju djelatnosti ustaša do 1941. 55–90 Journal of Contemporary History 1 1–2 1969 Maček viewed the Greater Serbian organizations, the Communists, and the Frankists (Frankovci), a name he used for far-right extremists, as a danger to the existence of the common state. For him, the Communists were a "fifth column" of the Soviet Union, and he described the actions of the Frankists as "directed by Pavelić's emigrants from Italy". The Croatian Government also used the Lepoglava prison for the imprisonment of Communists, and the newly built Kruščica camp near Travnik as a detention site for the Frankists.Perić 2003 236 thumb|Maček addressing Croatian audience from Banski dvori in a newsreel explaining the importance of Croatian autonomy, January 1940 Under the Cvetković–Maček Agreement that established the Croatian autonomy, it was envisaged that the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) would be elected. Since August 1939, in absence of a Croatian legislature, Ban Šubašić governed through decrees and executive orders. Finally, on January 14, Regent Paul visited Croatia's capital, Zagreb, and co-signed the electoral law for Sabor elections. In preparation of these elections to elect the first Croatian legislature since Sabor of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was elected in 1913, the local elections in municipalities were about to take place. The last local elections of 1936 and the most recent parliamentary elections of 1938, despite being marred by regime violence, police obstruction and occasional casualties, showed strong support for the HSS-led opposition to the ruling parties and the King of Yugoslavia. In April, Ban Ivan Šubašić issued an executive order detailing the rules for the local elections. The list that gains relative majority was to be assigned a third of the seats in the council, while the remaining two thirds were to be divided among the lists relative to their votes under the proportional d'Hondt method. Under the old rules, the party with relative majority was immediately assigned two-thirds of the seats.http://212.92.192.228/digitalizacija/novine/katolik_1940_16.pdf Uredba o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o opcinama 18 April 1940 Katolik 16 Sibenik 4 The council president (mayor) was to be elected on a secret ballot in the council, but does not necessarily have to be a councilman. Municipal clerks (notaries, treasuries) became Banovina's employees, not local ones. Ban of Croatia also had the right to regroup the municipalities, dissolve them, and change their borders. Šubašić used this right to regroup municipalities in Posavina, in Derventa, Brčko and Gradačac districts. On April 22, Šubašić called the elections for May 19. Due to the WWII engulfing most of Europe and the Royal Yugoslav Army being placed at the higher level of alertness, many men were called to serve with the reserve troops or to take part in the army maneuvers. HSS decided not to call the elections in cities, but just municipalities. In cities, HSS-led Croatian government appointed HSS members as mayors or commissioners. In April, after the increased Serb nationalist activities refuting the Cvetković-Maček agreement, the government also dissolved the municipalities in Serb-majority Kistanje and Obrovac. Smilčić and Skradin municipalities were also dissolved."RASPUŠTENE OPCINSKE UPRAVE U SMTLČIĆU I SKRADINU", Katolik (1940), 19, p. 4, Sibenik. On May 10, German army attacked the Low Countries and France, intensifying the war. Netherlands surrendered on 15 May. By 17 May, Germans occupied Brussels and overran most of Belgium, reaching the French channel. These events had a deep impact on public opinion in Yugoslavia. thumb|Political situation in Europe in May 1940 Women's vote Yugoslav magazine Žena danas ("Woman Today") started campaigning in October 1939 to extend the suffrage to women. Socialist trade unions and communists in Croatia supported the action. However, the women's organisation of HSS opposed it, declaring that the party leadership will decide when the best moment to introduce women's suffrage in Croatia is.Božinović, N. (1996). Žensko pitanje u Srbiji u XIX i XX veku. Beograd: Pinkpress, p.124. Campaign thumb|Croatian Ban Ivan Šubašić (with the Panama hat), HSS chairman Vladko Maček (middle) and Zagreb Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac opening the Sava Bridge in Zagreb, December 1939 thumb|Religious map of the Banovina Croatia by municipality, according to the 1931 census. Orthodox (Serb)-majority municipalities were especially hotly contested among pro-HSS Serb party SDS (IDP), Yugoslav nationalist and anti-HSS JRZ (YRU), Communists, as well as various independent Serb lists opposing the Croatian autonomy. Ban Šubašić visited less developed regions in Lika and Dalmatia in late 1939, promising public works on infrastructure. Secretary-general of the Croatian Peasant Party, Juraj Krnjević, toured Croatia, visiting municipal and district party organizations, trying to settle some disputes, unite fractions and revert splits in the party. For instance, the differences in opinion on certain appointments and on the issue of supporting the metal workers' strike in Slavonski Brod alienated the district party organisation from the national HSS leadership; as Brod HSS refused to toe the party line and split into many factions, the entire district organisation was dissolved in March 1940, despite the 37–6 vote of confidence in the Brod party chairman.Zdenka Lakić. Katalog izložbe Sto godina HSS-a na brodskom području u arhivskim izvorima, Državni arhiv u Slavonskom Brodu, pp. 24–25 In general, Krnjević tried to assuage dissidents and remind the party cadre of the importance of the elections. While he had some success in Dubrovnik, still, according to historian G. Jakovčev, there were as many as 70 lists by HSS dissidents in Dalmatia aloneZadarska revija 0044-1589 Matica hrvatska Zadar XV 1 1966 G. Jakovčev Politička zbivanja u sjevernoj Dalmaciji pred aprilski rat 1941. godine (prikaz) hr http://www.historiografija.hr/hz/1966/HZ_19-20_46_MACAN.pdf 428–440 2018-03-10 2014-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120142/http://www.historiografija.hr/hz/1966/HZ_19-20_46_MACAN.pdf dead (e.g. Ston, Šipan, Makarska, etc.). Krnjević also tried to address the economic concerns, declaring at a rally in Split that Croatia has to be more equal and that HSS will not allow some to be millionaires while others are hungry.Dugački 2017 135 Maček tried to downplay the importance of the elections, going as far as saying that he does not attach "any political importance" to it, as many local and even personal particularities play a role in them. In a circular note to HSS organisations he reminded them to consider economic interests first when choosing candidates for councilmen and mayors. However, it was still important to eliminate anti-agreement forces (JRZ in particular) from positions of power in Croatia and show HSS and SDS' strength. right HSS secretary-general Krnjevic at a speech in 1939 Due to the royal Yugoslav regime's persecution and ban since the 1920 Obznana, Croatian communists had to run in the elections as the Party of the working people (Croatian Stranka radnog naroda, SRN). According to historian Sibe Kvesić, the gendarmerie and the local authorities frequently harassed the communists and their supporters, spreading rumours and threatening voters who intended to vote for the communists. In some places, the judicial or administrative authorities pressed hard to bar the SRN putting the candidates due to any petty mistakes.Livada, Svetozar. Kordunski rekvijem, pp. 56–57 Political opponents of Cvetković-Maček agreement and the establishment of Banovina of Croatia had different strategies for contesting the elections. Yugoslav people's party (JNS) in Croatia, chaired by Grga Andjelinović, chose not to contest the elections, while it advised party cadre and fractions under senator Petar Zec to still put up lists in some municipalities together with the Yugoslav radicals (JRZ) and other Serb parties."JNS NE SUDJELUJE U OPĆINSKIM IZBORIMA", Katolik (1940), 19, p. 4, Sibenik.Regan, Krešimir "Djelovanje Jugoslavenske nacionalne stranke u Banovini Hrvatskoj 1939–1941.", Kolo 4 (2007) These were usually named "nonpartisan Serb lists." Serb nationalists claimed that the Banovina of Croatia was Maček's dictatorship and that only a unitary and centralised Kingdom of Yugoslavia could bring prosperity to Croatian Serbs. Some of them openly advocated secession of Serb-majority municipalities and counties from Banovina of Croatia and joining neighbouring, Serb-majority Vrbas Banovina. JRZ chairman, Yugoslav prime minister Cvetković, called Serbs of Croatia to cast their votes for JRZ as a show of support for unitary Yugoslavia. On May 1, Croatian communists organised a mass strike in Zagreb to commemorate the International Workers' Day, claiming strike participation rate close to 90%. Communist activists and protests, predominantly students, blocked the tram depot and thus prevented the trams in Zagreb from operating the entire day. Tram workers' trade union joined them as well. Protesting workers clashed with the police and HSS paramilitary (Zaštita), resulting in numerous wounded and injured.Korov, Goran. "Rad KPJ u Zagrebu od 1931. do 1941. godine", Viewpoints from Southeastern Europe, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. pp. 25-6 This was the first time in Kingdom of Yugoslavia the workers decided to organize mass strikes and protests on May 1.http://www.regionalexpress.hr/site/more/ustajte-prezreni-na-svijetu Ustajte prezreni na svijetu! Regionalexpress.hr hr-HR 2018-03-10 On May 17, just two days ahead of the elections, Ban Šubašić postponed indefinitely the elections in municipalities in Kastav, Čabar, Delnice, Sušak, Benkovac and Šibenik district. The Croatian government officially stated that it exempted them due to their proximity to the Adriatic military area surrounding important naval harbors. Namely, this operational zone was put under alert after the begin of the WWII due to its bordering Italy or being adjacent to Italian coast, as Yugoslavia was wary of an Italian attack. However, others suspected that the elections were not held there due to some of these municipalities being communist strongholds (such as Tisno, Zlarin and Vodice, where communists won in 1936) as an expected communist victory there would make HSS weaknesses very visible.https://znaci.org/00001/124_1.pdf Dalmacija u narodnooslobodilačkoj borbi Kvesić Sibe Institut za historiju radničkog pokreta Dalmacije 1979 Split 33–35 At the same time, Ban Šubašić postponed the elections in Brčko and Gradačac district and Konavle municipality for May 26, and in Derventa district as well as Pazarište, Brestovsko, Kloštar Ivanić, Bosiljevo, Šamac and Cvetlin municipalities for 2 June.Dugački 2017 136 Voting Only men older than 24 were allowed to vote. Voting was public; a voter had to loudly declare his name and the list he wanted to vote for. In many municipalities, the only list contesting the elections was the HSS one.Mirošević, Franko. "Političko opredjeljivanje birača kotara Dubrovnik 1931.–1940." Časopis za suvremenu povijest 43.1 (2011): 155-182., p. 179 In some municipalities (Andrijaševci, Retkovci, Opuzen, Gunja and Farkaševac), clashes between the voters and incidents occurred so the elections had to be repeated or postponed for a week.Ivica Moškatelo. "Odakle naziv Marokanci", Tartajun 4 Elections were held in 620 municipalities on May 19, while some counties voted a week later or in June.Regan 2008 399 After Šubašić's reshuffling prior to the local elections,"Pred općinske izbore", Katolik (1940), 20, p. 3, Sibenik. the Banovina of Croatia had altogether 693 municipalities and 25 cities within 99 districts at the end of 1940. Two of those municipalities were created after the local elections were held.Banska vlast 1940 297 Due to gerrymandering of municipal borders just before the elections, most notably in attaching JRZ-leaning Cavtat to HSS-leaning Gruda to form a new municipality (Konavle)Dubrovački kotar u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj Mirošević Franko 2016 9789535764007 Udruga antifašista 1001469195 36, 38 south of Dubrovnik or Independent Democratic Party (SDS)-advocated border changes in Bosanska Posavina around Odžak, some Bosniaks and Serbs boycotted the elections there.Regan 2008 399 Election results The HSS-SDS coalition won a majority of municipalities and established full political control over the territory of the Banovina of Croatia.Dugački 2017 136 Preliminary results of the 19 May elections showed that the HSS alone won a majority in 425 municipalities, the SDK in 106, the SDS in 27, the HSS and the Muslim Organization of the HSS in 4, the HSS and Germans in 1, the Muslim Organization of the HSS in 2, the SDK with other groups in 1, and the SDS with other Serb parties in 1. The JRZ won a majority in 20 municipalities, the JRZ and Farmers in 1, joint Serb lists in 8, Serb non-partisan lists in 18, non-partisan city lists in 2, independent lists in 2, Farmers in 1, leftists in 1, Germans in 3, and ethnic minority lists in 2.Hrvatski branik 25 May 1940 The election showed some weakening of support for the major political parties.Mažuran 1996 325 After the local elections in 1936, HSS won majority in 512 out of 612 municipalities in Sava and Littoral banovina, roughly corresponding with the later-established Banovina of Croatia.Leček 2014 34 In littoral banovina, in 1936 HSS won 75 out of 94 municipalities (80%).Leček 2008 1002 The results were especially poor showing for Yugoslav radical union (JRZ), which won majority in 21 municipalities, compared to 108 they held power in before the elections. In 195 municipalities with absolute or relative Serb majority, out of 121,429 voters JRZ and independent Serb lists won 36,502 votes, SDS alone 15,183 while HSS-SDS coalition (SDK) won 44.262 votes.Regan 2007b 232–233 The JRZ lost most of its previously held municipalities to the SDK and the SDS.Regan 2007b 236 The Communists won the majority in the councils of Sinj,https://books.google.com/books?id=FnTTDQAAQBAJ&q=izbori+1940&pg=PT21 Nebo iznad Dalmacije Gunjaca Drazan 2015-12-07 9788685831546 hr Trogir, Komiža, and Vrboska (2/3 majority), a third of votes in Omiš, and a quarter in MakarskaIvan Hrstić 2013-05-31 Djelovanje lokalne samouprave u Makarskoj između dva svjetska rata https://hrcak.srce.hr/103037 Časopis za suvremenu povijest hr 45 1 0590-9597 86 in Dalmatia. In Vrgorac, communists came second and won 8 seats in the council, while in Smiljan they lost by 4 votes in repeated elections, also winning 8 seats in the council. Independent German ethnic lists won majority in 5 municipalities. Ethnic Germans ran on other lists, too, mostly on HSS tickets. Joint HSS-German list won in one municipality. Altogether, ethnic Croatian Germans won 177 mandates in 45 municipalities.Nikica Barić 2002 Njemačka manjina u dokumentima banskih vlasti Banovine Hrvatske, 1939. -1941 https://hrcak.srce.hr/208980 Časopis za Suvremenu Povijest hr 34 2 0590-9597 125 Elections in 20 municipalities were held on 26 May,Vreme 28 May 1940 and in 13 municipalities on 2 June.Vreme 4 June 1940 On 5 June, the Government published the corrected results for some municipalities.Vreme 6 June 1940 Turnout As the 1936 local elections were used by the HSS-led Croatian opposition to wrestle some self-government from the central Yugoslav authorities, the turnout stood at around 80%.Leček 2008 1002 The turnout in 1940 was significantly lower in many areas, partially reflecting the dissatisfaction and the lack of interest of the population. In Osijek district as a whole, the turnout was 50.89% (4,708 voted out of 9,250),Zdravko Dizdar 2006-10-03 Osnivanje i djelatnost četničkih udruženja na području grada i kotara Osijek u monarhističkoj Jugoslaviji (1918.-1941.) (Drugi dio) https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=11319 Scrinia Slavonica hr 6 1 1332-4853 381 in Drniš it was 52.11%, while In Daruvar district the turnout was 48% (4,076 voted). At some parts of Daruvar area it was as low as 21%. As the communists were administratively barred from contesting the elections in Vis, many chose to abstain in protest, bringing the turnout to 50%. On the other hand, Royal Yugoslav Armed forces mobilized many men fit for military service in its 1939/40 mobilization. Summary thumb|320px|Results of the election based on the majority of mandates in each municipality.#1e8a10 HSS#8fbf29 SDKIndependent Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) SDS#38a800 HSS coalitions#f1f57a SDS coalitions#a87000 German lists#55ff00 Muslim lists#c88c4b Minority lists#f5ca7a Farmers#70abf0 Non-partisan Serb lists#7385bf United Serb lists#00c2a1 United Muslim and Serb list#4e4e4e JRZ#686868 JRZ and Farmers#a8a800 Davidović groupLeague of Communists of Croatia SRN#ff3f24 LSRS#e1e1e1 Elections not held Mandates (19 May)Hrvatsko jedinstvo 25 May 1940 Political partyAbbr.Mandates% Croatian Peasant PartyHSS9,38571.77% Peasant-Democratic CoalitionSDK1,70813.06% Independent Democratic PartySDS7675.87% Croatian Peasant Party and Muslims1491.14% Yugoslav Radical UnionJRZ4893.74% Serb independent lists2622% Other lists2622% Workers' lists (communists)540.41% Total 13,076 Overall municipalitiesVreme 22 May 1940Vreme 28 May 1940Vreme 4 June 1940Vreme 6 June 1940Regan 2007 207–212 Political parties and coalitionsAbbr.Municipalities% Croatian Peasant Party andIndependent Democratic PartyCroatian Peasant PartyHSS 446 67.78%Peasant-Democratic CoalitionSDK 104 15.81%Independent Democratic PartySDS 26 3.95%Croatian Peasant Party and Muslims 6 0.91%Other coalitions 6 0.91%Serb independent listsNon-partisan Serb lists 25 3.80%United Serb lists 8 1.22%United Muslim and Serb list 1 0.15% Yugoslav Radical Union Yugoslav Radical UnionJRZ 21 3.19%Yugoslav Radical Union and Farmers 1 0.15%Workers' lists (communists)Party of the Working PeopleSRN 3 0.46%Union of Workers and PeasantsLSRS 1 0.15%German ethnic lists 4 0.61%Other lists 6 0.91% Total 658 Municipality totals #ddd 600px 350px HSS-SDS Coalition #73ae25 89.4 Serb independent lists #798aed 5.2 JRZ Yugoslav Radical Union 3.3 Communists League of Communists of Croatia 0.6 German lists #a87000 0.6 Other lightgray 0.9 Municipalities District Municipality PartyBenkovacBenkovacElections not heldKistanjeElections not heldNovigradElections not heldObrovacElections not heldRavni KotariElections not heldStankovciElections not heldBiogradBiogradHSSNinHSSZemunikHSSBjelovarBjelovarSDKFarkaševacSDKGudovacSDKIvanskaHSSKapelaHSSNova RačaSDKPredavacSDKPrespaSDKSeverinHSSTrojstvoSDKVelika PisanicaHSSZrinski TopolovacElections not heldBračBolHSSMilnaHSSNerežišćaHSSPostiraHSSPučišćaHSSSelcaHSSSupetarHSSSutivanSDKBrčkoBosanski ŠamacHSS and FarmersBrčkoHSSBrezovo PoljeDavidović groupBukvikHSSČelićHSS and MuslimsDonja MahalaHSSGornji RahićHSSObudovacNon-partisan Serb listTramošnjicaHSS and FarmersBrinjeBrinjeSDKJezeraneHSSBrodAndrijevciHSSBebrinaHSSBeravciHSSBrodski DrenovacHSSBrodski StupnikHSSBrodski VarošHSSGarčinHSSKanižaHSSKlakarHSSKobašSDKLužaniSDKOriovacHSSPodcrkavljeHSSPodvinjHSSSibinjHSSSlavonski BrodElections not heldSvilajHSSTrnjaniSDKVelika KopanicaHSSBugojnoBugojnoSDKGornji VakufSDKKupresNon-partisan Serb listCrikvenicaCrikvenicaHSSDrivenikHSSGrižane-BelgradHSSSelceHSSSveti Jakov ŠiljevicaHSSČabarČabarElections not heldDragaElections not heldGerovoElections not heldOsilnicaElections not heldPlešceElections not heldPrezidElections not heldČakovecBelicaHSSČakovecElections not heldČakovec-OkolicaHSSGornji MihaljevecHSSMacinecHSSMursko SredišćeHSSNedelišćeHSSPodturenHSSStrahoninecHSSSveti Juraj na BreguHSSSveti Martin na MuriHSSVratišinecHSSČazmaČazmaHSSDubravaHSSIvanić-GradHSSKloštar IvanićHSSKrižHSSŠtefanjeHSSDaruvarBijelaNon-partisan Serb listDaruvarHSSDaruvarski BrestovacHSSDežanovacSDKĐulaves (Miokovićevo)SDKKončanicaHSSSiračHSSUljanikHSSVanjski DaruvarUnited Serb listVeliki BastajiUnited Serb listDelniceBrod na KupiElections not heldBrod-MoraviceElections not heldCrni LugElections not heldDelniceElections not heldFužineElections not heldLičElections not heldLokveElections not heldMrkopaljElections not heldSkradElections not heldDerventaBosanski BrodHSSBosanski KobašUnited Muslim and Serb listDerventaHSSDerventa-seloHSSLužani MulabegoviHSSOsinjaFarmersPlehanHSSPodnovljeNon-partisan Serb listDonja StubicaBistraHSSDonja StubicaHSSGornja StubicaHSSMarija BistricaHSSOroslavjeHSSDonji LapacDonji LapacSDKSrbNon-partisan Serb listDonji MiholjacČađavicaHSSDonji MiholjacHSSMarijanciHSSPodravska MoslavinaHSSPodravski PodgajciHSSŠljivoševciSDKViljevoSDKDubrovnikCavtat (Konavlje)HSSDubrovnikElections not heldJanjinaHSSKunaHSSLopudHSSMljetHSSPelješac (Orebić)HSSSlanoHSSStonHSSŠipanHSSTrpanjHSSZaton (Orašac)HSSDugo SeloBrckovljaniHSSDugo SeloHSSLupoglavHSSOborovoHSSPosavski BregiHSSDuvnoGrabovicaHSSTomislavgradHSSVirHSSĐakovoBračevciSDKBudrovciHSSDrenjeHSSĐakovoHSSGašinciHSSGorjaniHSSKrndijaGerman ethnic listLevanjska VarošSDKPiškorevciHSSPunitovciHSSSatnica ĐakovačkaHSSSelci ĐakovačkiHSSSemeljciHSSStriživojnaHSSTrnavaHSSViškovciHSSVrbicaHSSVrpoljeHSSVukaHSSĐurđevacĐurđevacHSSFerdinandovac (Jelačićevo)HSSKalinovacHSSKloštarHSSMolveHSSPitomačaHSSPodravske SesveteHSSŠemovciHSSVirjeHSSFojnicaBrestovskoHSS and MuslimsBusovačaHSSFojnicaHSSKiseljakHSSKreševoHSSGarešnicaBerekSDKGarešnicaSDKHercegovacHSSHrastovacGerman ethnic listVeliki ZdenciSDKVukovjeSDKGlinaBanski GrabovacJRZBučicaHSSGlinaSDKJukinacSDKKlasnićJRZKraljevčaniUnited Serb listMajaJRZMali GradacJRZStankovacHSSGospićGospićSDKKarlobagHSSLički OsikHSSMedakNon-partisan Serb listSmiljanHSSGračacBruvnoSDKGračacSDKLovinacHSSMazinNon-partisan Serb listZrmanjaJRZGradačacGradačacHSSModričaHSSOdžakHSSSrniceMuslims and SDSVranjakNon-partisan Serb listGrubišno PoljeGrubišno PoljeSDKIvanovo SeloSDKVeliki GrđevacSDKHvarBogomoljeHSSHvarHSSJelsaHSSKomižaSRNStari GradHSSSućurajHSSVisHSSVrboskaSRNIlokBanoštarSDSBeočinJRZBingulaSDSČerevićSDKErdevikSDK and other partiesIlokHSSMohovoSDSMolovinSDSNeštinSDKSotHSSSusekSDSŠarengradHSSImotskiImotskiHSSIvanecBednjaHSSCvetlinHSSIvanecHSSLepoglavaHSSMaruševecHSSVišnjicaHSSJastrebarskoCvetkovićHSSGornji DesinecHSSJastrebarskoHSSKaljeHSSKlinča SelaHSSKrašićHSSPetrovinaHSSSošiceHSSSveta JanaHSSVivodinaHSSKarlovacBarilovićSDKDraganićiHSSDuga ResaHSSJaškovoHSSKarlovacElections not heldNetretićHSSOzaljHSSRečicaHSSRibnikHSSŠišljavićHSSKastavKastavElections not heldKlanjecDubravicaHSSKlanjecHSSKraljevecHSSLukaHSSTuheljHSSVeliko TrgovišćeHSSZagorska SelaHSSKninDrnišHSSKninNon-partisan Serb listProminaHSSKonjicKonjicJRZOstrožacJRZKoprivnicaDrnjeHSSĐelekovecHSSGolaHSSHlebineHSSKoprivnicaElections not heldKoprivnički IvanecHSSLegradHSSNovigrad PodravskiSDKPeteranecHSSSokolovacHSSŽdalaHSSKorčulaBlatoHSSKorčulaHSSVela LukaHSSKorenicaBunićSDKKorenicaNon-partisan Serb listPlitvička JezeraSDKKostajnicaBobovacHSSCrkveni BokSDSDubicaUnited Serb listKostajnicaSDKMajurSDKMečenčaniNon-partisan Serb listStazaSDKKrapinaĐurmanecHSSKrapinaHSSPetrovskoHSSRadobojHSSZabokHSSZačretjeHSSKriževciGradecHSSKriževciElections not heldRavenHSSSveti Ivan ŽabnoSDKSveti Petar ČvrstecHSSSveti Petar OrehovecHSSVojakovacSDKVrbovecHSSKrkAleksandrovo (Punat)HSSBaškaHSSDobrinjHSSDubašnicaHSSKrkHSSOmišaljHSSVrbnikHSSKutinaKutinaHSSLudinaHSSPopovačaHSSLivnoDonje PoljeNon-partisan Serb listGornje PoljeHSSLivnoElections not heldPrilukaHSSŠujicaHSSLudbregLudbregSDKMali BukovecHSSMartijanecHSSRasinjaHSSVanjski LudbregHSSLjubuškiDrinovciHSSHumacHSSLjubuškiMuslim listPosušjeHSSVitinaHSSZvirovićiHSSMakarskaGornje Primorje (Gradac)HSSMakarskaSDKVrgoracHSSMetkovićMetkovićHSSOpuzenHSSMostarBijelo PoljeHSS and MuslimsBlagajHSS and MuslimsDonje BrotnjoHSSDrežnicaHSSGornje BrotnjoHSSKočerinHSSMostarHSSMostar, gradElections not heldMostarsko BlatoHSSŠiroki BrijegHSSŽitomislićHSSNašiceBudimciJRZ and FarmersČačinciHSSĐurđenovacSDKFeričanciSDKKlokočevciSDKKoškaHSSNašiceSDKObradovci (Slavonske Bare)SDKOrahovicaSDKPodgoračSDKVanjske NašiceSDKZdenciHSSNova GradiškaCernikSDKDavorHSSNova GradiškaElections not heldNova KapelaHSSOrubicaHSSRešetariHSSStaro Petrovo SeloHSSŠtivicaHSSVanjska Nova GradiškaHSSNoviBribirHSSLedeniceHSSNoviHSSNovi MarofBreznički HumHSSGornja RijekaHSSLjubešćicaHSSNovi MarofHSSVanjske Varaždinske TopliceHSSVaraždinske TopliceHSSNovskaBanova JarugaHSSJasenovacSDKKrapjeHSSLipovljaniHSSLonjaHSSMeđurićHSSNovskaSDKVanjska NovskaSDKOgulinDrežnicaSDSGeneralski StolHSSGomirjeNon-partisan Serb listGornje DubraveSDSJosipdolSDKModrušHSSOgulinSDKOštarijeSDKPlaškiSDSTounjHSSOkučaniDragalićHSSMašić (Medari)SDKOkučaniUnited Serb listRajićSDKStara GradiškaHSSOsijekAljmašHSSBijelo BrdoSDSČepinHSSDaljSDKErdutHSSErnestinovoHSSHrastinSDKJovanovacHSSLaslovoHSSOsijekElections not heldRetfalaHSSSarvašHSSTenjaJRZOtočacBrlogHSSDabarSDKOtočacHSSSinacHSSŠkareNon-partisan Serb listVrhovineNon-partisan Serb listPakracAntunovacHSSBadljevinaSDKBučjeSDSČaglićJRZDragovićNon-partisan Serb listGajSDKKukunjevacSDKLipikHSSPakracSDKPoljanaHSSPerušićKosinjSDKPazarišteHSSPerušićSDKPetrinjaBlinjaSDKGoraSDKGradusaSDSHrastovicaHSSJabukovacSDKMošćenicaHSSPetrinjaElections not heldSunjaSDKPisarovinaDonja KupčinaHSSKupinecHSSLasinjaSDS and other Serb partiesPisarovinaHSSPokupskoHSSPožegaBektežeSDKJakšićSDKKaptolHSSKutjevoHSSMihaljevciHSSPleternicaHSSPožegaElections not heldPožeški BrestovacSDKRuševoSDKStražemanSDKVanjska PožegaSDKVelikaHSSVilić-SeloSDKPregradaDesinićHSSHum na SutliHSSKrapinske TopliceHSSPregradaHSSPrekoBožavaHSSPrekoHSSSaliHSSSilbaHSSVeli IžHSSPrelogDekanovecHSSDonja DubravaHSSDonji KraljevecHSSDonji VidovecHSSDraškovecHSSGoričanHSSHodošanHSSKotoribaHSSMala SuboticaHSSPrelogHSSSveta Marija na MuriHSSSveti Juraj u TrnjuHSSProzorGornja RamaHSSProzorHSSRabNovaljaHSSPagHSSRabHSSSamoborPodvrhHSSSamoborHSSSveta NedeljaHSSSveti Martin pod OkićemHSSSenjJablanacHSSKrivi PutHSSSenjElections not heldSveti JurajHSSSinjSinjSRNTriljHSSVrlikaSDKSisakGušćeHSSKratečkoHSSLekenikHSSLetovanićHSSMartinska VesHSSPalanjekHSSSelaHSSSisakElections not heldTopolovacHSSSlatinaČeralijeSDKGornji MiholjacSDKNova BukovicaSDKPodravska SlatinaSDKSlatinski DrenovacSDSSopjeSDKVoćinSDKSlunjCetingradSDKDrežnikSDKPrimišljeSDSRakovicaNon-partisan Serb listSlunjHSSVeljunNon-partisan Serb listSplitDonja KaštelaHSSKaštel LukšićHSSKaštel SućuracHSSKlisHSSKrajina (Šestanovac)HSSLećevicaHSSMućHSSOmišHSSPoljicaHSSSplitElections not heldŠoltaHSSTrogirLSRSStolacAladinićiHSS and MuslimsBerkovićiNon-partisan Serb listBurmaziHSSČapljinaHSSHutovoHSSStolacHSS and MuslimsSušakBakarElections not heldCernik-ČavleElections not heldDol-BakaracElections not heldGrobnikElections not heldHreljinElections not heldJelenjeElections not heldKraljevicaElections not heldKrasicaElections not heldSušakElections not heldSveti Ivan ZelinaDonja ZelinaHSSKašinaHSSMoravče BelovarHSSSveti Ivan ZelinaHSSVanjski Sveti Ivan ZelinaHSSŠibenikSkradinElections not heldŠibenikElections not heldTijesnoElections not heldVodiceElections not heldZlarinElections not heldŠidAdaševciJRZBačinciSDKBapska NovakHSSBatrovciJRZBerkasovoJRZGibaracHSSIlačaHSSIlinciJRZJamenaJRZKukujevciHSSLipovacHSSMala VašicaJRZMorovićJRZStrošinciHSSŠidUnited Serb listŠidski BanovciGerman ethnic listTovarnikHSSTravnikBilaHSSBučićiHSSTravnikElections not heldTurbeHSSVitezHSSUdbinaPodlapacSDKUdbinaNon-partisan Serb listValpovoBelišćeHSSBizovacHSSBrođanciHSSLadimirevciHSSPetrijevciHSSValpovoHSSVanjsko ValpovoHSSVaraždinBartolovecHSSBiškupecHSSJalžabetHSSKrižovljan CesticaHSSPetrijanecHSSVaraždinElections not heldVidovecHSSVinicaHSSVelika GoricaDubranecHSSKravarskoHSSNovo ČičeHSSOdraHSSOrleHSSVelika GoricaHSSVukovinaHSSVinkovciAndrijaševciHSSCernaHSSDonje Novo SeloHSSIvankovoHSSJarminaList of ethnic minoritiesKomletinciHSSLazeFarmersMirkovciNon-partisan Serb listNijemciHSSNovi JankovciNon-partisan Serb listNovo SeloGerman ethnic listOrolikHSS and GermansOtokHSSPrivlakaHSSRetkovciHSSSlakovciHSSStari JankovciList of ethnic minoritiesStari MikanovciHSSVinkovciElections not heldVođinciHSSViroviticaCabunaSDKGradinaSDKLukačSDKPivnicaSDKSuhopoljeSDKŠpišić BukovicaHSSViroviticaElections not heldVojnićKrnjakJRZKrstinjaSDSPerjasicaSDSTušilovićJRZVojnićSDSVukmanićSDKVrbovskoBosiljevoHSSRavna GoraHSSSeverin na KupiHSSSrpske MoraviceSDSVrbovskoHSSVrginmostBovićNon-partisan Serb listČemernicaSDSTopuskoSDKVrginmostJRZVukovarAntinHSSBerakHSSBobotaSDSBogdanovciHSSBorovoNon-partisan Serb listBršadinJRZCerićHSSČakovciSDKGabošUnited Serb listKorogSDKLovasHSSMarinciUnited Serb listMarkušicaSDSMikluševciSDKNegoslavciSDSNuštarHSSOpatovacHSSOstrovoNon-partisan Serb listPačetinSDSPetrovciSDSSotinHSSSvinjarevciHSSTompojevciHSSTordinciHSSTrpinjaSDSVeraSDSVukovarElections not heldZagrebBrdovecHSSBrezovicaHSSGračani (Remete)HSSKustošijaHSSMarkuševecHSSPušćaHSSSesveteHSSStenjevecHSSStupnikHSSSveta KlaraHSSŠestineHSSVrapčeHSSZagrebElections not heldZaprešićHSSZlatarBedekovčinaHSSBudinšćinaHSSHrašćina TrgovišćeHSSLoborHSSMačeHSSMihovljanHSSZlatarHSSŽupanjaBabina GredaHSSBošnjaciHSSDrenovciHSSGradišteHSSGundinciHSSGunjaHSSPosavski PodgajciHSSRačinovciHSSRajevo SeloHSSSikirevciHSSSoljaniHSSŠamacHSSŠtitarHSSVrbanjaHSSŽupanjaHSSSources: Vreme 22 May 1940Vreme 28 May 1940Vreme 4 June 1940Vreme 6 June 1940Regan 2007 207–212Regan 2007b 235–6, f56Lička sloga, 1940, number 11, p. 2Katolik, 1940, number 21, p. 3Hrvatski branik 1 June 1940 Aftermath Elected municipal council members met after the elections to constitute the council and elect the municipality mayor among themselves. Communist council members in Trogir and Vis refused to take an oath of loyalty to the king and consequently had their mandates made void.Plenča Dušan 1957 Pripreme komunističke partije za oružani ustanak u Dalmaciji http://www.historiografija.hr/hz/1957/HZ_10_2_PLENCA.pdf Historijski zbornik X (1-4) 2018-03-10 2018-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021151/http://www.historiografija.hr/hz/1957/HZ_10_2_PLENCA.pdf dead According to Jakovčev, 60 municipalities in Dalmatia alone protested due to forgeries and irregularities. In Vrboska, one of the few municipalities that were won by communists, elections were declared void by the government and then repeated on July 28.Kolumbić Mirjana Petrić Marinko Spomenici NOB-e i revolucije na otoku Hvaru Spomenici otoka Hvara hr Prilozi povijesti otoka Hvara VI 1 September 5, 1982 44 https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/186860 Busing in voters from Dol and elsewhere and intimidating the communists, HSS managed to secure the majority. Workers' list with Pero Nagulic on the ticket lost to the HSS list headed by Mihovil Stojsic.Vreme. Na opstinskim izborima u Vrboskoj pobedila HSS, 30.07.1940, p. 5 In Knin, where the Serb nationalist non-partisan list under dr. Niko Novaković got 27 out of 36 councilmen, Croatian government dissolved the Knin town council and appointed secretary of the local HSS, Vice Musić, as the mayor.Dizdar, Zdravko. "Fra Pavao Silov, prominski zupnik 1941.-1942." https://web.archive.org/web/20190805164906/http://www.franjevci-split.hr/pdf/dizdar_zdravko_silov_pavao_2018.pdf 2019-08-05 , p. 17, f66 In Bobota, all municipal councilmen elected on non-partisan Serb list decided to join SDS, disappointed by the election results in eastern Slavonia.Regan 2008 399 Maček declared the elections as a "90% victory for the pro-agreement parties", emphasizing that "the SDS won the majority among Croatian Serbs". He touted the results as a "lesson" for anti-agreement parties.Hrvatsko jedinstvo 25 May 1940 Shortly after the elections, having in mind the incidents that occurred, ban Šubašić indefinitely banned all public gatherings, rallies or protests except for religious events. Footnotes 30em References Books and journals 2 Banska vlast 1940 Godišnjak Banske Vlasti Banovine Hrvatske https://books.google.com/books?id=1OnlAAAAMAAJ 1940 Tisak Zaklade Tiskare Narodnih Novina u Zagrebu https://hrcak.srce.hr/185713?lang=en Zbornik Janković Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža Zagreb, Croatia "Hrvatsko pitanje je riješeno!" Česi od uspostave Banovine Hrvatske do Nezavisne Države Hrvatske (1939. – 1941.) 2 2 2017 Vlatka Dugački 127–145 Leček Suzana 2008 Borba Hrvatske seljačke stranke za općinsku samoupravu 1936.-1939 https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=62419 Časopis za Suvremenu Povijest hr 40 3 0590-9597 1002 Leček Suzana Priča o uspjehu – strategija i metode političke borbe Hrvatske seljačke stranke (1918.-1941.) http://www.matica.hr/media/knjige/110-godina-hrvatske-seljacke-stranke-1134/pdf/suzana-lecek-prica-o-uspjehu-strategija-i-metode-politicke-borbe-hrvatske-seljacke-stranke-19181941.pdf 110 Godina Hrvatske Seljačke Stranke 2014 27–48 Matković Hrvoje Povijest Hrvatske Seljačke Stranke History of the Croatian Peasant Party Pavičić 9789536308132 https://books.google.com/books?id=bUE0AAAAMAAJ 1999 Mažuran Ive Od turskog do suvremenog Osijeka https://books.google.com/books?id=H07jAAAAMAAJ 1996 9789531540865 Zavod za znanstveni rad Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti u Osijeku Perić Ivo Vladko Maček: politički portret Vladko Maček. A Political Portrait Golden marketing-Tehnička knjiga 9789532121551 https://books.google.com/books?id=C3AtAQAAIAAJ 2003 https://books.google.com/books?id=5ocsAQAAIAAJ Srpska politika u Banovini Hrvatskoj Politics of Serbs in Banovina Hrvatska Historijski zbornik 60-61 2007 Regan Krešimir hr Regan Krešimir 2007 Djelovanje Jugoslavenske radikalne zajednice u doba Banovine Hrvatske (1939–1941) https://hrcak.srce.hr/110779 Studia Lexicographica: Časopis za Leksikografiju i Enciklopedistiku hr 1 1 1846-6745 217–254 Regan 2007b http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=48436 Krešimir Regan Croatian Srpski kulturni klub i Banovina Hrvatska Journal of Contemporary History 40 2 October 2008 Croatian Institute of History Zagreb News articles 2 Od 625 opština HSS i SDK osvojili 564, a ostale grupe 61 opštinu http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp%7cissue:UB_00043_19400522%7carticle:pageDiv6 Vreme 22 May 1940 6581 6 Vreme 22 May 1940 Rezultati izbora u 20 opština Banovine Hrvatske http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp%7cissue:UB_00043_19400528%7carticle:pageDiv6 Vreme 28 May 1940 6587 6 Vreme 28 May 1940 Rezultati izbora u 13 opština Banovine Hrvatske http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp%7cissue:UB_00043_19400604%7carticle:pageDiv6 Vreme 4 June 1940 6594 6 Vreme 4 June 1940 Službeno saopštenje Banske vlasti u Zagrebu o izmenama nekih izbornih rezultata u Banovini Hrvatskoj http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp%7cissue:UB_00043_19400606%7carticle:pageDiv6 Vreme 6 June 1940 6596 6 Vreme 6 June 1940 Rezultati naknadnih opštinskih izbora u Banovini Hrvatskoj http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp%7cissue:UB_00043_19400716%7carticle:pageDiv5 Vreme 16 July 1940 6635 5 Vreme 16 July 1940 Rezultati općinskih izbora http://library.foi.hr/novine/broj1.aspx?v=1&t=1&C=13&godina=1940&broj=000021 Hrvatski branik 25 May 1940 21 1 Hrvatski branik 25 May 1940 Rezultat općinskih izbora u kotaru brčanskom http://library.foi.hr/novine/broj1.aspx?v=1&t=1&C=13&godina=1940&broj=000022 Hrvatski branik 1 June 1940 22 2 Hrvatski branik 1 June 1940 Rezultati općinskih izbora http://library.foi.hr/novine/broj1.aspx?v=1&t=1&C=32&godina=1940&broj=000137&stranica=003 Hrvatsko jedinstvo 25 May 1940 137 3 Hrvatsko jedinstvo 25 May 1940 Literature Konjević, Mile (1973). 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