1938 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Yugoslavia parliamentary 1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election 1935 1945 Yugoslavian parliamentary election 1945 All 373 seats in the National Assembly 187 11 December 1938 Milan Stojadinovic facingright.jpg Milan Stojadinović JRZ JRZ coalition 60.64%, 303 seats 306 3 1,643,783 54.09% Vladko Maček.jpg Vladko Maček HSS D3D3D3 United Opposition (Yugoslavia) sr Уједињена опозиција United Opposition 37.36%, 67 seats 67 1,364,524 44.90% Prime Minister Milan Stojadinović JRZ Prime Minister after election Milan Stojadinović JRZ 1938 Yugoslavian parliamentary election - Results by banovina.svg Most voted-for list by banovina Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 11 December 1938.Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784 The result was a victory for the governing Yugoslav Radical Union, which won 306 of the 373 seats in National Assembly. These would be the last elections held in Yugoslavia before World War II. By the time of the first postwar elections, in 1945, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia was rapidly consolidating power, and the non-Communist opposition boycotted the vote after claiming to have been targeted with severe intimidation."Elections In Yugoslavia", The Times, 9 November 1945 As a result, the 1938 elections would be the last multi-party elections held in Yugoslavia until the Communists gave up their monopoly of power in 1990.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-23-mn-594-story.html Communists in Yugoslavia Split Into Factions Rome Tempest Los Angeles Times January 23, 1990 Coalitions The Yugoslav Radical Union (JRZ, Jereza) led by PM Milan Stojadinović, formed a right-wing to far-right alliance with: Yugoslav National Party led by Bogoljub Jevtić, Yugoslav Muslim Organization led by Mehmed Spaho, Slovene People's Party led by Anton Korošec and People's Radical Party led by Aca Stanojević, which later leaves the alliance in favor of the United Opposition. The United Opposition (Yugoslavia) sr Уједињена опозиција United Opposition alliance consisted of: Croatian Peasant Party led by Vladko Maček Independent Democratic Party led by Srđan Budisavljević Democratic Party led by Ljubomir Davidović Agrarian Party led by Jovan Jovanović Pižon Montenegrin Federalist Party led by Sekula Drljević Results Yugoslav Radical Union 1643783 306 +3 United Opposition (Yugoslavia) sr Уједињена опозиција United Opposition 1364524 67 0 #D3D3D3 Yugoslav National Movement 30734 0 0 +3 4080286 Nohlen et al. Aftermath Although the United Opposition, de facto led by the Croatian Peasant Party leader Maček, had attracted 44.9% of the vote, due to the electoral rules by which the government parties received 40% of the seats in the National Assembly before votes were counted, the opposition vote only translated into 67 seats out of a total of 373. Milan Stojadinović second cabinet collapsed in February 1939, due to his pro-Axis policy. He was replaced by Dragiša Cvetković as Prime Minister and de jure JRZ leader. The Cvetković–Maček Cabinet was concluded in August 1939 establishing autonomous Banovina of Croatia. Maček became the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and several members of the United Opposition were added to the new cabinet.Ramet 2006 104 Following the Cvetković government sign Yugoslav accession to the Tripartite Pact in March 1941, there was a faction led by the commander of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force (VVKJ), General Dušan Simović, that successfully realized a pro-Allied coup.Onslow 2005 37 Sources Onslow Sue Britain and the Belgrade Coup of 27 March 1941 Revisited Electronic Journal of International History March 2005 8 359–370 University of London http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/3395/1/Journal_of_International_History_2005_n8_Onslow.pdf 1471-1443 Ramet Sabrina P. Sabrina P. Ramet 2006 The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918–2005 Indiana University Press Bloomington, Indiana 978-0-253-34656-8 https://books.google.com/books?id=FTw3lEqi2-oC References External links The Elections to the Parliament of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes 1920 - 1938 Category:Parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Parliamentary election Yugoslavia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Politics of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia