House of Representatives (Czechoslovakia)
The House of Representatives ( Poslanecká sněmovna ) was the lower house of the Parliament of the First Czechoslovak Republic from 1920 to 1939, with its seat in Prague . In addition to the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate was the first chamber in the bicameral parliament .
prehistory
As a result of the Paris suburb agreements , Czechoslovakia was formed from parts of Austria-Hungary in 1918 . The Czechoslovak National Committee was constituted as a provisional parliament and adopted the constitution of the Czechoslovak Republic on February 29, 1920.
Another legal basis for the election of the House of Representatives and Senate was the law of February 29, 1920 with electoral regulations for the House of Representatives.
elections
The election, to which men and women aged 30 and over had the right to stand as a candidate, was held in 22 constituencies.
| No. | Constituency | No. | Constituency | No. | Constituency | No. | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | Prague | II. | Pardubice | III. | Hradec Králové | IV. | Mladá Boleslav |
| V. | Česká Lípa | VI. | Louny | VII. | Carlsbad | VIII. | Plzeň |
| IX. | České Budějovice | X. | Jihlava | XI. | Brno | XII. | Olomouc |
| XIII. | Uherské Hradiště | XIV. | Ostrava | XV. | Trnava | XVI. | Neuhäusel (?) |
| XVII. | Martin | XVIII. | Baňská Bystrica | XIX. | Liptov | XX. | Košice |
| XXI. | Prešov | XXII. | Uzhhorod |
300 MPs were elected. Among them were representatives of the German minority , who made up 24.1% of the nationwide population, the Hungarians, Ruthenians and Poles.
| Election date | Legislative period |
|---|---|
| April 18, 1920 | May 26, 1920 to October 16, 1925 |
| November 15, 1925 | December 17, 1925 to June 27, 1929 |
| August 27, 1929 | December 12, 1929 to April 12, 1935 |
| May 19, 1935 | June 18, 1935 to March 16, 1939 |
According to the Munich Agreement , the mandates of the 67 MPs who had their seat in the areas ceded to the German Reich were canceled on October 30, 1938, provided the mandate holders were not Czechs, Slovaks or Ruthenians. In the end, the chamber still consisted of 190 members.
Election results of the German and Hungarian parties
Czechoslovak Chamber of Deputies 1920–1935 - German and Hungarian parties
| Political party | Mandates 1920 | Mandates in 1925 | Mandates in 1929 | Mandates in 1935 | Voices 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudeten German Party | - | - | - | 44 | 1.256.010 |
| German National Party | - | 10 | 7th | - | - |
| German National Socialist Workers' Party | 15th | 17th | 8th | - | - |
| German Social Democratic Workers' Party | 31 | 17th | 21st | 11 | 300,406 |
| German Christian Social People's Party | 7th | 13 | 14th | 6th | 163,666 |
| Association of farmers | 11 | 24 | - | 5 | 142,775 |
| Hungarian parties
and Sudeten German electoral block |
9 | 4th | 9 | 9 | 292,847 |
| United German parties | 6th | - | 16 | - | - |
| Total (from 300 mandates) | 79 | 85 | 75 | 75 |
- Hungarian parties and Sudeten German electoral bloc (1935): German Democratic Freedom Party , German Trade Party, German National Party, Sudeten German Land Association, German Workers' Party, Spis German Party, Hungarian Christian Social Party, Hungarian National Party
Post-history
A parliamentary republic was formed after the Second World War , and then a People's Republic in 1948. A unicameral parliament existed here . In 1993 a new House of Representatives was created in the Czech Republic .
MPs
Personal articles available in Wikipedia see category: Member of Parliament (Czechoslovakia)
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest. Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919–1945 . 2nd Edition. tape 1 . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-1-8 , pp. 245 .