Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1920

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 18 April and the Senate on 25 April. They were the first elections held under the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920. The result was a victory for the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party, which won 74 seats in the Chamber and 41 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 89.6% for the Chamber election and 75.6% for the Senate.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Nationality	Votes	%	Seats
	Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party	Czechoslovak	1,590,520	25.65	74
	Czechoslovak People's Party	Czechoslovak	699,728	11.29	33
	German Social Democratic Workers Party	German	689,589	11.12	31
	Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People	Czechoslovak	603,618	9.74	28
	Czechoslovak Socialist Party	Czechoslovak	500,821	8.08	24
	Czechoslovak National Democracy	Czechoslovak	387,552	6.25	19
	German National Socialist Workers' Party	German	328,735	5.30	15
	Slovak National and Peasant Party	Slovak	242,045	3.91	12
	Farmers' League	German	241,747	3.90	11
	German Christian Social People's Party	German	212,913	3.43	10
	Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	Hungarian	139,355	2.25	5
	Czechoslovak Traders' Party	Czechoslovak	122,813	1.98	6
	Hungarian Social Democratic Party	Hungarian	108,546	1.75	4
	German Liberal Party	German	105,449	1.70	5
	United Jewish Parties	Jewish	79,714	1.29	0
	Socialist Party of Czechoslovak Working Peoples	Czechoslovak	58,580	0.94	3
	Party of Smallholders, Cottiers and Entrepreneurs of Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovak	42,670	0.69	0
	Hungarian Provincial Party of Smallholders and Agrarians	Hungarian	26,520	0.43	1
	German Free Social Party	German	7,630	0.12	0
	Independent Party of Small People	Czechoslovak	5,252	0.08	0
	Hungarian National Party	Hungarian	4,214	0.07	0
	Slavic Socialist Party	Czechoslovak	2,024	0.03	0
Total			6,200,035	100	281

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party	1,466,958	28.07	41
Czechoslovak People's Party	622,406	11.91	18
German Social Democratic Workers Party	539,344	11.35	16
Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People	530,388	10.15	14
Czechoslovak Socialist Party	395,844	7.57	10
Czechoslovak National Democracy	354,561	6.78	10
German National Socialist Workers' Party	300,333	5.7	8
Farmers' League	210,724	4.0	6
Slovak National and Farmers' Party	181,289	3.47	6
German Christian Social People's Party	141,495	2.7	4
Czechoslovak Traders' Party	107,674	2.06	3
Provincial Christian-Socialist Party	100,371	1.92	2
Other parties	275,424	5.30	4
Total	5,226,811	100	142
Source: Nohlen & Stöver