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1890 Serbian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 14 September 1890 to elect members of the National Assembly. The result was a landslide victory for the People's Radical Party.

Background

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The elections were the first held under the 1888 constitution.[1] Following the introduction of the new constitution, an Electoral Act was passed in March 1890, which provided for nearly universal male suffrage and introduced the secret ballot.[2]

Results

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The People's Radical Party won over 100 seats, while the Liberal Party won 14 and the Serbian Progressive Party just one (won by its leader Milutin Garašanin).[1]

PartyVotes%Seats
People's Radical Party152,935
>100
Liberal Party23,548
14
Serbian Progressive Party8,895
1
Total
Source: Protić

Aftermath

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Nikola Pašić was appointed president of the National Assembly and Dimitrije Katić as vice president.[1] When Pašić became Prime Minister in February 1891, Katić replaced him as president while Pavle Vuković became vice president.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cedomil Mitrinović and Milos N. Brasić (1937). "Yugoslavian National Assembly and Parliaments". pp. 137–141.
  2. ^ Milan St. Protić (2015). Between democracy and populism: Political ideas of the People's Radical Party in Serbia (the formative period: 1860s to 1903) (PDF). p. 54.