1925 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| country = Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| previous_election = 1923

| next_election = 1927

| seats_for_election = All 315 seats in the National Assembly

| majority_seats = 158

| election_date = 8 February 1925

| party1 = People's Radical Party | leader1 = Nikola Pašić | percentage1 = 28.82 | seats1 = 123 | last_election1 = 108

| party2 = Croatian Peasant Party | leader2 = Stjepan Radić | percentage2 = 22.38 | seats2 = 67 | last_election2 = 70

| party3 = Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) | leader3 = Ljubomir Davidović | percentage3 = 11.47 | seats3 = 36 | last_election3 = 51

| party4 = NRSSDS | leader4 = – | percentage4 = 8.65 | seats4 = 31 | last_election4 =

| party5 = Yugoslav Muslim Organization | leader5 = Mehmed Spaho | percentage5 = 5.43 | seats5 = 15 | last_election5 = 18

| party6 = Independent Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) | leader6 = Svetozar Pribićević | percentage6 = 4.84 | seats6 = 8 | last_election6 = New

| party7 = Agrarian Party (Yugoslavia) | leader7 = Jovan Jovanović Pižon | percentage7 = 4.84 | seats7 = 4 | last_election7 = 10

| party8 = Slovene People's Party (historical) | leader8 = Anton Korošec | percentage8 = 4.32 | seats8 = 20 | last_election8 =

| party9 = German Party (Yugoslavia) | leader9 = {{ill|Ludwig Kremling|de}} | percentage9 = 1.85 | seats9 = 5 | last_election9 = 8

| party10 = Independent Agrarian Party | leader10 = {{ill|Ivan Pucelj (politician)|sl|Ivan Pucelj|lt=Ivan Pucelj}} | percentage10 = 0.51 | seats10 = 1 | last_election10 = 1

| party11 = NB | leader11 = | percentage11 = 0.38 | seats11 = 1 | last_election11 = New

| party12 = Montenegrin Federalist Party | leader12 = Sekula Drljević | percentage12 = 0.36 | seats12 = 3 | last_election12 = 2

| party13 = DFU | leader13 = | percentage13 = 0.25 | seats13 = 1 | last_election13 = New

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Nikola Pašić

| before_party = People's Radical Party

| after_election = Nikola Pašić

| after_party = People's Radical Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 8 February 1925.Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784 The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in National Assembly, winning 123 of the 315 seats, with Nikola Pašić remaining prime minister.

Results

{{Election results

|party1=People's Radical Party|votes1=702573|seats1=123|sc1=+15

|party2=Croatian Peasant Party|votes2=545466|seats2=67|sc2=–3

|party3=Democratic Party|votes3=279686|seats3=36|sc3=–15

|party4=National Bloc (NRSSDS)|votes4=210843|seats4=31|sc4=–

|party5=Yugoslav Muslim Organization|votes5=132296|seats5=15|sc5=–3

|party6=Independent Democratic Party|votes6=117953|seats6=8|sc6=New

|party7=Agrarian Party|votes7=117922|seats7=4|sc7=–6

|party8=Slovene People's Party|votes8=105304|seats8=20|sc8=–

|party9=German Party|votes9=45172|seats9=5|sc9=–3

|party10=Socialist Party of Yugoslavia|votes10=23457|seats10=0|sc10=–2

|party11=Republican Party|votes11=20388|seats11=0|sc11=0

|party12=Independent Workers' Party|votes12=16330|seats12=0|sc12=0

|party13=Croatian Popular Party|votes13=12482|seats13=0|sc13=–

|party14=Džemijet|votes14=12468|seats14=0|sc14=–14

|party15=Independent Agrarian Party|votes15=12332|seats15=1|sc15=0

|party16=People's Bloc|votes16=9247|seats16=1|sc16=New

|party17=Montenegrin Federalist Party|votes17=8873|seats17=3|sc17=+1

|party18=Serbian Party|votes18=6186|seats18=0|sc18=–1

|party19=Democratic Farmers' Union|votes19=6055|seats19=1|sc19=New

|party20=Party of Rights|votes20=3064|seats20=0|sc20=0

|party21=Bunjevac-Šokac Party|votes21=4679|seats21=0|sc21=–

|party22=Others|votes22=44821|seats22=0|sc22=–

|total_sc=+3

|electorate=3167659

|source=[https://books.google.com/books?id=qn3AilC1dBkC&pg=PA783 Nohlen et al.]

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Aftermath

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In April 1926, faced with a series of corruption scandals, Prime Minister Nikola Pašić was forced to resign. A member of Pašić's party Nikola Uzunović became the new prime minister of Yugoslavia on 8 April 1926, however faced with internal conflict within the party, a succession of short term governments, came and went under his watch.

In April 1927 Uzunović resigned from the office of prime minister, after the Croatian Peasant Party decided to leave his government. He was replaced by Velimir Vukićević, who was also a member of People's Radical Party.

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