1931 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| type = parliamentary

| election_name = 1931 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

| election_date = 8 November 1931

| previous_election = 1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election

| previous_year = 1927

| next_election = 1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

| next_year = 1935

| seats_for_election = All 305 seats in the National Assembly

| image1 = Petar Zivkovic.jpg

| leader1 = Petar Živković

| party1 = JRSD

| seats1 = 305

| popular_vote1 = 2,324,395

| percentage1 = 100%

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Petar Živković

| before_party = JRSD

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| after_election = Petar Živković

| after_party = JRSD

}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 8 November 1931.Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784 Voters were presented with a single list of candidates supporting the royal dictatorship of King Alexander. The list was headed by Prime Minister Petar Živković.

Background

{{main|6 January Dictatorship}}

Alexander abolished the Vidovdan Constitution, prorogued the National Assembly and introduced a personal dictatorship on 6 January 1929. The next day, General Petar Živković became prime minister, heading the regime's Yugoslav Radical Peasants' Democracy. A new constitution was promulgated in September 1931, under which the elections were held.

Results

{{Election results

|party1=Yugoslav Radical Peasants' Democracy|votes1=2324395|seats1=305

|electorate=3560278

|source=[https://books.google.com/books?id=qn3AilC1dBkC&pg=PA784 Nohlen et al.]

}}

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