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Elections In Yugoslavia
Elections were held on municipal, provincial, republican and federal levels in Yugoslavia from its foundation in 1918 throughout breakup of Yugoslavia, its breakup in 1992. History Interwar period (1918 to 1941) First elections in the Kingdom were for the Provisional Popular Legislature of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (these were preceded by local elections of National Councils in former Austria-Hungary, including the elections in Vojvodina and Montenegro for local parliaments). Parliamentary elections were held in 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election, 1920, 1923 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election, 1923, 1925 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election, 1925 and 1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election, 1927, while with the new constitution a ''de facto'' Lower and Upper House were introduced in 1931 (the Senate next to the National Assembly). The 1931 Yugoslavian parliamentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Yugoslavian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 11 November 1945."Yugoslavia At The Polls", ''The Times'', 12 November 1945 Due to an opposition boycott, the governing People's Front, dominated by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, was the only organisation to participate in the elections. The Front officially claimed 90.48% of the vote, with turnout at 88.57%. Electoral system The elections were held under a system approved by the Yugoslav Provisional Parliament."Marshal Tito On The Election", ''The Times'', 13 September 1945 Josip Broz Tito claimed it was to be the "most democratic lectionYugoslavia has ever had" and promised that the opposition would be allowed to participate in the elections. All men and women over 18 were granted the right to vote, although "traitors" were denied the right to vote. The government claimed this covered around 3% of voters, although the opposition put the figure much higher. Over seven million people were ultimately registered. The elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FPRY
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugoslavia occurring as a consequence of the Yugoslav Wars. Spanning an area of in the Balkans, Yugoslavia was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west, by Austria and Hungary to the north, by Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and by Albania and Greece to the south. It was a one-party socialist state and federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and had six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Within Serbia was the Yugoslav capital city of Belgrade as well as two autonomous Yugoslav provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The SFR Yugoslavia traces its origins to 26 November 1942, when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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