Juriga's Slovak People's Party ( sk, Jurigova slovenská strana ľudová) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. The party was founded in 1929 as a split from the

Hlinka's Slovak People's Party Hlinka's Slovak People's Party ( sk, Hlinkova slovenská ľudová strana), also known as the Slovak People's Party (, SĽS) or the Hlinka Party, was a far-right clerico-fascist political party with a strong Catholic fundamentalist and authorit ...

. The leaders of Juriga's Slovak People's Party, Juriga and Tománek, had been expelled from Hlinka's Slovak People's Party in February 1929, as they opposed party leader

Andrej Hlinka Andrej Hlinka (born András Hlinka; 27 September 1864 – 16 August 1938) was a Slovak Catholic priest, journalist, banker, politician, and one of the most important Slovakian public activists in Czechoslovakia before the Second World War. He w ...

's support for

Vojtech Tuka Vojtech Lázar "Béla" Tuka (4 July 1880 – 20 August 1946) was a Slovak politician who served as prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs of the First Slovak Republic between 1939 and 1945. Tuka was one of the main forces behind the depor ...

during his treason trial. The party published ''Slovenské l'udové Noviny'' as its organ. Juriga's Slovak People's Party contested the

1929 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 27 October 1929.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 The Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, emerged as the largest party, winning 46 se ...

. The party ran candidates in three electoral districts. It failed to win any seats, obtaining 2,752 votes (1.27%) in Trnava electoral district, 691 votes (0.43%) in Báňská Bystrica electoral district and 1,952 votes (0.61%) in Nové Zámky 16th electoral district.''Manuel Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque''. IV. 1932. Prague. Annuaire Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque. pp. 400–402.

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