1920 Czechoslovak presidential election

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The 1920 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 27 May 1920. It was the first contested presidential election. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk has won his second term against German theologian August Naegle.[1]

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1920 Czechoslovak presidential election

← 1918
27 May 1920
1927 â†’
 
Nominee Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk August Naegle
Party Independent DNP
Electoral vote 284 61
Percentage 67.1% 14.4%

President before election

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Independent

Elected President

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Independent

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Procedure

President was elected by bicameral parliament that consisted of 281 Deputies and 142 Senators.[2] Candidate needed at least 247 votes to be elected.[3]

Candidates

There were also two names written on protest ballot:[5] Alois Muna, candidate of left fraction of social democrats (later Communist) [6] and Antonín Janoušek, Communist radical,[3] former leader of Slovak Soviet Republic.

Election

Masaryk received 284 votes and was elected for his second term.[1]

References

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