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Serbian parliamentary election, 1901

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Date
  
22 May 1901

Location
  
Kingdom of Serbia

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia in July 1901. They followed the introduction of a new, liberal constitution in April, which created a bicameral People’s Representative Body consisting of an elected National Assembly and a largely appointed Senate, 60% of whose members the King could appoint.

The elections marred by demonstrations in Belgrade, during which the police arrested and killed several demonstrators. Although the People's Radical Party won a majority of seats, they were only offered three ministerial positions by King Alexander, with independent Aleksa Jovanović becoming Prime Minister.

The Assembly met for the first time on 1 October. Rista Popović was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly and Dimitrije Marinković as Speaker of the Senate.

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Serbian parliamentary election, 1901 Wikipedia


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