Political parties were required to register by the next day, but the information was only officially published on Monday and in the daily press the following Thursday.
[1] The campaign contained strong anti-Czech and anti-Jewish propaganda, with those seeking to vote against labelled as traitors.
In many places, the government created separate polling stations for members of national minorities to trace their political preferences and "loyalty".
[2] Josef Tiso used the results for the reconstruction of the autonomous government, thus weakening the influence of other former parties which "voluntarily" joined HSĽS.
The first session of the new Diet of the Slovak Land was held on 18 January 1939, with Martin Sokol [sk] elected as its chairman and Jozef Tiso as Prime Minister.