Austrian legislative election, 1920
Austrian legislative election, 1920
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All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority |
| Turnout |
3,011,783 (80.3%) |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Michael Mayr |
Karl Seitz |
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| Party |
CS |
SDAPÖ |
Greater German People's Party |
| Last election |
69 seats, 35.9% |
72 seats, 40.8% |
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| Seats won |
85 |
69 |
28 |
| Seat change |
 16 |
 3 |
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| Popular vote |
1,245,531 |
1,072,709 |
390,013 |
| Percentage |
41.8% |
36.0% |
13.1% |
| Swing |
5.9% |
4.8% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 October 1920,[1] although they were not held in Carinthia until 19 June 1921 and in Burgenland until 18 June 1922.[2] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 85 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 80.3%.[3]
Results
| colspanParty |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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| Christian Social Party | 1,245,531 | 41.8 | 85 | +16 |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,072,709 | 36.0 | 69 | −3 |
| Greater German People's Party | 390,013 | 13.1 | 21 | New |
| Landbund | 124,114 | 4.2 | 7 | New |
| Civic Workers' Party | 42,826 | 1.4 | 1 | New |
| Democrats | 0 | 0 |
| Burgenland Citizens' and Farmers' Party | 0 | New |
| Communist Party of Austria | 27,386 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
| Socialist and Democratic Czechoslovakians | 7,580 | 0.3 | 0 | −1 |
| Christian National Unity List | 70,169 | 2.4 | 0 | New |
| Jewish National Party | 0 | −1 |
| Carinthian Slovenes | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 31,455 | – | – | − |
| Total | 3,011,783 | 100 | 183 | +13 |
| Source: Mackie & Rose,[4] Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular Vote |
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| CS |
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41.79% |
| SDAP |
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35.99% |
| DN |
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17.25% |
| Other |
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4.97% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p185
- ↑ Nohlen, p212
- ↑ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan
