1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands

Legislative elections to elect members of the Cisleithanian Imperial Council were held in the Czech lands over several days in June and July 1911.[1] The Czech lands (Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia and the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia) elected 194 out of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council.

1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands

← 1907 June & July 1911

194 of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council
Turnout1,720,698 (83.11%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Antonín Švehla Antonín Němec Karl Hermann Wolf
Party RSZML ČSSD DRP
Alliance Uniform Bohemian Club Club of Bohemian Social Democrats German National Association
Leader since 1909 1904 1902
Leader's seat Bohemian Diet Bohemia Bohemia
Last election 27 seats 24 seats 13 seats
Seats won 37 25 22
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 1 Increase 9
Popular vote 298,230 340,122 101,347
Percentage 17.37% 19.81% 5.90%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Theodor Zuleger Karel Kramář Gustav Groß
Party DAP Young Czech DFP
Alliance German National Association Uniform Bohemian Club German National Association
Leader since 1905 1897
Leader's seat Bohemian Diet Bohemia Moravia
Last election 17 seats 15 seats 16 seats
Seats won 20 14 14
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 103,889 62,618 62,110
Percentage 6.04% 3.65% 3.62%

This was the second election under universal male suffrage and it was won by the Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party (the German Agrarian Party was also successful). Czech National Social Party and other German nationalist parties also gained support; by contrast the election meant losses for Catholic parties.[2]

The election was the last before the dissolution of the empire as a result of World War I. In 1918, the election result was used as a key to the composition of the Revolutionary National Assembly, the provisional parliament of Czechoslovakia up to the 1920 election.[3]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Czech Nation
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party340,12219.8125+1
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party298,23017.3737+10
Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia124,3917.247-3
Czech National Social Party81,6314.7513+7
National Liberal Party62,6183.6514-1
Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia60,4153.520-7
People's Progressive Party in Moravia40,1732.344-2
Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party21,4761.254+1
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria9,1120.531+1
Czech Independents8,1860.4810
Czech Progressive Party6,6030.381-1
Moravian National Party6,5220.380-3
Paper candidates3,0660.1800
National Party2,8030.161-1
National Party in Silesia1,8930.110-1
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria228,73913.3210-11
German Agrarian Party103,7896.0420+3
German Radical Party101,3475.9022+9
German Progressive Party62,1103.6214-2
German People's Party30,0851.757-5
Christian Social Party28,6991.6710
German Workers' Party22,8211.333+3
Pan-German Unification17,1401.003+1
German Independents6,7590.392+2
Free Socialists6,2630.361-1
Paper candidates5,8860.3400
Polish Nation
Polish Social Democratic Party14,3780.841-1
Polish People's Party9,6280.561+1
Polish Clerical Party6,0390.3510
Polish Pro-German Party2,8320.1600
Jewish Nation
Jewish National Party720.0000
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes3,4350.20
Total1,717,263100.001940
Valid votes1,717,26399.80
Invalid/blank votes3,4350.20
Total votes1,720,698100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,070,38983.11
Source: ANNO
Vote share
Czech Social Democrats
19.8%
Czech Agrarians
17.4%
German Social Democrats
13.3%
Moravian Catholic parties
7.2%
German Agrarians
6.0%
German Radicals
5.9%
Czech National Social Party
4.8%
Ýoung Czechs
3.7%
German Progressives
3.6%
Czech Christian Socials
3.5%
Moravian People's Progressives
2.3%
Others
12.5%

Results for Bohemia

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Czech Nation
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party244,80422.0114-3
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party208,06118.7129+6
Czech National Social Party77,2096.9412+6
National Liberal Party62,6185.6314-1
Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia60,4155.430-7
Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party21,4761.934+1
Czech Independents8,0240.7210
Paper candidates3,0390.2700
National Party2,8030.251-1
Czech Progressive Party1,4190.130-1
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria2100.0200
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria171,06215.389-7
German Agrarian Party78,7217.0815-1
German Radical Party77,9937.0116+5
German Progressive Party22,9162.065-1
German Workers' Party18,1661.632+2
Pan-German Unification17,0531.533+1
Christian Social Party10,2430.921+1
German Independents6,7590.612+2
Free Socialists6,2630.5610
Paper candidates5,8860.5300
German People's Party5,1610.461-2
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes1,9490.18
Total1,112,250100.001300
Valid votes1,112,25099.62
Invalid/blank votes4,2950.38
Total votes1,116,545100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,435,43977.78
Source: ANNO

Results for Moravia

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Czech Nation
Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia124,39125.767-3
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party83,00717.1911+6
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party79,87716.546+2
People's Progressive Party in Moravia40,1738.324-2
Moravian National Party6,5221.350-3
Czech Progressive Party5,1841.0710
Czech National Social Party4,4220.921+1
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria7220.1500
Czech Independents1620.030-1
Paper candidates270.0100
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria35,5417.360-3
German Progressive Party32,5736.747-1
German Radical Party21,1444.385+4
German People's Party17,4363.614-2
German Agrarian Party15,5253.213+3
Christian Social Party14,8593.080-1
Pan-German Unification600.0100
German Workers' Party520.0100
Jewish Nation
Jewish National Party720.0100
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes1,1790.24
Total482,928100.00490
Valid votes482,92898.05
Invalid/blank votes9,6141.95
Total votes492,542100.00
Registered voters/turnout548,00089.88
Source: ANNO

Results for Silesia

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Czech Nation
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party12,31110.080-2
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party10,2928.432+2
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria8,1806.701+1
National Party in Silesia1,8931.550-1
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria22,13618.131-1
German Agrarian Party9,5437.822+1
German People's Party7,4886.132-1
German Progressive Party6,6215.4220
German Workers' Party4,6033.771+1
Christian Social Party3,5972.9500
German Radical Party2,2101.8110
Pan-German Unification270.0200
Polish Nation
Polish Social Democratic Party14,37811.781-1
Polish People's Party9,6287.891+1
Polish Clerical Party6,0394.9510
Polish Pro-German Party2,8322.3200
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes3070.25
Total122,085100.00150
Valid votes122,08598.46
Invalid/blank votes1,9051.54
Total votes123,990100.00
Registered voters/turnout132,91993.28
Source: ANNO

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook[permanent dead link], p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Urban, Otto (1982). Czech Society 1848-1918 (in Czech). Prague: Svoboda. p. 548-549.
  3. ^ Kárník, Zdeněk (2000). Czech lands in the era of the First Republic (Part One) (in Czech). Prague: Libri. p. 63-64. ISBN 80-7277-027-6.