1920 Austrian legislative election

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] They were the first regular elections held after a permanent constitution was promulgated two weeks earlier.

1920 Austrian legislative election

← 1919 17 October 1920 1923 →

All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.27%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michael Mayr Karl Seitz Franz Dinghofer
Party CS SDAPÖ GDVP
Last election 35.93%, 69 seats 40.75%, 72 seats
Seats won 85 69 21
Seat change Increase 16 Decrease 3 New
Popular vote 1,245,531 1,072,709 390,013
Percentage 41.79% 35.99% 13.08%
Swing Increase5.86pp Decrease4.76pp New

Chancellor before election

Michael Mayr
CS

Elected Chancellor

Michael Mayr
CS

The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 85 of the 183 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 80%.[4]

Results

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Following the election, a coalition was formed between the CS and GDVP.

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Social Party1,245,53141.7985+16
Social Democratic Workers' Party1,072,70935.9969−3
Greater German People's Party390,01313.0921New
Landbund124,1144.167New
Civic Workers' Party42,8261.441New
Democrats00
Burgenland Citizens' and Farmers' Party0New
Communist Party of Austria27,3860.920New
Socialist and Democratic Czechoslovakians7,5800.250−1
Christian National Unity List70,1692.350New
Jewish National Party0−1
Carinthian Slovenes0New
Total2,980,328100.00183+13
Valid votes2,980,32898.96
Invalid/blank votes31,4551.04
Total votes3,011,783100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,752,21280.27
Source: Mackie & Rose,[5] Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p185
  3. ^ Graham, Malbone W. (1930). "Foreign Governments and Politics: The Constitutional Crisis in Austria". The American Political Science Review. 24 (1): 144–157. doi:10.2307/1946794. JSTOR 1946794. S2CID 147532651.
  4. ^ Nohlen, p212
  5. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan