1921 Sopron plebiscite

1921 Sopron plebiscite
	Ballot paper with the seal of the Entente commission
Results
Austria	Hungary

The Sopron area plebiscite took place on 14–16 December 1921. In the plebiscite, the residents of an area of 257 km², comprising Sopron and eight surrounding settlements, voted on whether to remain in Hungary or to join Austria. After World War I, that was the only plebiscite concerning disputed borders on territory of the former Kingdom of Hungary that was permitted by the Entente.^[1]^[2]

Sopron plebiscite, British, French and Italian officers arrive to control the voting districts and oversee the polling stations on 14 December, 1921

Participant settlements

The following settlements participated in the plebiscite. The Hungarian names are given, with their German counterparts in brackets:

Ágfalva (Agendorf)
Balf (Wolfs)
Fertőboz (Holling)
Fertőrákos (Kroisbach)
Harka (Harkau)
Kópháza (Kohlnhof)
Nagycenk (Zinkendorf)
Sopron (Ödenburg)
Sopronbánfalva (Wandorf)

Results

26,879 people were eligible to vote in the plebiscite. 24,063 of them voted. 15,534 voted for Hungary, while 8,227 voted for Austria. 512 ballots were invalid.

18,904 residents of Sopron had the right to vote in the plebiscite. (At the time of the plebiscite Sopron had 37,509 residents.) Here, with a turnout of 89.2%, a large majority (72.7%) voted for Hungary. However, in the 8 villages, the support for Austria was greater, with 5 villages voting for Austria. Only Nagycenk, Fertőboz and Kópháza voted for Hungary.

Settlement	Eligible voters	Total votes	Invalid	For Austria	%	For Hungary	%
Sopron / Brennbergbánya	18,994	17,298	351	4,620	27.2	12,327	72.8
Ágfalva	1,148	848	18	682	82.2	148	17.8
Harka	668	581	9	517	90.4	55	9.6
Fertőboz	349	342	11	74	22.3	257	77.7
Kópháza	948	813	30	243	30.0	550	70.0
Fertőrákos	1,525	1,370	33	812	60.7	525	39.3
Sopronbánfalva	1,538	1,177	35	925	81.0	217	19.0
Balf	668	595	17	349	60.4	229	39.6
Nagycenk	1,041	1,039	8	5	0.5	1,026	99.5
Total^[3]	26,879	24,063	512	8,227	34.9	15,334	65.1

References

^ Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939: Hungary, 2v, Volume 5, Part 1 of Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939 Seeds of conflict. Kraus Reprint. 1973. p. 69.
^ Richard C. Hall (2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. ABC-CLIO. p. 309. ISBN 9781610690317.
^ Zahlen nach: Oskar Helmer: 40 Jahre Burgenland. Ein Land wählt die Freiheit. Wiener Volksbuchhandlung, Wien 1961, S. 50.

[1] Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939: Hungary, 2v, Volume 5, Part 1 of Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939 Seeds of conflict. Kraus Reprint. 1973. p. 69.

[2] Richard C. Hall (2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. ABC-CLIO. p. 309. ISBN 9781610690317.

[3] Zahlen nach: Oskar Helmer: 40 Jahre Burgenland. Ein Land wählt die Freiheit. Wiener Volksbuchhandlung, Wien 1961, S. 50.

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