1907 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands

1907 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands

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194 of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council
Turnout	1,709,898 (84.44%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Josef Žďárský Antonín Němec Victor Adler Party RSZML ČSSD SDAP Alliance Club of Bohemian Agrarians Club of Bohemian Social Democrats Club of German Social Democrats Leader since 1904 1904 1889 Leader's seat Bohemian Diet Bohemia Lower Austria Last election 2 seats 1 seat 3 seats Seats won 27 23 21 Seat change 25 22 18 Popular vote 245,210 377,129 233,205 Percentage 14.51% 22.32% 13.80%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Franz Peschka Karl Eppinger Karel Kramář Party DAP DFP Young Czech Alliance German National Association German National Association Bohemian Club Leader since 1905 1897 Leader's seat Bohemian Diet Bohemian Diet Bohemia Last election 3 seats 22 seats 40 seats Seats won 17 16 15 Seat change 14 6 25 Popular vote 112,375 70,648 71,264 Percentage 6.65% 4.18% 4.22%

Legislative elections to elect members of the Cisleithanian Imperial Council were held in the Czech lands over several days in May 1907. ^{[1] [2]} 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.

These elections were the first which were held under universal male suffrage, after an electoral reform abolishing tax paying requirements for voters had been adopted by the Council and was endorsed by Emperor Franz Joseph earlier in the year. ^{[3] [4]} The elections meant huge gains for the social democratic and agrarian parties while the national liberal parties lost ground.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	377,129	22.18	23	+22
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	245,210	14.42	27	+25
	Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia	98,772	5.81	10	+8
	National Liberal Party	71,264	4.19	15	-25
	Czech National Social Party	65,768	3.87	6	+5
	Party of Catholic People	55,264	3.25	7	+7
	People's Party in Moravia	39,184	2.30	6	-4
	Moravian National Party	24,682	1.45	3	+3
	Czech Independents	14,779	0.87	2	+2
	Czech Radical Progressive Party	11,895	0.70	2	+2
	National Party in Silesia	10,849	0.64	1	+1
	Czech Progressive Party	8,366	0.49	2	+2
	National Party	6,940	0.41	2	+2
	Czech Constitutionalist Radical Party	3,424	0.20	1	+1
	Paper candidates	2,665	0.16	0	0
	Moravian Progressive Party	1,338	0.08	0	0
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	233,205	13.72	21	+18
	German Agrarian Party	112,375	6.61	17	+14
	Free Pan-German Party	71,170	4.19	13	+13
	German Progressive Party	70,648	4.15	16	-6
	German People's Party	61,734	3.63	12	-1
	Christian Social Party	44,675	2.63	1	+1
	Free Socialists	17,646	1.04	2	+2
	Pan-German Unification	11,245	0.66	2	-18
	Independent Pan-German	3,659	0.22	0	0
	German Independents	2,178	0.13	0	0
	German National Workers' Party	1,556	0.09	0	0
	German Traders' Party	83	0.00	0	0
Polish Nation
	Polish Social Democratic Party	15,536	0.91	2	+1
	Polish Christian Social Party	12,046	0.71	1	+1
	Polish Agrarian Party	4,103	0.24	0	0
	Polish National Party	932	0.05	0	-1
Total		1,700,320	100.00	194	+29
Valid votes		1,700,320	98.84
Invalid/blank votes		19,957	1.16
Total votes		1,720,277	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,024,990	84.95
Source: ANNO

Vote share Czech Social Democrats   22.3% Czech Agrarians   14.5% German Social Democrats   13.8% German Agrarians   6.7% Moravian Catholic parties   5.8% Ýoung Czechs   4.2% Free Pan-Germans   4.2% German Progressives   4.2% Czech National Socials   3.9% German Populars   3.7% Bohemian Catholic Party   3.3% Others   12.5%

Results for Bohemia

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	269,169	24.15	17	+17
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	190,198	17.06	23	+21
	National Liberal Party	71,264	6.39	15	-25
	Czech National Social Party	65,501	5.88	6	+5
	Party of Catholic People	55,264	4.96	7	+7
	Czech Radical Progressive Party	11,895	1.07	2	+2
	National Party	6,940	0.62	2	+2
	Czech Independents	6,627	0.59	1	+1
	Czech Progressive Party	4,230	0.38	1	+1
	Czech Constitutionalist Radical Party	3,424	0.31	1	+1
	Paper candidates	2,665	0.24	0	0
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	169,741	15.23	16	+15
	German Agrarian Party	106,331	9.54	16	+13
	Free Pan-German Party	57,790	5.18	11	+11
	German Progressive Party	31,251	2.80	6	-7
	Christian Social Party	18,546	1.66	0	0
	German People's Party	18,055	1.62	3	0
	Pan-German Unification	11,245	1.01	2	-18
	Free Socialists	7,267	0.65	1	+1
	Independent Pan-German	3,659	0.33	0	0
	German Independents	2,178	0.20	0	0
	German National Workers' Party	1,556	0.14	0	0
Total		1,114,796	100.00	130	+20
Valid votes		1,114,796	99.07
Invalid/blank votes		10,481	0.93
Total votes		1,125,277	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,375,825	81.79
Source: ANNO

Results for Moravia

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia	98,772	21.22	10	+8
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	97,709	20.99	5	+1
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	54,945	11.80	4	+4
	People's Party in Moravia	39,184	8.42	6	-4
	Moravian National Party	24,682	5.30	3	+3
	Czech Independents	8,152	1.75	1	+1
	Czech Progressive Party	2,360	0.51	1	+1
	Moravian Progressive Party	1,338	0.29	0	0
	Czech National Social Party	267	0.06	0	0
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	41,515	8.92	3	+2
	German Progressive Party	32,361	6.95	8	-1
	German People's Party	30,470	6.55	6	-1
	Christian Social Party	23,445	5.04	1	+1
	Free Pan-German Party	10,188	2.19	1	+1
	German Traders' Party	83	0.02	0	0
Total		465,471	100.00	49	+6
Valid votes		465,471	98.19
Invalid/blank votes		8,558	1.81
Total votes		474,029	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		522,497	90.72
Source: ANNO

See also

• 1907 Cisleithanian legislative election

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Howe, Philip J.; Szöcsik, Edina; Zuber, Christina I. (2021). "Nationalism, Class, and Status: How Nationalists Use Policy Offers and Group Appeals to Attract a New Electorate". Comparative Political Studies. 55 (5): 832–868. doi: 10.1177/00104140211036033 . ISSN   0010-4140.
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p184
4. Jenks, William Alexander (1950). The Austrian Electoral Reform of 1907. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/jenk93108. ISBN   978-0-231-89205-6.