1911 Cisleithanian legislative election

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1911 Cisleithanian legislative election
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  1907 June & July 1911 1919 (Austria)
1920 (Czechoslovakia)
 

All 516 seats in the Imperial Council
259 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,625,082 (80.20%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Aloys von Liechtenstein (1846-1920).jpg Victor Adler.jpg Antonin Svehla.jpg
Leader Prince Louis Victor Adler Antonín Švehla
Party CS SPÖ RSZML
Alliance Christian Social Union Club of German Social Democrats Uniform Bohemian Club
Leader since19101 January 18891909
Leader's seat House of Lords Lower Austria Bohemian Diet
Last election65 seats, 11.73%50 seats, 11.12%27 seats, 4.48%
Seats won754636
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 9
Popular vote608,346542,549257,717
Percentage13.41%11.96%5.68%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.68%Increase2.svg 0.84%Increase2.svg 1.20%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Nemec Antonin.png Gross Gustav.png Jan Stapinski (-1905).jpg
LeaderAntonín NěmecGustav GroßJan Stapiński
Party ČSSD DFP PSL
Alliance Club of Bohemian Social Democrats German National Association Poland Club
Leader since19041908
Leader's seat Bohemia Moravia Galicia
Last election22 seats, 8.45%19 seats, 2.24%16 seats, 3.60%
Seats won252524
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 6Increase2.svg 8
Popular vote357,23471,114185,674
Percentage7.87%1.57%4.09%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.58%Decrease2.svg 0.67%Increase2.svg 0.49%

Plan des Sitzungssaales des Abgeordnetenhauses November 1911.jpg
Seats of the House of Deputies of the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Council. Situation after the November 1911 Cisleithanian legislative elections. The seats are marked by nationality.

Minister-President of Cisleithania before election

Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling
Independent

Elected Minister-President of Cisleithania

Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
CS

Legislative elections to elect members of the Imperial Council were held in Cisleithania, the Austrian section of Austria-Hungary over several days in June and July 1911. [1] A coalition of German national and liberal parties, the Deutscher Nationalverband , emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, holding 100 of the 516 seats. Voter turnout was 80.2%. [2]

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This was the second election under universal male suffrage, and the last before the dissolution of the empire as a result of World War I. At that dissolution it was the German representatives that formed the first truly Austrian legislative body of the Republic of German-Austria.

In the German-speaking areas the results however were similar to the previous elections in 1907, with the Christian Socials as the largest party (76 seats), followed by the Social Democrats (43) and the German People's Party (32). Both the major parties lost seats, and the parties which gained were the moderate centre and the radicals. Results varied by province, with Lower Austria providing the political base for the two largest parties. There was a wide difference between rural areas (Christian Social) and urban (Social Democrat), a split (social cleavage) that had become more evident since 1907, with the Christian Socials losing their support in the outer belt of Viennese districts. Support for the German People's Party was more even. The German People's Party found its support in the middle strata of Austrian society. On the other hand, industrialists rejected this party in favour of the Freisinnige group, particularly the German Progressive Party, as did the more prosperous merchants.

Among the non-German nationalities, the results also differed widely between nations. [3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Croatian Nation
People's Party 33,5650.745
Pure Party of Rights 28,2540.624
Croatian Nationalists20,7700.463
Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia 3290.010
Czech Nation
Social Democratic Party (Autonomists) 357,2347.8725
Czech Agrarian Party 257,7175.6837
Catholic-National Conservative Parties in Bohemia and Moravia 128,0562.827
Czech National Social Party 95,9012.1113
Christian Social Parties in Bohemia and Moravia 83,1241.830
Young Czech Party 56,6731.2514
Czech Progressive People's Party34,4430.765
Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party 20,8810.464
Social Democratic Party (Centralists) 19,3740.431
Czech Independents10,8320.241
Old Czech Party 9,8720.221
Paper candidates9,8360.220
Czech Realist Party 4,9840.110
Officials’ Party3,2010.070
Czech National Party1,8930.040
German Nation
Christian Social Party 608,34613.4175
Social Democratic Party 542,54911.9644
Agrarian Party106,5482.3522
German Radical Party90,5232.0022
German People's Party 71,8821.5821
German Progressive Party71,1141.5715
Deutschfreiheitliche Partei [lower-alpha 1] 66,7381.4715
German-National Party [lower-alpha 1] 28,6890.635
German Workers' Party 26,6700.593
Upper Austrian Farmers' Club22,0090.490
Pan-German Association20,5270.454
German Miners and Farmers' Association15,3010.340
German Independents14,9340.332
German Conservatives14,5970.320
Independent Christian Socials10,2990.231
Paper candidates7,5690.170
Central Industrial Committee6,4220.140
Free Socialists4,0740.091
German Conservative Farmers' Party3,6230.080
Imperial Economic Policy Party2,8850.061
Social Politicians2,7350.061
German Economic Party1,8930.040
Italian Nation
Italian Liberal Party41,9280.925
Italian People's Party40,5430.8910
Italian Social Democratic Party 23,0680.513
Italian National-Liberal Party5,9250.131
Italian Liberal Farmers' Association3,6850.080
Italian Independents4360.010
Democratic Party3210.010
Jewish Candidates
Jewish National Party 31,7810.701
Polish Nation
Polish People's Party 185,6744.0924
Polish Conservative Party137,1993.0217
Polish National Democratic Party 98,4602.1710
Polish Democratic Party84,1811.8613
Polish Social Democratic Party 64,5691.428
Polish Independents38,0280.843
Polish Centre Party23,1390.511
Galician Christian Social Party [lower-alpha 2] 21,9820.483
Independent Socialists6,5150.142
Polish Pro-German Party5,9020.130
Independent Democrats4,3020.091
Polish Progressive Democratic Party2,9330.061
Romanian Nation
Romanian National (Defense) Party 38,4080.854
Romanian National (Democratic) Party 11,8100.261
Romanian Independents5,7280.130
Ruthenian Nation
Ukrainian Party–Young Ruthenian Party326,9557.2123
Russian National Party 128,1602.822
Ukrainian Radical Party 54,7011.215
Ukrainian Social Democratic Party 21,6180.481
Serbian Nation
Serb People's Party 11,4600.252
Slovenian Nation
Slovene People's Party 54,0891.1910
Slovene Christian Social Party [lower-alpha 3] 43,2030.9510
Slovene Liberal Party33,1700.732
Slovenian Nationalists16,8580.371
Slovene Social Democratic Party [lower-alpha 4] 14,3680.320
Slovenian Pro-Germans5,2600.120
Slovenian Independents3,4080.080
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes30,4530.67
Total4,537,086100.00516
Valid votes4,537,08698.10
Invalid/blank votes87,9961.90
Total votes4,625,082100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,767,06580.20
Source: ANNO
  1. 1 2 Candidates that ran under the German Freedom Party and German-National Party labels were members of either the German People's Party or the German Progressive Party, which ran as a joint list in certain constituencies.
  2. Ran as the Polish Clerical Party in Silesia.
  3. Ran as the Slovenian Clerical Party in Styria and Gorizia and Gradisca.
  4. Ran as the Yugoslavian Social Democratic Party in Carniola.

By parliamentary grouping

PartySeats+/–
Deutscher Nationalverband 100+49
Uniform Bohemian Club84New
Christian Social Union73–23
Poland Club70+15
Club of German Social Democrats49–1
Ukrainian Association28+3
Croatian-Slovenian Club27New
Club of Bohemian Social Democrats25+1
Latin Union21New
Club of Polish Social Democrats9+3
Dalmatian Club7New
Independents23+11
Total5160
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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