1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands

1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands
194 of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council
Turnout	1,720,698 (83.11%)

Last updated February 23, 2025

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.

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


Party		First round			Second round			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	340,122	19.81	14	176,868	19.23	11	25	+1
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	298,230	17.37	9	215,360	23.42	28	37	+10
	Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia	124,391	7.24	5	73,230	7.96	2	7	-3
	Czech National Social Party	81,631	4.75	8	23,011	2.50	5	13	+7
	National Liberal Party	62,618	3.65	10	20,547	2.23	4	14	-1
	Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia	60,415	3.52	0	42,423	4.61	0	0	-7
	People's Progressive Party in Moravia	40,173	2.34	0	38,982	4.24	4	4	-2
	Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party	21,476	1.25	2	10,975	1.19	2	4	+1
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria	9,112	0.53	1				1	+1
	Czech Independents	8,186	0.48	0	6,235	0.68	1	1	0
	Czech Progressive Party	6,603	0.38	1				1	-1
	Moravian National Party	6,522	0.38	0	6,522	0.71	0	0	-3
	Paper candidates	3,066	0.18	0				0	0
	National Party	2,803	0.16	1				1	-1
	National Party in Silesia	1,893	0.11	0				0	-1
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	228,739	13.32	10	106,349	11.56	0	10	-11
	German Agrarian Party	103,789	6.04	8	60,874	6.62	12	20	+3
	German Radical Party	101,347	5.90	10	50,552	5.50	12	22	+9
	German Progressive Party	62,110	3.62	11	8,819	0.96	3	14	-2
	German People's Party	30,085	1.75	1	26,164	2.84	6	7	-5
	Christian Social Party	28,699	1.67	0	14,732	1.60	1	1	0
	German Workers' Party	22,821	1.33	1	8,936	0.97	2	3	+3
	Pan-German Unification	17,140	1.00	1	10,739	1.17	2	3	+1
	German Independents	6,759	0.39	2				2	+2
	Free Socialists	6,263	0.36	0	6,158	0.67	1	1	-1
	Paper candidates	5,886	0.34	0				0	0
Polish Nation
	Polish Social Democratic Party	14,378	0.84	1	6,059	0.66	0	1	-1
	Polish People's Party	9,628	0.56	0	6,102	0.66	1	1	+1
	Polish Clerical Party	6,039	0.35	1				1	0
	Polish Pro-German Party	2,832	0.16	0				0	0
Jewish Nation
	Jewish National Party	72	0.00	0				0	0
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes		3,435	0.20	–	90	0.01	–	–	–
Total		1,717,263	100.00	97	919,727	100.00	97	194	0

Valid votes		1,717,263	99.80		919,727	97.95
Invalid/blank votes		3,435	0.20		19,220	2.05
Total votes		1,720,698	100.00		938,947	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,070,389	83.11		1,160,723	80.89
Source: ANNO

Vote share (first round)

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


Party or alliance				First round			Second round			Total seats	+/–
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party			244,804	22.01	12	107,913	19.58	2	14	-3
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party			208,061	18.71	7	141,641	25.70	22	29	+6
	National accord^[4]		Czech National Social Party	77,209	6.94	8	18,589	3.37	4	12	+6
			National Liberal Party	62,618	5.63	10	20,547	3.73	4	14	-1
			National Party	2,803	0.25	1				1	-1
		Total		142,630	12.82	19	39,136	7.10	8	27	+4
	Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia			60,415	5.43	0	42,423	7.70	0	0	-7
	Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party			21,476	1.93	2	10,975	1.99	2	4	+1
	Czech Independents			8,024	0.72	0	6,235	1.13	1	1	0
	Paper candidates			3,039	0.27	0				0	0
	Czech Progressive Party			1,419	0.13	0				0	-1
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria			210	0.02	0				0	0
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria			171,062	15.38	9	78,482	14.24	0	9	-7
	German Agrarian Party			78,721	7.08	4	57,152	10.37	11	15	-1
	German Radical Party			77,993	7.01	8	33,545	6.09	8	16	+5
	German Progressive Party			22,916	2.06	4	3,062	0.56	1	5	-1
	German Workers' Party			18,166	1.63	1	4,333	0.79	1	2	+2
	Pan-German Unification			17,053	1.53	1	10,739	1.95	2	3	+1
	Christian Social Party			10,243	0.92	0	4,276	0.78	1	1	+1
	German Independents			6,759	0.61	2				2	+2
	Free Socialists			6,263	0.56	0	6,158	1.12	1	–	0
	Paper candidates			5,886	0.53	0				0	0
	German People's Party			5,161	0.46	0	5,161	0.94	1	1	-2
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes				1,949	0.18	–				–	–
Total				1,112,250	100.00	69	551,231	100.00	61	129	0

Valid votes				1,112,250	99.62		551,231	99.13
Invalid/blank votes				4,295	0.38		4,845	0.87
Total votes				1,116,545	100.00		556,076	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,435,439	77.78		746,659	74.48
Source: ANNO

Results for Moravia


Party		First round			Second round			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia	124,391	25.76	5	73,230	24.21	2	7	-3
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	83,007	17.19	2	59,361	19.62	9	11	+6
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	79,877	16.54	0	63,427	20.97	6	6	+2
	People's Progressive Party in Moravia	40,173	8.32	0	38,982	12.89	4	4	-2
	Moravian National Party	6,522	1.35	0	6,522	2.16	0	0	-3
	Czech Progressive Party	5,184	1.07	1				1	0
	Czech National Social Party	4,422	0.92	0	4,422	1.46	1	1	+1
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria	722	0.15	0				0	0
	Czech Independents	162	0.03	0				0	-1
	Paper candidates	27	0.01	0				0	0
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	35,541	7.36	0	13,892	4.59	0	0	-3
	German Progressive Party	32,573	6.74	6	3,595	1.19	1	7	-1
	German Radical Party	21,144	4.38	1	17,007	5.62	4	5	+4
	German People's Party	17,436	3.61	1	13,515	4.47	3	4	-2
	German Agrarian Party	15,525	3.21	3				3	+3
	Christian Social Party	14,859	3.08	0	8,573	2.83	0	0	-1
	Pan-German Unification	60	0.01	0				0	0
	German Workers' Party	52	0.01	0				0	0
Jewish Nation
	Jewish National Party	72	0.01	0				0	0
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes		1,179	0.24	–	0	0.00	–	–	–
Total		482,928	100.00	19	302,526	100.00	30	49	0

Valid votes		482,928	98.05		302,526	95.92
Invalid/blank votes		9,614	1.95		12,855	4.08
Total votes		492,542	100.00		315,381	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		548,000	89.88		342,157	92.17
Source: ANNO

Results for Silesia


Party		First round			Second round			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	12,311	10.08	0	9,594	14.56	0	–	-2
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	10,292	8.43	0	10,292	15.62	2	2	+2
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria	8,180	6.70	1				1	+1
	National Party in Silesia	1,893	1.55	0				0	-1
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	22,136	18.13	1	13,976	21.21	0	1	-1
	German Agrarian Party	9,543	7.82	1	3,722	5.65	1	2	+1
	German People's Party	7,488	6.13	0	7,488	11.37	2	2	-1
	German Progressive Party	6,621	5.42	1	2,162	3.28	1	2	0
	German Workers' Party	4,603	3.77	0	4,603	6.99	1	1	+1
	Christian Social Party	3,597	2.95	0	1,883	2.86	0	0	0
	German Radical Party	2,210	1.81	1				1	0
	Pan-German Unification	27	0.02	0				0	0
Polish Nation
	Polish Social Democratic Party	14,378	11.78	1	6,059	9.20	0	1	-1
	Polish People's Party	9,628	7.89	0	6,102	9.26	1	1	+1
	Polish Clerical Party	6,039	4.95	1				1	0
	Polish Pro-German Party	2,832	2.32	0				0	0
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes		307	0.25	–	0	0.00	–	–	–
Total		122,085	100.00	7	65,881	100.00	8	15	0

Valid votes		122,085	98.46		65,881	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		1,905	1.54		1,520	2.26
Total votes		123,990	100.00		67,401	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		132,919	93.28		71,907	93.73
Source: ANNO

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Urban, Otto (1982). Czech Society 1848-1918 (in Czech). Prague: Svoboda. p. 548-549.
↑ 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.
↑ Národní listy

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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.

[4] Národní listy

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