1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands

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1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands
Flag of Bohemia.svg
  1907 June & July 1911

194 of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council
Turnout1,720,698 (83.11%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Antonin Svehla.jpg Nemec Antonin.png Wolf Karl Hermann.png
Leader Antonín Švehla Antonín Němec Karl Hermann Wolf
Party RSZML ČSSD DRP
Alliance Uniform Bohemian Club Club of Bohemian Social Democrats German National Association
Leader since190919041902
Leader's seat Bohemian Diet Bohemia Bohemia
Last election27 seats24 seats13 seats
Seats won372522
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 9
Popular vote298,230340,122101,347
Percentage17.37%19.81%5.90%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Theodor Zuleger.jpg Karel Kramar.jpg Gross Gustav.png
LeaderTheodor Zuleger Karel Kramář Gustav Groß
Party DAP Young Czech DFP
Alliance German National Association Uniform Bohemian Club German National Association
Leader since19051897
Leader's seat Bohemian Diet Bohemia Moravia
Last election17 seats15 seats16 seats
Seats won201414
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote103,88962,61862,110
Percentage6.04%3.65%3.62%

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.

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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

PartyFirst roundSecond roundTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Czech Nation
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party 340,12219.8114176,86819.231125+1
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party 298,23017.379215,36023.422837+10
Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia124,3917.24573,2307.9627-3
Czech National Social Party 81,6314.75823,0112.50513+7
National Liberal Party 62,6183.651020,5472.23414-1
Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia 60,4153.52042,4234.6100-7
People's Progressive Party in Moravia40,1732.34038,9824.2444-2
Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party 21,4761.25210,9751.1924+1
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria 9,1120.5311+1
Czech Independents8,1860.4806,2350.68110
Czech Progressive Party 6,6030.3811-1
Moravian National Party6,5220.3806,5220.7100-3
Paper candidates3,0660.18000
National Party 2,8030.1611-1
National Party in Silesia1,8930.1100-1
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria 228,73913.3210106,34911.56010-11
German Agrarian Party103,7896.04860,8746.621220+3
German Radical Party 101,3475.901050,5525.501222+9
German Progressive Party62,1103.62118,8190.96314-2
German People's Party 30,0851.75126,1642.8467-5
Christian Social Party 28,6991.67014,7321.60110
German Workers' Party 22,8211.3318,9360.9723+3
Pan-German Unification17,1401.00110,7391.1723+1
German Independents6,7590.3922+2
Free Socialists6,2630.3606,1580.6711-1
Paper candidates5,8860.34000
Polish Nation
Polish Social Democratic Party 14,3780.8416,0590.6601-1
Polish People's Party 9,6280.5606,1020.6611+1
Polish Clerical Party6,0390.35110
Polish Pro-German Party2,8320.16000
Jewish Nation
Jewish National Party720.00000
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes3,4350.20900.01
Total1,717,263100.0097919,727100.00971940
Valid votes1,717,26399.80919,72797.95
Invalid/blank votes3,4350.2019,2202.05
Total votes1,720,698100.00938,947100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,070,38983.111,160,72380.89
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 allianceFirst roundSecond roundTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Czech Nation
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party 244,80422.0112107,91319.58214-3
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party 208,06118.717141,64125.702229+6
National accord [4] Czech National Social Party 77,2096.94818,5893.37412+6
National Liberal Party 62,6185.631020,5473.73414-1
National Party 2,8030.2511-1
Total142,63012.821939,1367.10827+4
Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia 60,4155.43042,4237.7000-7
Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party 21,4761.93210,9751.9924+1
Czech Independents8,0240.7206,2351.13110
Paper candidates3,0390.27000
Czech Progressive Party 1,4190.1300-1
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria 2100.02000
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria 171,06215.38978,48214.2409-7
German Agrarian Party78,7217.08457,15210.371115-1
German Radical Party 77,9937.01833,5456.09816+5
German Progressive Party22,9162.0643,0620.5615-1
German Workers' Party 18,1661.6314,3330.7912+2
Pan-German Unification17,0531.53110,7391.9523+1
Christian Social Party 10,2430.9204,2760.7811+1
German Independents6,7590.6122+2
Free Socialists6,2630.5606,1581.1210
Paper candidates5,8860.53000
German People's Party 5,1610.4605,1610.9411-2
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes1,9490.18
Total1,112,250100.0069551,231100.00611290
Valid votes1,112,25099.62551,23199.13
Invalid/blank votes4,2950.384,8450.87
Total votes1,116,545100.00556,076100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,435,43977.78746,65974.48
Source: ANNO

Results for Moravia

PartyFirst roundSecond roundTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Czech Nation
Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia124,39125.76573,23024.2127-3
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party 83,00717.19259,36119.62911+6
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party 79,87716.54063,42720.9766+2
People's Progressive Party in Moravia40,1738.32038,98212.8944-2
Moravian National Party6,5221.3506,5222.1600-3
Czech Progressive Party 5,1841.07110
Czech National Social Party 4,4220.9204,4221.4611+1
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria 7220.15000
Czech Independents1620.0300-1
Paper candidates270.01000
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria 35,5417.36013,8924.5900-3
German Progressive Party32,5736.7463,5951.1917-1
German Radical Party 21,1444.38117,0075.6245+4
German People's Party 17,4363.61113,5154.4734-2
German Agrarian Party15,5253.2133+3
Christian Social Party 14,8593.0808,5732.8300-1
Pan-German Unification600.01000
German Workers' Party 520.01000
Jewish Nation
Jewish National Party720.01000
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes1,1790.2400.00
Total482,928100.0019302,526100.0030490
Valid votes482,92898.05302,52695.92
Invalid/blank votes9,6141.9512,8554.08
Total votes492,542100.00315,381100.00
Registered voters/turnout548,00089.88342,15792.17
Source: ANNO

Results for Silesia

PartyFirst roundSecond roundTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Czech Nation
Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party 12,31110.0809,59414.560-2
Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party 10,2928.43010,29215.6222+2
Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria 8,1806.7011+1
National Party in Silesia1,8931.5500-1
German Nation
Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria 22,13618.13113,97621.2101-1
German Agrarian Party9,5437.8213,7225.6512+1
German People's Party 7,4886.1307,48811.3722-1
German Progressive Party6,6215.4212,1623.28120
German Workers' Party 4,6033.7704,6036.9911+1
Christian Social Party 3,5972.9501,8832.86000
German Radical Party 2,2101.81110
Pan-German Unification270.02000
Polish Nation
Polish Social Democratic Party 14,37811.7816,0599.2001-1
Polish People's Party 9,6287.8906,1029.2611+1
Polish Clerical Party6,0394.95110
Polish Pro-German Party2,8322.32000
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes3070.2500.00
Total122,085100.00765,881100.008150
Valid votes122,08598.4665,88197.74
Invalid/blank votes1,9051.541,5202.26
Total votes123,990100.0067,401100.00
Registered voters/turnout132,91993.2871,90793.73
Source: ANNO

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