1923 Austrian legislative election

1923 Austrian legislative election

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All 165 seats in the National Council 83 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.05%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ignaz Seipel Karl Seitz Franz Dinghofer Party CS SDAPÖ GDVP Last election 41.79%, 85 seats 35.99%, 69 seats 13.08%, 21 seats Seats won 82 68 10 Seat change 3 1 11 Popular vote 1,459,047 1,311,870 259,379 Percentage 44.05% 39.60% 7.83% Swing 2.26 pp 3.61 pp 5.25 pp
Chancellor before election Ignaz Seipel CS Elected Chancellor Ignaz Seipel CS

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 21 October 1923. The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 82 of the 165 seats. ^{[1] [2]} Voter turnout was 87.0%. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social Party	1,459,047	44.05	82	–3
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,311,870	39.60	68	–1
	Greater German People's Party–Landbund	259,375	7.83	10	–11
	Landbund	99,583	3.01	5	−2
	Carinthian Unity List (CS–GdP)	95,465	2.88	0	New
	Jewish Electoral Group	24,970	0.75	0	New
	Communist Party of Austria	22,164	0.67	0	0
	Middle Class Democratic Party	18,886	0.57	0	New
	Party of the Carinthian Slovenes	9,868	0.30	0	0
	Czechoslovak Minority Party	7,580	0.23	0	New
	Croatian Party	2,557	0.08	0	New
	Kaiser Loyalty People's Party	1,235	0.04	0	New
	Federation of all Workers	6	0.00	0	New
Total		3,312,606	100.00	165	–18
Valid votes		3,312,606	98.86
Invalid/blank votes		38,249	1.14
Total votes		3,350,855	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,849,484	87.05
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p219 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Graham, Malbone W. (1930). "Foreign Governments and Politics: The Constitutional Crisis in Austria" . The American Political Science Review. 24 (1): 144–157. doi:10.2307/1946794. JSTOR   1946794.
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p212