1930 Austrian legislative election

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1930 Austrian legislative election
Flag of Austria.svg
  1927 9 November 1930 1945  

All 165 seats in the National Council
83 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Der neue Prasident der deutschosterreichischen Nationalversammlung (Karl Seitz) 1919 WIZ C. Pietzner.png Carl Vaugoin.jpg
Leader Karl Seitz Karl Vaugoin
Party SPÖ CS
Last election42.28%, 71 seats48.24%, 85 (EL)
Seats won7266
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 19
Popular vote1,517,1461,314,956
Percentage41.14%35.65%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.14 pp Decrease2.svg 12.41 pp

 Third partyFourth party
  Franz Dinghofer.jpg Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13026, Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg.jpg
LeaderFranz Dinghofer Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Party GDVPLB HB
Last election6.32%, 9 (LB)
Seats won198
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10New
Popular vote428,255227,401
Percentage11.61%6.17%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.28 pp New

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Results by state

Chancellor before election

Karl Vaugoin
CS

Elected Chancellor

Otto Ender
CS

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 November 1930. [1] The Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest faction in the National Council, with 72 of the 165 seats, but the Christian Social Party (with 66 seats) formed a new coalition government with Otto Ender as Chancellor. Voter turnout was 90%. [2]

This was the last parliamentary election to take place in the period of the First Austrian Republic. A series of socialist-fascist clashes in 1934 was followed by the authoritarian Federal State of Austria and eventual Anschluss in 1938 with Nazi Germany.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Workers' Party 1,517,14641.1472+1
Christian Social Party 1,314,95635.6566
National Economy Bloc (GDVPLB)428,25511.6119
Homeland Bloc 227,4016.178New
German National Socialist Workers' Party 111,6273.0300
Landbund for Austria 43,6891.180
Communist Party of Austria 20,9510.5700
Austrian People's Party14,9800.410New
Democratic Centre Party6,7190.180New
Jewish List 2,1330.060New
Kaiser Loyalty People's Party1570.000New
National Democratic Association540.000New
Total3,688,068100.001650
Valid votes3,688,06899.24
Invalid/blank votes28,0980.76
Total votes3,716,166100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,121,28290.17
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Results by province

ProvinceVotes SDAPÖ CS GDVPLB HB DNSAP LB KPÖ ÖVPDCP JL KLPPNDA
 % % % % % % % % % % % %
Vienna 1,192,67258.9823.7210.432.212.3100.890.710.560.180.010
Lower Austria 818,30235.6344.138.586.624.200.50.340000
Upper Austria 479,28528.3745.427.298.292.417.710.250.270000
Salzburg 123,15229.9641.5212.695.733.695.490.610.300000
Tyrol 176,84321.9954.9712.349.281.2400.1700000
Vorarlberg 77,51620.9256.7920.9401.1400.2200000
Styria 510,16434.3832.5216.5112.483.4200.390.310000
Carinthia 175,64038.7322.5422.388.476.9000.660.320000
Burgenland 134,49437.7541.2316.013.800.7500.4700000
Total3,688,06841.1435.6511.616.173.031.180.570.410.180.060.000.00
Source: Statistische Nachrichten : Sonderheft. Die Nationalratswahlen vom 9. November 1930, 12. [3]

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References

  1. Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p213
  3. "Sonderheft der Statistischen Nachrichten 9 November 1930" (PDF). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022.