Austrian legislative election, 1927

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Austrian legislative election, 1927
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  1923 24 April 1927 1930  

165 seats in the National Council of Austria
83 seats needed for a majority

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Leader Ignaz Seipel Karl Seitz Karl Hartleb
Party EL SPÖ LB
Leader since31 May 1922November 191819 May 1927
Last election82, 44.05%
(As Christian Social Party)
68, 39.60%5, 3.01%
Seats won85719
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote1,756,7611,539,635230,157
Percentage48.24%42.28%6.32%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.19%Increase2.svg 2.68%Increase2.svg 3.31%

Chancellor before election

Ignaz Seipel
CS

Elected Chancellor

Ignaz Seipel
CS

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1927. [1] The result was a victory for the Unity List (Einheitsliste), an alliance of the Christian Social Party and the Greater German People's Party, which won 85 of the 165 seats. However this brief coalition failed to result in any larger proportion of the votes than when the CSP ran alone, losing votes to the Landbund. [2] Voter turnout was 89.3%. [3]

Austria Federal republic in Central Europe

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising 9 federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly 9 million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

The Christian Social Party was a major conservative political party in the Cisleithanian crown lands of Austria-Hungary and in the First Republic of Austria, from 1891 to 1934. The party was also affiliated with Austrian nationalism that sought to keep Catholic Austria out of the state of Germany founded in 1871, that it viewed as Protestant Prussian-dominated, and identified Austrians on the basis of their predominantly Catholic religious identity as opposed to the predominantly Protestant religious identity of the Prussians. It is a predecessor of the contemporary Austrian People's Party.

The Greater German People's Party was a German nationalist and national liberal political party during the First Republic of Austria, established in 1920.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Unity List1,756,76148.285
Social Democratic Party 1,539,63542.371+3
Landbund for Austria 230,1576.39+4
Udeverband - Association against Corruption35,4711.00New
National Socialist Bloc26,9910.70New
Communist Party of Austria 16,1190.400
Democratic List15,1120.400
Jewish Party10,8450.300
Party of the Carinthian Slovenes9,3340.300
Nazi Party 7790.00New
Austrian Small Business Party2510.00New
Association of Independent Citizens600.00New
Farmers and Traders of All Types Party110.00New
Invalid/blank votes35,907
Total3,677,4331001650
Registered voters/turnout4,119,62689.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
EL
48.20%
SDAP
42.31%
LB
6.33%
Other
3.16%
Parliamentary seats
EL
51.52%
SDAP
43.03%
LB
5.45%

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nazism and the Working Class in Austria: Industrial Unrest and Political Dissent in the National Community. Timothy Kirk. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN   9780521522694
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p213