Austrian legislative election, 1923

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Austrian legislative election, 1923
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All 165 seats in the National Council
83 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 3,350,855

 First partySecond partyThird party
  Wenzl Weis - Ignaz Seipel.jpg Der neue Prasident der deutschosterreichischen Nationalversammlung (Karl Seitz) 1919 WIZ C. Pietzner.png Franz Dinghofer.jpg
Leader Ignaz Seipel Karl Seitz Franz Dinghofer
Party CS SDAPÖ GDVP
Leader since31 May 19228 August 1920
Last election85 seats, 41.79%69 seats, 35.99%21 seats, 13.08%
Seats won826810
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 11
Popular vote1,459,0471,311,870259,379
Percentage44.05%39.60%7.83%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.26%Increase2.svg 3.61%Decrease2.svg 5.25%
Chancellor before election

Ignaz Seipel
CS

Elected Chancellor

Ignaz Seipel
CS

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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] Voter turnout was 87.0%. [2]

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.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Christian Social Party 1,459,04744.182–3
Social Democratic Party 1,311,87039.668–1
Association of the Greater German People's Party and Landbund 259,3757.810–
Landbund 99,5833.05−2
Carinthian Unity List95,4652.90New
Jewish Electoral Group24,9700.80New
Communist Party of Austria 22,1640.700
Middle Class Democratic Party18,8860.60New
Party of the Carinthian Slovenes9,8680.300
Czechoslovakian Minority Party7,5800.20New
Croatian Party2,5570.10New
Kaiser Loyalty People's Party1,2350.00New
Federation of all Workers60.00New
Invalid/blank votes38,249–––
Total3,350,855100165–18
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
CS
 
44.05%
SDAP
 
39.60%
GdP/LB
 
7.83%
LB
 
3.01%
EL
 
2.88%
Other
 
3.33%
Parliamentary seats
CS
 
49.70%
SDAP
 
41.21%
GdP/LB
 
6.06%
LB
 
3.03%

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p219 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p212


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