Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 October 1920,[1] although they were not held in Carinthia until 19 June 1921 and in Burgenland until 18 June 1922.[2] They were the first regular elections held after a permanent constitution was promulgated two weeks earlier.
^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. S2CID 147532651.
1920, austrian, legislative, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, austria, october, 1920, although, they, were, held, carinthia, until, june, 1921, burgenland, until, june, 1922, they, were, first, regular, elections, held, after, permanent, constit. Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 October 1920 1 although they were not held in Carinthia until 19 June 1921 and in Burgenland until 18 June 1922 2 They were the first regular elections held after a permanent constitution was promulgated two weeks earlier 1920 Austrian legislative election 1919 17 October 1920 1923 All 183 seats in the National Council92 seats needed for a majorityTurnout80 27 First party Second party Third party Leader Michael Mayr Karl Seitz Franz DinghoferParty CS SDAPO GDVPLast election 35 93 69 seats 40 75 72 seats Seats won 85 69 21Seat change 16 3 NewPopular vote 1 245 531 1 072 709 390 013Percentage 41 79 35 99 13 08 Swing 5 86pp 4 76pp NewChancellor before electionMichael MayrCS Elected Chancellor Michael MayrCSThe result was a victory for the Christian Social Party which won 85 of the 183 seats 3 Voter turnout was 80 4 Results EditFollowing the election a coalition was formed between the CS and GDVP PartyVotes Seats Christian Social Party1 245 53141 7985 16Social Democratic Workers Party1 072 70935 9969 3Greater German People s Party390 01313 0921NewLandbund124 1144 167NewCivic Workers Party42 8261 441NewDemocrats00Burgenland Citizens and Farmers Party0NewCommunist Party of Austria27 3860 920NewSocialist and Democratic Czechoslovakians7 5800 250 1Christian National Unity List70 1692 350NewJewish National Party0 1Carinthian Slovenes0NewTotal2 980 328100 00183 13Valid votes2 980 32898 96Invalid blank votes31 4551 04Total votes3 011 783100 00Registered voters turnout3 752 21280 27Source Mackie amp Rose 5 Nohlen amp StoverReferences Edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p196 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p185 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 S2CID 147532651 Nohlen p212 Thomas T Mackie amp Richard Rose 1991 The International Almanac of Electoral History Macmillan nbsp This article about politics in Austria is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1920 Austrian legislative election amp oldid 1169404291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
