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1920 Austrian legislative election 
Summary
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.
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All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 80.27% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 85 of the 183 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 80%.[4]
Results edit
Following the election, a coalition was formed between the CS and GDVP.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Christian Social Party | 1,245,531 | 41.79 | 85 | +16 | |
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 1,072,709 | 35.99 | 69 | −3 | |
| Greater German People's Party | 390,013 | 13.09 | 21 | New | |
| Landbund | 124,114 | 4.16 | 7 | New | |
| Civic Workers' Party | 42,826 | 1.44 | 1 | New | |
| Democrats | 0 | 0 | |||
| Burgenland Citizens' and Farmers' Party | 0 | New | |||
| Communist Party of Austria | 27,386 | 0.92 | 0 | New | |
| Socialist and Democratic Czechoslovakians | 7,580 | 0.25 | 0 | −1 | |
| Christian National Unity List | 70,169 | 2.35 | 0 | New | |
| Jewish National Party | 0 | −1 | |||
| Carinthian Slovenes | 0 | New | |||
| Total | 2,980,328 | 100.00 | 183 | +13 | |
| Valid votes | 2,980,328 | 98.96 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 31,455 | 1.04 | |||
| Total votes | 3,011,783 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,752,212 | 80.27 | |||
| Source: Mackie & Rose,[5] Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, 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 & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan