1920 Austrian legislative election

1920 Austrian legislative election

17 October 1920
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	80.27%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Mayr Karl Seitz Franz Dinghofer Party CS SDAPÖ GDVP Last election 35.93%, 69 seats 40.75%, 72 seats – Seats won 85 69 21 Seat change 16 3 New Popular vote 1,245,531 1,072,709 390,013 Percentage 41.79% 35.99% 13.08% Swing 5.86 pp 4.76 pp New
Chancellor before election Michael Mayr CS Elected Chancellor Michael Mayr CS

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.

The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 85 of the 183 seats.^[3] Voter turnout was 80%.^[4]

Results

Following the election, a coalition was formed between the CS and GDVP.

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

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p185
3. 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.
4. Nohlen, p212
5. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan