1923 Austrian legislative election

1923 Austrian legislative election
	21 October 1923
All 165 seats in the National Council; 83 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	87.05%
Chancellor before election; Ignaz Seipel; CS	Elected Chancellor ; Ignaz Seipel; CS

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][2] Voter turnout was 87.0%.[3]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social Party	1,459,047	44.05	82	–3
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,311,870	39.60	68	–1
	Greater German People's Party–Landbund	259,375	7.83	10	–
	Landbund	99,583	3.01	5	−2
	Carinthian Unity List (CS–GdP)	95,465	2.88	0	New
	Jewish Electoral Group	24,970	0.75	0	New
	Communist Party of Austria	22,164	0.67	0	0
	Middle Class Democratic Party	18,886	0.57	0	New
	Party of the Carinthian Slovenes	9,868	0.30	0	0
	Czechoslovakian Minority Party	7,580	0.23	0	New
	Croatian Party	2,557	0.08	0	New
	Kaiser Loyalty People's Party	1,235	0.04	0	New
	Federation of all Workers	6	0.00	0	New
Total		3,312,606	100.00	165	–18

Valid votes		3,312,606	98.86
Invalid/blank votes		38,249	1.14
Total votes		3,350,855	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,849,484	87.05
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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

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

[2] 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.

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p212