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%
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

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

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[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