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Austrian legislative election, 1920 Turnout 3,011,783 (80.3%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Michael Mayr
Karl Seitz
Party
CS
SDAPÖ
GDVP
Last election
69 seats, 35.9%
72 seats, 40.8%
Seats won
85
69
28
Seat change
16
3
Popular vote
1,245,531
1,072,709
390,013
Percentage
41.8%
36.0%
13.1%
Swing
5.9%
4.8%
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] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party , which won 85 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 80.3%.[ 3]
Results
colspanParty
Votes
%
Seats
+/−
Christian Social Party
1,245,531
41.8
85
+16
Social Democratic Party
1,072,709
36.0
69
−3
Greater German People's Party
390,013
13.1
21
New
Landbund
124,114
4.2
7
New
Civic Workers' Party
42,826
1.4
1
New
Democrats
0
0
Burgenland Citizens' and Farmers' Party
0
New
Communist Party of Austria
27,386
0.9
0
New
Socialist and Democratic Czechoslovakians
7,580
0.3
0
−1
Christian National Unity List
70,169
2.4
0
New
Jewish National Party
0
−1
Carinthian Slovenes
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
31,455
–
–
−
Total
3,011,783
100
183
+13
Source: Mackie & Rose,[ 4] Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
CS
41.79%
SDAP
35.99%
DN
17.25%
Other
4.97%
References
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p185
^ Nohlen, p212
^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History , Macmillan