1930 Austrian legislative election

1930 Austrian legislative election
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All 165 seats in the National Council
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Karl Seitz Karl Vaugoin
Party SPÖ CS
Last election 42.28%, 71 seats 48.24%, 85 (EL)
Seats won 72 66
Seat change 1 19
Popular vote 1,517,146 1,314,956
Percentage 41.14% 35.65%
Swing 1.14 pp 12.41 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Franz Dinghofer Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Party GDVP–LB HB
Last election 6.32%, 9 (LB) –
Seats won 19 8
Seat change 10 New
Popular vote 428,255 227,401
Percentage 11.61% 6.17%
Swing 5.28 pp New
Results by state
Chancellor before election

Karl Vaugoin
CS

Elected Chancellor

Otto Ender
CS

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 November 1930. The Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest faction in the National Council, with 72 of the 165 seats, but the Christian Social Party (with 66 seats) formed a new coalition government with Otto Ender as Chancellor. Voter turnout was 90%.

This was the last parliamentary election to take place in the period of the First Austrian Republic. A series of socialist-fascist clashes in 1934 was followed by the authoritarian Federal State of Austria and eventual Anschluss in 1938 with Nazi Germany.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Workers' Party1,517,14641.1472+1
Christian Social Party1,314,95635.6566–
National Economy Bloc (GDVP–LB)428,25511.6119–
Homeland Bloc227,4016.178New
German National Socialist Workers' Party111,6273.0300
Landbund for Austria43,6891.180–
Communist Party of Austria20,9510.5700
Austrian People's Party14,9800.410New
Democratic Centre Party6,7190.180New
Jewish List2,1330.060New
Kaiser Loyalty People's Party1570.000New
National Democratic Association540.000New
Total3,688,068100.001650
Valid votes3,688,06899.24
Invalid/blank votes28,0980.76
Total votes3,716,166100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,121,28290.17
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Results by province

Province Votes SDAPÖ CS GDVP–LB HB DNSAP LB KPÖ ÖVP DCP JL KLPP NDA
% % % % % % % % % % % %
Vienna 1,192,672 58.98 23.72 10.43 2.21 2.31 0 0.89 0.71 0.56 0.18 0.01 0
Lower Austria 818,302 35.63 44.13 8.58 6.62 4.2 0 0.5 0.34 0 0 0 0
Upper Austria 479,285 28.37 45.42 7.29 8.29 2.41 7.71 0.25 0.27 0 0 0 0
Salzburg 123,152 29.96 41.52 12.69 5.73 3.69 5.49 0.61 0.30 0 0 0 0
Tyrol 176,843 21.99 54.97 12.34 9.28 1.24 0 0.17 0 0 0 0 0
Vorarlberg 77,516 20.92 56.79 20.94 0 1.14 0 0.22 0 0 0 0 0
Styria 510,164 34.38 32.52 16.51 12.48 3.42 0 0.39 0.31 0 0 0 0
Carinthia 175,640 38.73 22.54 22.38 8.47 6.90 0 0.66 0.32 0 0 0 0
Burgenland 134,494 37.75 41.23 16.01 3.80 0.75 0 0.47 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3,688,068 41.14 35.65 11.61 6.17 3.03 1.18 0.57 0.41 0.18 0.06 0.00 0.00
Source: Statistische Nachrichten : Sonderheft. Die Nationalratswahlen vom 9. November 1930, 12.

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p213
  3. ^ "Sonderheft der Statistischen Nachrichten 9 November 1930" (PDF). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022.