1907 Cisleithanian legislative election

1907 Cisleithanian Imperial Council election

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All 516 seats in the Imperial Council
259 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,676,350 (84.60%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Karl Lueger Victor Adler
Party CS SDAP DKP
Alliance Christian Social Union Club of German Social Democrats Christian Social Union
Leader since 1893 1 January 1889
Last election 25 seats, 27.45% 12 seats, 23.39% 28 seats, 0.80%
Seats won 65 50 31
Seat change Increase 40 Increase 38 Increase 3
Popular vote 542,505 513,219 193,753
Percentage 11.73% 11.12% 4.20%
Swing Decrease 15.72% Decrease 12.27% Increase 3.40%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Otto Steinwender Josef Žďárský Antonín Němec
Party DVP RSZML ČSSD
Alliance German National Association Club of Bohemian Agrarians Club of Bohemian Social Democrats
Leader since 1896 1905 1904
Last election 51 seats, 6.56% 2 seats, 0.09% Stood With SDAP
Seats won 29 27 23
Seat change Decrease 22 Increase 25 New
Popular vote 131,474 206,784 389,960
Percentage 2.85% 4.48% 8.45%
Swing Decrease 3.71% Increase 4.39% Increase 8.45%

Minister-President of Cisleithania before election

Max Wladimir von Beck
Independent

Elected Minister-President of Cisleithania

Max Wladimir von Beck
Independent

Legislative elections were held in Cisleithania, the northern and western ("Austrian") crown lands of Austria-Hungary, on 14 and 23 May 1907 to elect the members of the 11th Imperial Council.[1][2] They were the first elections held under universal male suffrage, after an electoral reform abolishing tax paying requirements for voters had been adopted by the Council and was endorsed by Emperor Franz Joseph earlier in the year.[3][4] However, seat allocations were based on tax revenues from the States.[3]

Opening session of the House of Deputies, 17 June 1907
  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Howe, Philip J.; Szöcsik, Edina; Zuber, Christina I. (2021). "Nationalism, Class, and Status: How Nationalists Use Policy Offers and Group Appeals to Attract a New Electorate". Comparative Political Studies. doi:10.1177/00104140211036033. ISSN 0010-4140.
  3. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p184
  4. ^ Jenks, William Alexander (1950). The Austrian Electoral Reform of 1907. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/jenk93108/html. ISBN 978-0-231-89205-6.