1927 Austrian legislative election

1927 Austrian legislative election

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All 165 seats in the National Council of Austria
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ignaz Seipel Karl Seitz Karl Hartleb
Party CSGDVP SPÖ Landbund
Last election 44.05%, 82 seats (CS) 39.60%, 68 seats 3.01%, 5 seats
Seats won 85 71 9
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 3 Increase 4
Popular vote 1,756,761 1,539,635 230,157
Percentage 48.24% 42.28% 6.32%
Swing Increase4.19pp Increase 2.68pp Increase3.31pp

Chancellor before election

Ignaz Seipel
CS

Elected Chancellor

Ignaz Seipel
CS

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1927.[1] The result was a victory for the Unity List (Einheitsliste), an alliance of the Christian Social Party and the Greater German People's Party, which won 85 of the 165 seats.[2] However this brief coalition failed to result in any larger proportion of the votes than when the CSP ran alone, losing votes to the Landbund.[3] Voter turnout was 89.3%.[4]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 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. ^ Nazism and the Working Class in Austria: Industrial Unrest and Political Dissent in the National Community. Timothy Kirk. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 9780521522694
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p213