1930 Austrian legislative election

1930 Austrian legislative election

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165 seats in the National Council of Austria
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 Increase 1 Decrease 19
Popular vote 1,517,146 1,314,956
Percentage 41.14% 35.65%
Swing Decrease1.14pp Decrease12.41pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Franz Dinghofer Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Party GDVPLB HB
Last election 6.32%, 9 (LB)
Seats won 19 8
Seat change Increase 10 New
Popular vote 428,255 227,401
Percentage 11.61% 6.17%
Swing Increase5.28pp New

Results by state

Chancellor before election

Karl Vaugoin
CS

Elected Chancellor

Otto Ender
CS

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 November 1930.[1] 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%.[2]

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.

  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