1920 Austrian legislative election

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] They were the first regular elections held after a permanent constitution was promulgated two weeks earlier.

The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 85 of the 183 seats.^[3] Voter turnout was 80%.^[4]

Results

Following the election, a coalition was formed between the CS and GDVP.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p185
3. 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. S2CID 147532651.
4. Nohlen, p212
5. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan