1923 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 21 October 1923. The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 82 of the 165 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 87.0%.[2]

1923 Austrian legislative election

21 October 1923
All 165 seats in the National Council 83 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	3,350,855
Leader Ignaz Seipel Karl Seitz Franz Dinghofer Party CS SDAPÖ GDVP Leader since 31 May 1922 8 August 1920 Last election 85 seats, 41.79% 69 seats, 35.99% 21 seats, 13.08% Seats won 82 68 10 Seat change 3 1 11 Popular vote 1,459,047 1,311,870 259,379 Percentage 44.05% 39.60% 7.83% Swing 2.26% 3.61% 5.25%
Chancellor before election Ignaz Seipel CS Elected Chancellor Ignaz Seipel CS

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Christian Social Party	1,459,047	44.1	82	–3
Social Democratic Party	1,311,870	39.6	68	–1
Association of the Greater German People's Party and Landbund	259,375	7.8	10	–
Landbund	99,583	3.0	5	−2
Carinthian Unity List (CS and GdP)	95,465	2.9	0	New
Jewish Electoral Group	24,970	0.8	0	New
Communist Party of Austria	22,164	0.7	0	0
Middle Class Democratic Party	18,886	0.6	0	New
Party of the Carinthian Slovenes	9,868	0.3	0	0
Czechoslovakian Minority Party	7,580	0.2	0	New
Croatian Party	2,557	0.1	0	New
Kaiser Loyalty People's Party	1,235	0.0	0	New
Federation of all Workers	6	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	38,249	–	–	–
Total	3,350,855	100	165	–18
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote CS   44.05% SDAP   39.60% GdP/LB   7.83% LB   3.01% EL   2.88% Other   3.33%

Parliamentary seats CS   49.70% SDAP   41.21% GdP/LB   6.06% LB   3.03%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p219 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p212