1921 Sopron plebiscite

1921 plebiscite in nine Hungarian settlements on joining Austria gov November 2022 December 2022 Hungary 1915 1921 12 14 1921 12 16 y Austria Hungary 8,227 15,334 512 26,879 Stimmzettel Sopron.jpg Ballot paper with the seal of the Entente commission Sopron Plebiscite Map.svg 250 Results by Municipality #CE2939 Austria#477050 Hungary The Sopron area plebiscite took place on 14–16 December 1921. In the plebiscite, the residents of an area of 257 km2, comprising Sopron and eight surrounding settlements, voted on whether to remain in Hungary or to join Austria. After World War I, that was the only plebiscite concerning disputed borders on territory of the former Kingdom of Hungary that was permitted by the Entente.Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939: Hungary, 2v, Volume 5, Part 1 of Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939 Seeds of conflict Kraus Reprint 1973 69 https://books.google.com/books?id=zQxWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22only+plebiscite%22+SopronRichard C. Hall War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia ABC-CLIO 2014 309 9781610690317 https://books.google.com/books?id=wy3TBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA309 The Uprising in West Hungary was the reason to hold the plebiscite. thumb|300px|Sopron plebiscite, British, French and Italian officers arrive to control the voting districts and oversee the polling stations on 14 December, 1921 Participant settlements The following settlements participated in the plebiscite. The Hungarian names are given, with their German counterparts in brackets: Ágfalva (Agendorf) Balf (Wolfs) Fertőboz (Holling) Fertőrákos (Kroisbach) Harka (Harkau) Kópháza (Kohlnhof) Nagycenk (Zinkendorf) Sopron (Ödenburg) Sopronbánfalva (Wandorf) Results 26,879 people were eligible to vote in the plebiscite. 24,063 of them voted. 15,534 voted for Hungary, while 8,227 voted for Austria. 512 ballots were invalid. 18,904 residents of Sopron had the right to vote in the plebiscite. (At the time of the plebiscite Sopron had 37,509 residents.) Here, with a turnout of 89.2%, a large majority (72.7%) voted for Hungary. However, in the 8 villages, the support for Austria was greater, with 5 villages voting for Austria. Only Nagycenk, Fertőboz and Kópháza voted for Hungary. SettlementEligiblevotersTotal votesInvalidFor Austria%For Hungary%Sopron / Brennbergbánya18,99417,2983514,62027.212,32772.8Ágfalva1,1488481868282.214817.8Harka668581951790.4559.6Fertőboz349342117422.325777.7Kópháza9488133024330.055070.0Fertőrákos1,5251,3703381260.752539.3Sopronbánfalva1,5381,1773592581.021719.0Balf6685951734960.422939.6Nagycenk1,0411,039850.51,02699.5TotalZahlen nach: Oskar Helmer: 40 Jahre Burgenland. Ein Land wählt die Freiheit. Wiener Volksbuchhandlung, Wien 1961, S. 50.26,87924,0635128,22734.915,33465.1 References Category:Referendums in Hungary Category:Border polls Category:1921 referendums Category:Aftermath of World War I in Hungary Category:December 1921 in Europe Plebiscite