1907 Cisleithanian legislative election

Austro-Hungarian election in Austria Austrian Empire empire parliamentary Cisleithanian legislative election, 1900-01 1901 1911 Cisleithanian legislative election 1911 All 516 seats in the Imperial Council 259 14 & 23 May 1907 4,676,350 (84.60%) 130x130px Ludwig_Grillich7.jpg Karl Lueger Christian Social Party (Austria) Christian Social Union 25 seats, 27.45% 65 40 542,505 11.73% 15.72pp 000000 Victor Adler (ca 1900).jpg Victor Adler SDAP Club of German Social Democrats 12 seats, 23.39% 50 38 513,219 11.12% 12.27pp 3x4.svg DKP Christian Social Union 28 seats, 0.80% 31 3 193,753 4.20% 3.40pp 000080 Chiari Karl.png Karl von Chiari DVP German National Association 51 seats, 6.56% 29 22 131,474 2.85% 3.71pp FDBB30 Josef Žďárský Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants Club of Bohemian Agrarians 2 seats, 0.09% 27 25 206,784 4.48% 4.39pp Němec Antonín.png Antonín Němec Czech Social Democratic Party Club of Bohemian Social Democrats Stood With SDAP 23 New 389,960 8.45% 8.45pp Minister-President of Cisleithania Max Wladimir von Beck Independent (politician) Max Wladimir von Beck Independent (politician) Legislative elections were held in Cisleithania, the northern and western ("Austrian") crown lands of Austria-Hungary, on 14 and 23 May 1907 to elect the members of the 11th Imperial Council.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 978-3-8329-5609-7Howe Philip J. Szöcsik Edina Zuber Christina I. 2021 Nationalism, Class, and Status: How Nationalists Use Policy Offers and Group Appeals to Attract a New Electorate Comparative Political Studies 55 5 832–868 en 10.1177/00104140211036033 0010-4140 free They were the first elections held under universal male suffrage, after an electoral reform abolishing tax paying requirements for voters had been adopted by the council and was endorsed by Emperor Franz Joseph earlier in the year.Nohlen & Stöver, p184Jenks William Alexander https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7312/jenk93108/html The Austrian Electoral Reform of 1907 1950 Columbia University Press 978-0-231-89205-6 en 10.7312/jenk93108 However, seat allocations were based on tax revenues from the States. thumb|right|Opening session of the House of Deputies, 17 June 1907 Electoral system Under the shadow of the Russian Revolution of 1905 and large-scale demonstrations organized by the Social Democrats, the emperor to placate the public had a reform of the former five-class suffrage system, drafted by Minister-President Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn. His successor, Baron Max Wladimir von Beck, pushed it through against fierce resistance from the Austrian House of Lords and the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Elections in the constituencies of "the Kingdoms and Lands represented in the Imperial Council" were held according to a two-round system. If no candidate received the required absolute majority on May 14, only the two candidates receiving the most votes survived to the second round. on May 23. The 516 representatives of the constituent crown lands were thus elected, 130 from Bohemia, 106 from Galicia, 64 from Lower Austria and 49 from Moravia. The numerous political associations were again split according to ethnicity ("nations"), with a result that no government could ever rely on a stable majority. Results 1907 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Margraviate of Istria The right-wing Christian Social Party emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, holding 95 of the 516 seats, followed by the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria with 50 seats. The former won most rural constituencies in Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg. It also achieved the majority in the capital, Vienna, benefiting from the popularity of the Christian Social mayor, Karl Lueger. In the German constituencies of Bohemia and Moravia and in Carinthia, the German national parties (German People's Party etc.) did well. The Social Democrats had their strongholds in the cities other than Vienna: Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Brno and Linz. Voter turnout was 84.6%.Nohlen & Stöver, p209 Croatian Nation Croatian National Party 23482 2 –4 Party of Rights 16013 2 –1 People's Party (Anti-Resolutionist) 15683 2 New People's Party (Resolutionist) 15283 4 New Croatian Independents 6373 1 New People's Party (Democratic) 4441 0 New Croatian and Slovenian Nation Slavic Social Democratic Party 10518 1 New Czech Nation Social Democratic Party 389960 23 New Czech Agrarian Party 206784 27 +25 Catholic-National Conservative Parties in Bohemia and Moravia 182500 2 10 New Christian Social Party in Bohemia and Moravia 7 +5 Young Czech Party 116524 21 –29 Czech National Social Party 75101 6 +2 Old Czech Party 32224 5 +5 Czech Independents 15952 2 +2 Czech Realist Party 14704 2 New Czech Paper Candidates 14339 0 New Czech Radical Progressive Party 9899 2 +2 Czech National Party 9828 1 –1 Czech Progressive Constitutionalist Party 7879 1 +1 German Nation Christian Social Party 542505 65 +40 Social Democratic Party 513219 50 +38 German Conservative Party 193753 31 +3 Agrarian Party 132978 19 +16 German People's Party 131474 29 –22 German Progressive Party 103315 19 –15 Free German Party 70564 13 New Pan-German Association 20693 2 New Upper Austrian Farmers' Club 15283 0 New German-National Party 10457 0 –22 Officials' Party 5701 0 New Free Socialists 5289 1 New German Conservative Farmers' Party 4947 0 0 Independent German Radicals 4569 2 New Independent Pan-Germans 3659 0 New German Workers' Party 3486 0 New German-Christian Party 3286 0 New German Independents 2806 0 0 Social Politicians 2386 1 0 Tiroler Volksbund 1113 0 New Radical Party 785 0 New Central Industrial Committee 150 0 New Italian Nation Trentino People's Party 40943 7 New Italian National-Liberal Party 27723 3 –9 Italian Social Democratic Party 19918 5 New Italian-National Party 9673 1 –1 Italian Clerical Party 9599 2 +2 Italian Christian Social Party 8977 1 New Italian Independents 4008 0 New Italian Liberal Farmers' Association 1065 0 New Jewish Candidates Jewish National Party 31941 4 New Polish Nation Polish People's Party 165980 16 +12 Polish Conservative Party 131540 15 –39 Polish Centre Party 108247 14 New Polish National Democratic Party 104544 14 +11 Polish Social Democratic Party 65057 6 New Polish Democratic Party 45942 11 +5 Polish Christian Social Party 11210 1 0 Independent Socialists 8022 1 New Polish Agrarian Party 4971 0 0 Polish National Party 3675 0 –1 Polish Progressive Democratic Party 1684 1 0 Romanian Nation Romanian National (Defense) Party 31674 3 –2 Romanian National (Democratic) Party 15195 1 New Romanian Independents 4655 1 New Romanian Social Democratic Party 823 0 New Ruthenian Nation Ukrainian National Democratic Party–Young Ruthenian Party 304410 20 +19 Russian National Party 162663 5 +2 Ukrainian Radical Party 105118 5 +3 Ukrainian Social Democratic Party 27978 2 New Serbian Nation Serb People's Party 7808 2 0 Serbian Independents 3975 0 New Slovenian Nation Slovene Clerical Party 48431 8 –3 Slovene People's Party 48175 10 New Slovene Liberal Party 23292 3 –2 Slovenian National Party 16830 2 +2 Slovene Social Democratic Party 13189 0 New Slovenian National-Progressive Party 10921 1 New Slovenian Pro-German Party 6001 0 0 Slovenian Agrarian Party 1309 0 0 Slovenian Independents 873 0 New Unknown or split Unknown or split votes 39416 – – 58990 +91 5526203 ANNOhttps://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=ors&datum=0084&pos=320 ÖNB-ANNO - Österreichische Statistik, 1880- October 24, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191024091026/https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=ors&datum=0084&pos=320 24 October 2019 By parliamentary grouping Grouping Christian Social Union 96 +71 Poland Club 55 –10 German National Association 51 New Club of German Social Democrats 50 +39 Club of Bohemian Agrarians 30 +24 Bohemian Club 25 –19 Ruthenian Club 25 +17 Club of Bohemian Social Democrats 24 New Association of Yugoslavians 20 –5 Catholic-National Party 17 New Slovenian Club 17 New Polish People's Party 16 +11 German Progressive Union 15 –12 German Radical Group 13 New Bohemian National Social Club 11 New Italian People's Party 10 New Club of Polish Social Democrats 6 New Group of Italian Social Democrats 5 New Romanian Club 5 Steady Club of Liberal Italians 4 New Jewish Club 4 New Pan-German Group 3 –5 Representation of Ruthenian-Ukrainian Social Democrats 2 New Independents 12 –20 +91 ANNO See also List of political parties in Austria 1907 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands 1907 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Kingdom of Dalmatia 1907 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Margraviate of Istria References External links left Cisleithania Category:Legislative elections in Cisleithania Cisleithania Cisleithania