Cisleithanian legislative election, 1911

Legislative elections to elect members of the Imperial Council were held in Cisleithania, the Austrian section of Austria-Hungary over several days in June and July 1911. A coalition of German national and liberal parties, the Deutscher Nationalverband, emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, holding 100 of the 516 seats. Voter turnout was 80.2%.

This was the second election under universal male suffrage, and the last before the dissolution of the empire. At that dissolution it was the German representatives that formed the first truly Austrian legislative body. In the German-speaking areas the results however were similar to the previous election of 1907, with the Christian Socials as the largest party (76 seats), followed by the Social Democrats (43) and the German People's Party (32). Both the major parties lost seats, and the parties which gained were the moderate centre and the radicals. Results varied by province, with Lower Austria providing the political base for the two largest parties. There was a wide difference between rural areas (Christian Social) and urban (Social Democrat), a split (social cleavage) that had become more evident since 1907, with the Christian Socials losing their support in the outer belt of Viennese districts. Support for the German People's party was more even. The German people's party found its support in the middle strata of Austrian society. On the other hand, industrialists rejected this party in favour of the Freisinnige group, particularly the German Progressive Party, as did the more prosperous merchants.

Amongst the non-German nationalities, the results also differed widely between nations (Pech 1989).

The original results were published in the Österreichische Statistik (Neue Folge Vol. 7, Fasc. 1).

Seats of the House of Deputies of the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Council. Situation after the November 1911 Cisleithanian legislative elections. The seats are marked by nationality.

Results

Voting

Nation	Party	Votes	%
Croatian nation	Croatian Party	33,565	0.7
	Pure Justice Party	28,254	0.6
	Croatian nationals	20,770	0.5
	Social Democratic Party	329	0.0
Czech nation	Social Democratic Party Autonomists	357,234	7.9
	Agrarian	257,717	5.7
	Catholic nationals	128,056	2.8
	Czech National Social Party	95,901	2.1
	Christian Social Party	83,124	1.8
	Young Czech Party	56,673	1.3
	Progressive People's Party	34,443	0.8
	Progressive Constitutionalists	20,881	0.5
	Old Czech Party	9,872	0.2
	Social Democratic Party Centralists	19,374	0.4
	Czech nationals	30,746	0.7
	Czech Realist Party
	Independents
	Traders Party
	Zählkandidaten
German nation	Christian Social Party	608,346	13.4
	Social Democrats	542,549	12.0
	Agrarians	106,548	2.3
	German Radicals (Free All Germans)	90,523	2.0
	German People's Party	71,882	1.6
	German Progress Party	71,114	1.6
	German-National Party	28,689	0.6
	German Workers' Party	26,670	0.6
	Upper Austria Farmers' Club	22,009	0.5
	All Germans	20,527	0.5
	German Miner and Farmers' Association	15,301	0.3
	Independents	14,934	0.3
	Conservatives	14,597	0.3
	Independent Christian Socials	10,299	0.2
	Zählkandidaten	7,569	0.2
	Central Industrial Committee	6,422	0.1
	Free Socialists	4,074	0.1
	German Conservative Farmers' Party	3,623	0.1
	Economic Political Realm Party	2,885	0.1
	Social Politicians	2,735	0.1
	German Economy Party	1,893	0.0
Italian nation	National-Liberals	41,928	0.9
	People's Party	40,543	0.9
	Social Democratic Party	23,068	0.5
	Democrats	10,367	0.2
	Independents
	Italian nationals
	Liberal Farmers' Association
Polish nation	People's Party	185,674	4.1
	Conservatives	137,199	3.0
	National Democrats	98,460	2.2
	Democrats	84,181	1.9
	Social Democratic Party	65,569	1.4
	Independents	32,028	0.8
	Centre	23,139	0.5
	Christian Social Party	21,982	0.5
	Agrarian	19,652	0.4
	Independent Socialists
	National Party
	Non-party Democrats
	Pro-German Poland
	Progressive Democrats
Ruthenian (Ukrainian) Nation	Ukrainian Party	326,955	7.2
	Russophile	128,160	2.8
	Ukrainian Radical Party	54,701	1.2
	Social Democratic Party	21,618	0.5
Serb nation	Serbs	11,460	0.3
Slovenian nation	People's Party	54,089	1.2
	Clerical	43,203	1.0
	Liberals	33,170	0.7
	Independents	39,894	0.9
	National Progressives
	Pro-German Slovenians
	Slovenian nationals
	Social Democratic Party
Romanian nation	Romanian national Party	38,408	0.8
	Independents	17,533	0.4
	Romanian national Democratic Party
None	Zionists	31,781	0.7
	Unknown	30,453
Invalid/blank votes		87,996	–
Total		4,625,082	100
Registered voters/turnout		5,767,065	80.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seats

Grouping	Seats	+/-
German National Association	100	+49
Uniform Bohemian Club	84	New
Christian Social Union	73	-23
Poland Club	70	+15
German Social Democrats	49	-1
Croatian-Slovenian Club	27	New
Bohemian Social Democrats	25	+1
Latin Union	21	New
Dalmatian Club	7	New
Polish Social Democrats	9	+3
Ukrainian Association	28	+3
Independents	23	+11
Total	516	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also

List of political parties in Austria

Bibliography

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• MANGHAM, ARTHUR NEAL. THE SOCIAL BASES OF AUSTRIAN POLITICS: THE GERMAN ELECTORAL DISTRICTS OF CISLEITHANIA, 1900-1914. Ph.D. thesis 1974