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Political party in Austria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The German People's Party (German: Deutsche Volkspartei) was a political party in Austria.
German People's Party Deutsche Volkspartei | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Otto Steinwender[1] |
| Founded | June 1896[1] |
| Dissolved | 1920 |
| Split from | German-National Party[1] |
| Succeeded by | Greater German People's Party German National Party[2] |
| National affiliation | Deutscher Nationalverband |
In the 1907 elections the party contested seats within the Austrian part of Cisleithania, receiving 2.8% of the Austrian vote. Its vote share fell to 1.6% in the 1911 elections.[3]
After World War I the party contested the 1919 Constitutional Assembly elections, in which it received 2% of the national vote and won two seats.[4] The following year the party merged into the Greater German People's Party.
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