1930 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 November 1930.^[1] The Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest faction in the National Council, with 72 of the 165 seats, but the Christian Social Party (with 66 seats) formed a new coalition government with Otto Ender as Chancellor. Voter turnout was 90%.^[2]

1930 Austrian legislative election

← 1927 9 November 1930 1945 →
165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Karl Seitz Karl Vaugoin Party SPÖ CS Last election 42.28%, 71 seats 48.24%, 85 (EL) Seats won 72 66 Seat change 1 19 Popular vote 1,517,146 1,314,956 Percentage 41.14% 35.65% Swing 1.14pp 12.41pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Franz Dinghofer Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg Party GDVP–LB HB Last election 6.32%, 9 (LB) – Seats won 19 8 Seat change 10 New Popular vote 428,255 227,401 Percentage 11.61% 6.17% Swing 5.28pp New
Results by state
Chancellor before election Karl Vaugoin CS Elected Chancellor Otto Ender CS

This was the last parliamentary election to take place in the period of the First Austrian Republic. A series of socialist-fascist clashes in 1934 was followed by the authoritarian Federal State of Austria and eventual Anschluss in 1938 with Nazi Germany.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,517,146	41.14	72	+1
	Christian Social Party	1,314,956	35.65	66	–
	National Economy Bloc (GDVP–LB)	428,255	11.61	19	–
	Homeland Bloc	227,401	6.17	8	New
	German National Socialist Workers' Party	111,627	3.03	0	0
	Landbund for Austria	43,689	1.18	0	–
	Communist Party of Austria	20,951	0.57	0	0
	Austrian People's Party	14,980	0.41	0	New
	Democratic Centre Party	6,719	0.18	0	New
	Jewish List	2,133	0.06	0	New
	Kaiser Loyalty People's Party	157	0.00	0	New
	National Democratic Association	54	0.00	0	New
Total		3,688,068	100.00	165	0
Valid votes		3,688,068	99.24
Invalid/blank votes		28,098	0.76
Total votes		3,716,166	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,121,282	90.17
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Results by province

Province	Votes	SDAPÖ	CS	GDVP–LB	HB	DNSAP	LB	KPÖ	ÖVP	DCP	JL	KLPP	NDA
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Vienna	1,192,672	58.98	23.72	10.43	2.21	2.31	0	0.89	0.71	0.56	0.18	0.01	0
Lower Austria	818,302	35.63	44.13	8.58	6.62	4.2	0	0.5	0.34	0	0	0	0
Upper Austria	479,285	28.37	45.42	7.29	8.29	2.41	7.71	0.25	0.27	0	0	0	0
Salzburg	123,152	29.96	41.52	12.69	5.73	3.69	5.49	0.61	0.30	0	0	0	0
Tyrol	176,843	21.99	54.97	12.34	9.28	1.24	0	0.17	0	0	0	0	0
Voralberg	77,516	20.92	56.79	20.94	0	1.14	0	0.22	0	0	0	0	0
Styria	510,164	34.38	32.52	16.51	12.48	3.42	0	0.39	0.31	0	0	0	0
Carinthia	175,640	38.73	22.54	22.38	8.47	6.90	0	0.66	0.32	0	0	0	0
Burgenland	134,494	37.75	41.23	16.01	3.80	0.75	0	0.47	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3,688,068	41.14	35.65	11.61	6.17	3.03	1.18	0.57	0.41	0.18	0.06	0.00	0.00
Source: Statistische Nachrichten : Sonderheft. Die Nationalratswahlen vom 9. November 1930, 12.[3]

References

1. Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p213
3. "Sonderheft der Statistischen Nachrichten 9 November 1930" (PDF). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022.