1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands

1911 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands
194 of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council
Turnout	1,720,698 (83.11%)

Legislative elections to elect members of the Cisleithanian Imperial Council were held in the Czech lands over several days in June and July 1911.^[1] The Czech lands (Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia and the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia) elected 194 out of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council.

This was the second election under universal male suffrage and it was won by the Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party (the German Agrarian Party was also successful). Czech National Social Party and other German nationalist parties also gained support; by contrast the election meant losses for Catholic parties.^[2]

The election was the last before the dissolution of the empire as a result of World War I. In 1918, the election result was used as a key to the composition of the Revolutionary National Assembly, the provisional parliament of Czechoslovakia up to the 1920 election.^[3]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	340,122	19.81	25	+1
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	298,230	17.37	37	+10
	Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia	124,391	7.24	7	-3
	Czech National Social Party	81,631	4.75	13	+7
	National Liberal Party	62,618	3.65	14	-1
	Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia	60,415	3.52	0	-7
	People's Progressive Party in Moravia	40,173	2.34	4	-2
	Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party	21,476	1.25	4	+1
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria	9,112	0.53	1	+1
	Czech Independents	8,186	0.48	1	0
	Czech Progressive Party	6,603	0.38	1	-1
	Moravian National Party	6,522	0.38	0	-3
	Paper candidates	3,066	0.18	0	0
	National Party	2,803	0.16	1	-1
	National Party in Silesia	1,893	0.11	0	-1
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	228,739	13.32	10	-11
	German Agrarian Party	103,789	6.04	20	+3
	German Radical Party	101,347	5.90	22	+9
	German Progressive Party	62,110	3.62	14	-2
	German People's Party	30,085	1.75	7	-5
	Christian Social Party	28,699	1.67	1	0
	German Workers' Party	22,821	1.33	3	+3
	Pan-German Unification	17,140	1.00	3	+1
	German Independents	6,759	0.39	2	+2
	Free Socialists	6,263	0.36	1	-1
	Paper candidates	5,886	0.34	0	0
Polish Nation
	Polish Social Democratic Party	14,378	0.84	1	-1
	Polish People's Party	9,628	0.56	1	+1
	Polish Clerical Party	6,039	0.35	1	0
	Polish Pro-German Party	2,832	0.16	0	0
Jewish Nation
	Jewish National Party	72	0.00	0	0
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes		3,435	0.20	–	–
Total		1,717,263	100.00	194	0

Valid votes		1,717,263	99.80
Invalid/blank votes		3,435	0.20
Total votes		1,720,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,070,389	83.11
Source: ANNO

Vote share

Czech Social Democrats			19.8%
Czech Agrarians			17.4%
German Social Democrats			13.3%
Moravian Catholic parties			7.2%
German Agrarians			6.0%
German Radicals			5.9%
Czech National Social Party			4.8%
Ýoung Czechs			3.7%
German Progressives			3.6%
Czech Christian Socials			3.5%
Moravian People's Progressives			2.3%
Others			12.5%

Results for Bohemia


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	244,804	22.01	14	-3
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	208,061	18.71	29	+6
	Czech National Social Party	77,209	6.94	12	+6
	National Liberal Party	62,618	5.63	14	-1
	Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia	60,415	5.43	0	-7
	Czech Constitutionalist Progressive Party	21,476	1.93	4	+1
	Czech Independents	8,024	0.72	1	0
	Paper candidates	3,039	0.27	0	0
	National Party	2,803	0.25	1	-1
	Czech Progressive Party	1,419	0.13	0	-1
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria	210	0.02	0	0
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	171,062	15.38	9	-7
	German Agrarian Party	78,721	7.08	15	-1
	German Radical Party	77,993	7.01	16	+5
	German Progressive Party	22,916	2.06	5	-1
	German Workers' Party	18,166	1.63	2	+2
	Pan-German Unification	17,053	1.53	3	+1
	Christian Social Party	10,243	0.92	1	+1
	German Independents	6,759	0.61	2	+2
	Free Socialists	6,263	0.56	1	0
	Paper candidates	5,886	0.53	0	0
	German People's Party	5,161	0.46	1	-2
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes		1,949	0.18	–	–
Total		1,112,250	100.00	130	0

Valid votes		1,112,250	99.62
Invalid/blank votes		4,295	0.38
Total votes		1,116,545	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,435,439	77.78
Source: ANNO

Results for Moravia


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia	124,391	25.76	7	-3
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	83,007	17.19	11	+6
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	79,877	16.54	6	+2
	People's Progressive Party in Moravia	40,173	8.32	4	-2
	Moravian National Party	6,522	1.35	0	-3
	Czech Progressive Party	5,184	1.07	1	0
	Czech National Social Party	4,422	0.92	1	+1
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria	722	0.15	0	0
	Czech Independents	162	0.03	0	-1
	Paper candidates	27	0.01	0	0
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	35,541	7.36	0	-3
	German Progressive Party	32,573	6.74	7	-1
	German Radical Party	21,144	4.38	5	+4
	German People's Party	17,436	3.61	4	-2
	German Agrarian Party	15,525	3.21	3	+3
	Christian Social Party	14,859	3.08	0	-1
	Pan-German Unification	60	0.01	0	0
	German Workers' Party	52	0.01	0	0
Jewish Nation
	Jewish National Party	72	0.01	0	0
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes		1,179	0.24	–	–
Total		482,928	100.00	49	0

Valid votes		482,928	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		9,614	1.95
Total votes		492,542	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		548,000	89.88
Source: ANNO

Results for Silesia


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Nation
	Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party	12,311	10.08	0	-2
	Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party	10,292	8.43	2	+2
	Czech Social Democratic Party in Austria	8,180	6.70	1	+1
	National Party in Silesia	1,893	1.55	0	-1
German Nation
	Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria	22,136	18.13	1	-1
	German Agrarian Party	9,543	7.82	2	+1
	German People's Party	7,488	6.13	2	-1
	German Progressive Party	6,621	5.42	2	0
	German Workers' Party	4,603	3.77	1	+1
	Christian Social Party	3,597	2.95	0	0
	German Radical Party	2,210	1.81	1	0
	Pan-German Unification	27	0.02	0	0
Polish Nation
	Polish Social Democratic Party	14,378	11.78	1	-1
	Polish People's Party	9,628	7.89	1	+1
	Polish Clerical Party	6,039	4.95	1	0
	Polish Pro-German Party	2,832	2.32	0	0
Unknown or split
Unknown or split votes		307	0.25	–	–
Total		122,085	100.00	15	0

Valid votes		122,085	98.46
Invalid/blank votes		1,905	1.54
Total votes		123,990	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		132,919	93.28
Source: ANNO

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook^{[permanent dead link]}, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Urban, Otto (1982). Czech Society 1848-1918 (in Czech). Prague: Svoboda. p. 548-549.
^ Kárník, Zdeněk (2000). Czech lands in the era of the First Republic (Part One) (in Czech). Prague: Libri. p. 63-64. ISBN 80-7277-027-6.

[1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook^{[permanent dead link]}, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] Urban, Otto (1982). Czech Society 1848-1918 (in Czech). Prague: Svoboda. p. 548-549.

[3] Kárník, Zdeněk (2000). Czech lands in the era of the First Republic (Part One) (in Czech). Prague: Libri. p. 63-64. ISBN 80-7277-027-6.

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