1920 Austrian legislative election

{{Short description|none}} {{Infobox election | country = Austria | type = parliamentary | previous_election = 1919 Austrian Constituent Assembly election | previous_year = 1919 | next_election = 1923 Austrian legislative election | next_year = 1923 | seats_for_election = All 183 seats in the National Council | majority_seats = 92 | election_date = 17 October 1920 | turnout = 80.27% | image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Michael Mayr.jpg | leader1 = Michael Mayr | party1 = Christian Social Party (Austria) | last_election1 = 35.93%, 69 seats | seats1 = 85 | seat_change1 = {{increase}} 16 | popular_vote1 = 1,245,531 | percentage1 = 41.79% | swing1 = {{increase}}5.86 pp

| image2 = Der neue Präsident der deutschösterreichischen Nationalversammlung (Karl Seitz) 1919 WIZ C. Pietzner.png | leader2 = Karl Seitz | party2 = Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria | last_election2 = 40.75%, 72 seats | seats2 = 69 | seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 3 | popular_vote2 = 1,072,709 | percentage2 = 35.99% | swing2 = {{decrease}}4.76 pp

| image3 = Franz_Dinghofer.jpg | leader3 = {{nowrap|Franz Dinghofer}} | party3 = Greater German People's Party | last_election3 = – | seats3 = 21 | seat_change3 = ''New'' | popular_vote3 = 390,013 | percentage3 = 13.08% | swing3 = ''New''

| map_image = | map_size = | map_caption = | title = Chancellor | before_election = Michael Mayr | before_party = Christian Social Party (Austria) | after_election = Michael Mayr | after_party = Christian Social Party (Austria) }}{{Politics of Austria}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 October 1920,<ref>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p196 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> although they were not held in Carinthia until 19 June 1921 and in Burgenland until 18 June 1922.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p185</ref> They were the first regular elections held after a permanent constitution was promulgated two weeks earlier.

The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 85 of the 183 seats.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Graham|first=Malbone W.|date=1930|title=Foreign Governments and Politics: The Constitutional Crisis in Austria|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1946794|journal=The American Political Science Review|volume=24|issue=1|pages=144–157|doi=10.2307/1946794|jstor=1946794|s2cid=147532651 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Voter turnout was 80%.<ref>Nohlen, p212</ref>

==Results== Following the election, a coalition was formed between the CS and GDVP. {{Election results |party1=Christian Social Party|votes1=1245531|seats1=85|sc1=+16 |party2=Social Democratic Workers' Party|votes2=1072709|seats2=69|sc2=−3 |party3=Greater German People's Party|votes3=390013|seats3=21|sc3=New |party4=Landbund|votes4=124114|seats4=7|sc4=New |party5=Civic Workers' Party|votes5=42826|vspan5=3|seats5=1|sc5=New |party6=Democrats|votes6=|seats6=0|sc6=0 |party7=Burgenland Citizens' and Farmers' Party|votes7=|seats7=0|sc7=New |party8=Communist Party of Austria|votes8=27386|seats8=0|sc8=New |party9=Socialist and Democratic Czechoslovaks|votes9=7580|seats9=0|sc9=−1 |party10=Christian National Unity List|votes10=70169|vspan10=3|seats10=0|sc10=New |party11=Jewish National Party|votes11=|seats11=0|sc11=−1 |party12=Carinthian Slovenes|votes12=|seats12=0|sc12=New |invalid=31455 |electorate=3752212 |total_sc=+13 |source=Mackie & Rose,<ref>Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan</ref> Nohlen & Stöver |image=File:1920 Austrian Nationalrat.svg}}

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