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1907 Cisleithanian Imperial Council election Turnout 4,676,350 (84.60%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Karl Lueger
Victor Adler
Party
CS
SDAP
DKP
Alliance
Christian Social Union
Club of German Social Democrats
Christian Social Union
Leader since
1893
1 January 1889
Last election
25 seats, 27.45%
12 seats, 23.39%
28 seats, 0.80%
Seats won
65
50
31
Seat change
Popular vote
542,505
513,219
193,753
Percentage
11.73%
11.12%
4.20%
Swing
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Karl von Chiari
Josef Žďárský
Antonín Němec
Party
DVP
RSZML
ČSSD
Alliance
German National Association
Club of Bohemian Agrarians
Club of Bohemian Social Democrats
Leader since
1906
1905
1904
Last election
51 seats, 6.56%
2 seats, 0.09%
Stood With SDAP
Seats won
29
27
23
Seat change
New
Popular vote
131,474
206,784
389,960
Percentage
2.85%
4.48%
8.45%
Swing
Legislative elections were held in Cisleithania , the northern and western ("Austrian") crown lands of Austria-Hungary , on 14 and 23 May 1907 to elect the members of the 11th Imperial Council .[ 1] [ 2] universal male suffrage , after an electoral reform abolishing tax paying requirements for voters had been adopted by the Council and was endorsed by Emperor Franz Joseph earlier in the year.[ 3] [ 4] [ 3]
Opening session of the House of Deputies, 17 June 1907 Under the shadow of the Russian Revolution of 1905 and large-scale demonstrations organized by the Social Democrats , the emperor to placate the public had a reform of the former five-class suffrage system, drafted by Minister-President Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn . His successor, Baron Max Wladimir von Beck , pushed it through against fierce resistance from the Austrian House of Lords and the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand .
Elections in the constituencies of "the Kingdoms and Lands represented in the Imperial Council" were held according to a two-round system . If no candidate received the required absolute majority on May 14, only the two candidates receiving the most votes survived to the second round. on May 23. The 516 representatives of the constituent crown lands were thus elected, 130 from Bohemia , 106 from Galicia , 64 from Lower Austria and 49 from Moravia . The numerous political associations were again split according to ethnicity ("nations"), with a result that no government could ever rely on a stable majority.
The right-wing Christian Social Party emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, holding 95 of the 516 seats, followed by the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria with 50 seats. The former won most rural constituencies in Upper and Lower Austria , Styria , Salzburg , Tyrol , and Vorarlberg ). It also achieved the majority in the capital, Vienna , benefiting from the popularity of the Christian Social mayor, Karl Lueger . In the German constituencies of Bohemia and Moravia and in Carinthia , the German national parties (German People's Party etc.) did well. The Social Democrats had their strongholds in the cities other than Vienna: Graz , Salzburg , Innsbruck , Brno and Linz .
Voter turnout was 84.6%.[ 5]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Croatian Nation Croatian National Party 23,482 0.51 2 –4 Party of Rights 16,013 0.35 2 –1 People's Party (Anti-Resolutionist) 15,683 0.34 2 New People's Party (Resolutionist) 15,283 0.33 4 New Croatian Independents 6,373 0.14 1 New People's Party (Democratic) 4,441 0.10 0 New Croatian and Slovenian Nation Slavic Social Democratic Party 10,518 0.23 1 New Czech Nation Social Democratic Party 389,960 8.45 23 New Czech Agrarian Party 206,784 4.48 27 +25 Catholic-National Conservative Parties in Bohemia and Moravia 182,500 3.95 10 New Christian Social Party in Bohemia and Moravia 7 +5 Young Czech Party 116,524 2.52 21 –29 Czech National Social Party 75,101 1.63 6 +2 Old Czech Party 32,224 0.70 5 +5 Czech Independents 15,952 0.35 2 +2 Czech Realist Party 14,704 0.32 2 New Czech Paper Candidates 14,339 0.31 0 New Czech Radical Progressive Party 9,899 0.21 2 +2 Czech National Party 9,828 0.21 1 –1 Czech Progressive Constitutionalist Party 7,879 0.17 1 +1 German Nation Christian Social Party 542,505 11.75 65 +40 Social Democratic Party 513,219 11.11 50 +38 German Conservative Party 193,753 4.20 31 +3 Agrarian Party 132,978 2.88 19 +16 German People's Party 131,474 2.85 29 –22 German Progressive Party 103,315 2.24 19 –15 Free German Party 70,564 1.53 13 New Pan-German Association 20,693 0.45 2 New Upper Austrian Farmers' Club 15,283 0.33 0 New German-National Party 10,457 0.23 0 –22 Officials’ Party 5,701 0.12 0 New Free Socialists 5,289 0.11 1 New German Conservative Farmers' Party 4,947 0.11 0 0 Independent German Radicals 4,569 0.10 2 New Independent Pan-Germans 3,659 0.08 0 New German Workers' Party 3,486 0.08 0 New German-Christian Party 3,286 0.07 0 New German Independents 2,806 0.06 0 0 Social Politicians 2,386 0.05 1 0 Tiroler Volksbund 1,113 0.02 0 New Radical Party 785 0.02 0 New Central Industrial Committee 150 0.00 0 New Italian Nation Trentino People's Party 40,943 0.89 7 New Italian National-Liberal Party 27,723 0.60 3 –9 Italian Social Democratic Party 19,918 0.43 5 New Italian-National Party 9,673 0.21 1 –1 Italian Clerical Party 9,599 0.21 2 +2 Italian Christian Social Party 8,977 0.19 1 New Italian Independents 4,008 0.09 0 New Italian Liberal Farmers' Association 1,065 0.02 0 New Jewish Candidates Jewish National Party 31,941 0.69 4 New Polish Nation Polish People's Party 165,980 3.59 16 +12 Polish Conservative Party 131,540 2.85 15 –39 Polish Centre Party 108,247 2.34 14 New Polish National Democratic Party 104,544 2.26 14 +11 Polish Social Democratic Party 65,057 1.41 6 New Polish Democratic Party 45,942 0.99 11 +5 Polish Christian Social Party 11,210 0.24 1 0 Independent Socialists 8,022 0.17 1 New Polish Agrarian Party 4,971 0.11 0 0 Polish National Party 3,675 0.08 0 –1 Polish Progressive Democratic Party 1,684 0.04 1 0 Romanian Nation Romanian National (Defense) Party 31,674 0.69 3 –2 Romanian National (Democratic) Party 15,195 0.33 1 New Romanian Independents 4,655 0.10 1 New Romanian Social Democratic Party 823 0.02 0 New Ruthenian Nation Ukrainian National Democratic Party–Young Ruthenian Party 304,410 6.59 20 +19 Russian National Party 162,663 3.52 5 +2 Ukrainian Radical Party 105,118 2.28 5 +3 Ukrainian Social Democratic Party 27,978 0.61 2 New Serbian Nation Serb People's Party 7,808 0.17 2 0 Serbian Independents 3,975 0.09 0 New Slovenian Nation Slovene Clerical Party 48,431 1.05 8 –3 Slovene People's Party 48,175 1.04 10 New Slovene Liberal Party 23,292 0.50 3 –2 Slovenian National Party 16,830 0.36 2 +2 Slovene Social Democratic Party 13,189 0.29 0 New Slovenian National-Progressive Party 10,921 0.24 1 New Slovenian Pro-German Party 6,001 0.13 0 0 Slovenian Agrarian Party 1,309 0.03 0 0 Slovenian Independents 873 0.02 0 New Unknown or split Unknown or split votes 39,416 0.85 – – Total 4,617,360 100.00 516 +91 Valid votes 4,617,360 98.74 Invalid/blank votes 58,990 1.26 Total votes 4,676,350 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,526,203 84.62 Source: ANNO
By parliamentary grouping [ edit ] Party Seats +/– Christian Social Union 96 +71 Poland Club 55 –10 German National Association 51 New Club of German Social Democrats 50 +39 Club of Bohemian Agrarians 30 +24 Bohemian Club 25 –19 Ruthenian Club 25 +17 Club of Bohemian Social Democrats 24 New Association of Yugoslavians 20 –5 Catholic-National Party 17 New Slovenian Club 17 New Polish People’s Party 16 +11 German Progressive Union 15 –12 German Radical Group 13 New Bohemian National Social Club 11 New Italian People’s Party 10 New Club of Polish Social Democrats 6 New Group of Italian Social Democrats 5 New Romanian Club 5 Steady Club of Liberal Italians 4 New Jewish Club 4 New Pan-German Group 3 –5 Representation of Ruthenian-Ukrainian Social Democrats 2 New Independents 12 –20 Total 516 +91 Source: ANNO
