1930 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 November 1930. 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%.Nohlen & Stöver, p213

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

Results by province ProvinceVotesSDAPÖCSGDVP–LBHBDNSAPLBKPÖÖVPDCPJLKLPPNDA % % % % % % % % % % % %Vienna 1,192,67258.98 23.72 10.43 2.21 2.31 0 0.89 0.71 0.56 0.18 0.01 0Lower Austria 818,302 35.6344.13 8.58 6.62 4.2 0 0.5 0.34 0 0 0 0Upper Austria 479,285 28.3745.42 7.29 8.29 2.41 7.71 0.25 0.27 0 0 0 0Salzburg 123,152 29.9641.52 12.69 5.73 3.69 5.49 0.61 0.30 0 0 0 0Tyrol 176,843 21.9954.97 12.34 9.28 1.24 0 0.17 0 0 0 0 0Vorarlberg 77,516 20.9256.79 20.94 0 1.14 0 0.22 0 0 0 0 0Styria 510,16434.38 32.52 16.51 12.48 3.42 0 0.39 0.31 0 0 0 0Carinthia 175,64038.73 22.54 22.38 8.47 6.90 0 0.66 0.32 0 0 0 0Burgenland 134,494 37.7541.23 16.01 3.80 0.75 0 0.47 0 0 0 0 0Total3,688,06841.1435.6511.616.173.031.180.570.410.180.060.000.00Source: Statistische Nachrichten : Sonderheft. Die Nationalratswahlen vom 9. November 1930, 12.

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