1919 Austrian Constituent Assembly election
Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Workers ' Party 1,211,814 40.8 72
Christian Social Party 1,068,382 35.9 69
German Nationals Party 173,881 5.8 8
Czechoslovakians 67,514 2.3 1
German Democrats 64,078 2.2 3
German People 's Party 59,918 2.0 2
German Freedom and Order Party 56,365 1.9 5
Centrist Democrats 48,847 1.6 1
Styrian Farmers ' Party 47,078 1.6 3
National Democratic Party 46,577 1.6 0
Carinthian Farmers ' Association 33,412 1.1 2
National Socialist Workers ' Party 23,334 0.8 0
German Peoples ' Election Committee 15,679 0.5 1
Democrats 15,133 0.5 0
Democratic Association of Cities 12,336 0.4 1
Liberal Corporate Association of Salzburg 8,507 0.3 1
Jewish National Party 7,760 0.3 1
Democratic Middle Class Party 5,967 0.2 0
Democratic Economy Party 3,909 0.1 0
Democratic Austrian People 's Party 1,688 0.1 0
Results
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Austria on 16 February 1919, and were the first election in which all women were allowed to vote. German citizens living in Austria and Sudeten Germans living in the newly-formed Czechoslovakia were also allowed to vote in the elections, despite Czechoslovak objections. Austrian citizens living in Germany were also allowed to vote in the elections for the Weimar National Assembly in the same year. The Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest party, winning 72 of the 170 seats. The party was largely supported by the working class, whilst farmers and the middle class voted mainly for the anti-Anschluss Christian Social Party. Voter turnout was 84.4%. The first meeting of the assembly was on 4 March 1919. The Sudeten German Social Democrats organised a series of demonstrations in support of their right of self-determination. Across seven cities 54 persons were killed and another 84 wounded by the Czech military and police. The two main parties, the SDAPÖ and the CS, formed a coalition government after the elections. Although it had broken up by mid-1920, a new constitution was agreed on 1 October 1920. Fresh elections were held on 17 October.