Election to the state and municipal council in Vienna in 1932
The state and municipal council elections in Vienna in 1932 took place on April 24, 1932. It was the last state election in the state of Vienna in the First Republic. In the municipal council, which was reduced to 100 seats, the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) achieved an absolute majority with 66 seats. The Christian Social Party (CS), which started with the Greater German People's Party as a unified list in the last election in 1927 , was able to maintain second place with 19 seats, ahead of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), which won 15 seats , despite losses . The NSDAP received more than seven times as many votes as in the 1930 National Council election in Vienna.
The Vienna state parliament and municipal council for the fourth electoral period was constituted on May 24, 1932. The previous mayor, Karl Seitz , was re-elected by the SDAP members.
Results
Results 1932 | |||
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Eligible voters | 1,302,563 | ||
voter turnout | 89.5% | ||
be right | % | Mand. | |
Social Democratic Labor Party (SDAP) | 683.295 | 59.0% | 66 |
Christian Social Party (CS) | 233,539 | 20.2% | 19th |
National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) | 201.411 | 17.4% | 15th |
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 21,813 | 1.9% | - |
The NSDAP gains
Compared to the National Council election in Vienna in 1930, the following people migrated to the NSDAP:
- 51 percent of voters from the National Economic Bloc and Landbund ( Schoberblock )
- 39 percent of the voters of the home bloc
- 25 percent of the Christian Social Party voters
- 1 percent of the voters of the Social Democratic Labor Party
- 25 percent of non-voters
Individual evidence
- ↑ The red majority firmly in the red town hall. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung , May 25, 1932, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ a b c d e Markus Benesch: The history of the Vienna Christian Social Party between the end of the monarchy and the beginning of the corporate state. Dissertation. University of Vienna , 2010, pp. 340–341 , accessed on April 25, 2014 (primary source: Official Journal of the City of Vienna, edition 32/1932, p. 291).
- ^ Albert Lichtblau : Anti-Semitism 1900–1938. In: Frank Stern , Barbara Eichinger (ed.): Vienna and the Jewish experience 1900–1938. Acculturation, anti-Semitism. Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2009, ISBN, p. 54, selection on Google Books . Viewed December 27, 2012.
- ↑ Dirk Hänisch: The Austrian NSDAP voters. An empirical analysis of their political origins and their social profile. Böhlau, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-205-98714-4 .
literature
- Maren Seliger, Karl Ucakar : Suffrage and voter behavior in Vienna. 1848-1932. Privileges, pressure to participate and social structure. Youth and People, Vienna / Munich 1984, ISBN 3-224-16046-2 .
- The elections in Austria - The new Vienna City Council. In: Neue Freie Presse , April 25, 1932, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). .