German People's Party Deutsche Volkspartei | |
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Leader | Otto Steinwender[1] |
Founded | June 1896[1] |
Dissolved | 1920 |
Split from | German-National Party[1] |
Succeeded by | Greater German People's Party German National Party[2] |
National affiliation | Deutscher Nationalverband |
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The German People's Party (German: Deutsche Volkspartei) was a political party in Austria.
History
In the 1907 elections the party contested seats within the Austrian part of Cisleithania, receiving 2.8% of the Austrian vote. Its vote share fell to 1.6% in the 1911 elections.[3]
After World War I the party contested the 1919 Constitutional Assembly elections, in which it received 2% of the national vote and won two seats.[4] The following year the party merged into the Greater German People's Party.
References
- 1 2 3 Robert S. Wistrich (1999) Die Juden Wiens im Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs, p177 ISBN 3-20598-342-4
- ↑ Jaroslav Šebek (2005) Politické strany německé menšiny, Německá nacionální strana. In: Politické strany. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004., p872 ISBN 80-7239-178-X
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p209 ISBN 9783832956097
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p208
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