German People's Party (Austria)

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German People's Party
Deutsche Volkspartei
LeaderOtto Steinwender[1]
FoundedJune 1896[1]
Dissolved1920
Split fromGerman-National Party[1]
Succeeded byGreater German People's Party
German National Party[2]
National affiliationDeutscher Nationalverband

The German People's Party (German: Deutsche Volkspartei) was a political party in Austria.

History[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Robert S. Wistrich (1999) Die Juden Wiens im Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs, p177 ISBN 3-20598-342-4
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p209 ISBN 9783832956097
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p208