1907 Cisleithanian legislative election in the Czech lands Turnout 1,709,898 (84.44%)
Legislative elections to elect members of the Cisleithanian Imperial Council were held in the Czech lands over several days in May 1907.[ 1] [ 2] The Czech lands (Kingdom of Bohemia , Margraviate of Moravia and the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia ) elected 194 out of the 516 seats in the Imperial Council.
These elections were the first which were held under universal male suffrage , after an electoral reform abolishing tax paying requirements for voters had been adopted by the Council and was endorsed by Emperor Franz Joseph earlier in the year.[ 3] [ 4] The elections meant huge gains for the social democratic and agrarian parties while the national liberal parties lost ground.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Czech Nation Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party 377,129 22.18 23 +22 Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party 245,210 14.42 27 +25 Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia98,772 5.81 10 +8 National Liberal Party 71,264 4.19 15 -25 Czech National Social Party 65,768 3.87 6 +5 Party of Catholic People 55,264 3.25 7 +7 People's Party in Moravia 39,184 2.30 6 -4 Moravian National Party 24,682 1.45 3 +3 Czech Independents 14,779 0.87 2 +2 Czech Radical Progressive Party 11,895 0.70 2 +2 National Party in Silesia 10,849 0.64 1 +1 Czech Progressive Party 8,366 0.49 2 +2 National Party 6,940 0.41 2 +2 Czech Constitutionalist Radical Party 3,424 0.20 1 +1 Paper candidates 2,665 0.16 0 0 Moravian Progressive Party 1,338 0.08 0 0 German Nation Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria 233,205 13.72 21 +18 German Agrarian Party 112,375 6.61 17 +14 Free Pan-German Party 71,170 4.19 13 +13 German Progressive Party 70,648 4.15 16 -6 German People's Party 61,734 3.63 12 -1 Christian Social Party 44,675 2.63 1 +1 Free Socialists 17,646 1.04 2 +2 Pan-German Unification 11,245 0.66 2 -18 Independent Pan-German 3,659 0.22 0 0 German Independents 2,178 0.13 0 0 German National Workers' Party 1,556 0.09 0 0 German Traders' Party 83 0.00 0 0 Polish Nation Polish Social Democratic Party 15,536 0.91 2 +1 Polish Christian Social Party 12,046 0.71 1 +1 Polish Agrarian Party 4,103 0.24 0 0 Polish National Party 932 0.05 0 -1 Total 1,700,320 100.00 194 +29 Valid votes 1,700,320 98.84 Invalid/blank votes 19,957 1.16 Total votes 1,720,277 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,024,990 84.95 Source: ANNO
Vote share Czech Social Democrats
22.3% Czech Agrarians
14.5% German Social Democrats
13.8% German Agrarians
6.7% Moravian Catholic parties
5.8% Ýoung Czechs
4.2% Free Pan-Germans
4.2% German Progressives
4.2% Czech National Socials
3.9% German Populars
3.7% Bohemian Catholic Party
3.3% Others
12.5%
Results for Bohemia [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Czech Nation Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party 269,169 24.15 17 +17 Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party 190,198 17.06 23 +21 National Liberal Party 71,264 6.39 15 -25 Czech National Social Party 65,501 5.88 6 +5 Party of Catholic People 55,264 4.96 7 +7 Czech Radical Progressive Party 11,895 1.07 2 +2 National Party 6,940 0.62 2 +2 Czech Independents 6,627 0.59 1 +1 Czech Progressive Party 4,230 0.38 1 +1 Czech Constitutionalist Radical Party 3,424 0.31 1 +1 Paper candidates 2,665 0.24 0 0 German Nation Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria 169,741 15.23 16 +15 German Agrarian Party 106,331 9.54 16 +13 Free Pan-German Party 57,790 5.18 11 +11 German Progressive Party 31,251 2.80 6 -7 Christian Social Party 18,546 1.66 0 0 German People's Party 18,055 1.62 3 0 Pan-German Unification 11,245 1.01 2 -18 Free Socialists 7,267 0.65 1 +1 Independent Pan-German 3,659 0.33 0 0 German Independents 2,178 0.20 0 0 German National Workers' Party 1,556 0.14 0 0 Total 1,114,796 100.00 130 +20 Valid votes 1,114,796 99.07 Invalid/blank votes 10,481 0.93 Total votes 1,125,277 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,375,825 81.79 Source: ANNO
Results for Moravia [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Czech Nation Catholic-National and Christian Social Parties in Moravia98,772 21.22 10 +8 Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party 97,709 20.99 5 +1 Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party 54,945 11.80 4 +4 People's Party in Moravia 39,184 8.42 6 -4 Moravian National Party 24,682 5.30 3 +3 Czech Independents 8,152 1.75 1 +1 Czech Progressive Party 2,360 0.51 1 +1 Moravian Progressive Party 1,338 0.29 0 0 Czech National Social Party 267 0.06 0 0 German Nation Social Democratic Worker's Party of Austria 41,515 8.92 3 +2 German Progressive Party 32,361 6.95 8 -1 German People's Party 30,470 6.55 6 -1 Christian Social Party 23,445 5.04 1 +1 Free Pan-German Party 10,188 2.19 1 +1 German Traders' Party 83 0.02 0 0 Total 465,471 100.00 49 +6 Valid votes 465,471 98.19 Invalid/blank votes 8,558 1.81 Total votes 474,029 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 522,497 90.72 Source: ANNO