The German People's Party (german: Deutsche Volkspartei) was a
German nationalist political party in
Austria.
History
In the
1907 elections the party contested seats within the Austrian part of
Cisleithania
Cisleithania, also ''Zisleithanien'' sl, Cislajtanija hu, Ciszlajtánia cs, Předlitavsko sk, Predlitavsko pl, Przedlitawia sh-Cyrl-Latn, Цислајтанија, Cislajtanija ro, Cisleithania uk, Цислейтанія, Tsysleitaniia it, Cislei ...
, receiving 2.8% of the Austrian vote. Its vote share fell to 1.6% in the
1911 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1911.
Africa
* Liberian general election
* Mauritius general election
* Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election
Europe
* Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election
* Bulgarian parliamentar ...
.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p209
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.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p208] The following year the party merged into the
Greater German People's Party.
References
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