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

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

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
.

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