German People's Party (Austria)

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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 Cisleithanian, receiving 2.8% of the Austrian vote. Its vote share fell to 1.6% in the 1911 elections.^[1]

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.^[2] The following year the party merged into the Greater German People's Party.

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