1927 Austrian legislative election
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{{Infobox election
| country = Austria
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1923 Austrian legislative election
| previous_year = 1923
| next_election = 1930 Austrian legislative election
| next_year = 1930
| seats_for_election = All 165 seats in the National Council of Austria
| majority_seats = 83
| election_date = 24 April 1927
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 = Wenzl_Weis_-_Ignaz_Seipel.jpg
| leader1 = Ignaz Seipel
| last_election1 = 44.05%, 82 seats (CS)
| seats1 = 85
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 3
| popular_vote1 = 1,756,761
| percentage1 = 48.24%
| swing1 = {{increase}}4.19 pp
| image2 = Der_neue_Pr%C3%A4sident_der_deutsch%C3%B6sterreichischen_Nationalversammlung_(Karl_Seitz)_1919_WIZ_C._Pietzner.png
| leader2 = Karl Seitz
| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Austria
| last_election2 = 39.60%, 68 seats
| seats2 = 71
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 3
| popular_vote2 = 1,539,635
| percentage2 = 42.28%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 2.68 pp
| image3 = 3x4.svg
| leader3 = Karl Hartleb
| party3 = Landbund
| last_election3 = 3.01%, 5 seats
| seats3 = 9
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 4
| popular_vote3 = 230,157
| percentage3 = 6.32%
| swing3 = {{increase}}3.31 pp
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| title = Chancellor
| before_election = Ignaz Seipel
| before_party = Christian Social Party (Austria)
| after_election = Ignaz Seipel
| after_party = Christian Social Party (Austria)
}}{{Politics of Austria}}
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1927.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The result was a victory for the Unity List (Einheitsliste), an alliance of the Christian Social Party and the Greater German People's Party, which won 85 of the 165 seats.{{Cite journal|last=Graham|first=Malbone W.|date=1930|title=Foreign Governments and Politics: The Constitutional Crisis in Austria|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1946794|journal=The American Political Science Review|volume=24|issue=1|pages=144–157|doi=10.2307/1946794|jstor=1946794}} However this brief coalition failed to result in any larger proportion of the votes than when the CSP ran alone, losing votes to the Landbund.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6sZl5taldxYC Nazism and the Working Class in Austria: Industrial Unrest and Political Dissent in the National Community]. Timothy Kirk. Cambridge University Press, 2002. {{ISBN|9780521522694}}
Voter turnout was 89.3%.Nohlen & Stöver, p213
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Unity List (CS–GDVP)|votes1=1756761|seats1=85|sc1=–
|party2=Social Democratic Workers' Party|votes2=1539635|seats2=71|sc2=+3
|party3=Landbund for Austria|votes3=230157|seats3=9|sc3=+4
|party4=Udeverband – Association against Corruption|votes4=35471|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=National Socialist Bloc|votes5=26991|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=Communist Party of Austria|votes6=16119|seats6=0|sc6=0
|party7=Democratic List|votes7=15112|seats7=0|sc7=0
|party8=Jewish Party|votes8=10845|seats8=0|sc8=0
|party9=Party of the Carinthian Slovenes|votes9=9334|seats9=0|sc9=0
|party10=German National Socialist Workers' Party|votes10=779|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=Austrian Small Business Party|votes11=251|seats11=0|sc11=New
|party12=Association of Independent Citizens|votes12=60|seats12=0|sc12=New
|party13=Farmers and Traders of all Types Party|votes13=11|seats13=0|sc13=New
|invalid=35907
|total_sc=0
|electorate=4119626
|source=Nohlen & Stöver
|image=File:1927 Austrian Nationalrat.svg}}
