Austria
Federal Council
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Presidential-Parliamentary
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Bicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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Yes
Historical data on women
Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government
Women's suffrage
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Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
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No information available
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Year of first woman in parliament
Year in which the first woman entered parliament
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1919
Notes: 1919: Total seats according to http://www.wahlen.cc/downloads/wahlen/A/NR/Nationalratswahl_Hauptergebnisse_1919-1930.pdf
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Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
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1927
Notes: Austria's parliament was the first in the world to have a woman Speaker.
Women’s right to vote
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Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote. More than one year may be displayed depending on the status of the right: restricted or universal and changes in status.
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1918
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National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
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National
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Restricted or universal suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
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Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
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Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election. More than one year may be displayed based on the status of the right: restricted or universal and shifts to the status.
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1918
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National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
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National
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Restricted or universal
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
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Universal
Notes:
Universal women's suffrage was introduced in Austria on the 12th of November 1918. This allowed women to vote and be elected in the first National Council election in 1919. However, prostitutes were initially excluded from this right and only gained the right to vote in 1923.
Sources: https://www.parlament.gv.at/verstehen/demokratie-wahlen/frauen-im-parlament/wahlrecht