1921 Sopron plebiscite

1921 Sopron plebiscite

14–16 December 1921 (1921-12-14 – 1921-12-16)

Ballot paper with the seal of the Entente commission
Results
Choice
Votes %
Austria 8,227 34.92%
Hungary 15,334 65.08%
Valid votes 23,561 97.87%
Invalid or blank votes 512 2.13%
Total votes 24,073 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 26,879 89.56%

The Sopron area plebiscite took place on 14–16 December 1921. In the plebiscite, the residents of an area of 257 km2, comprising Sopron and eight surrounding settlements, voted on whether to remain in Hungary or to join Austria. After World War I, that was the only plebiscite concerning disputed borders on territory of the former Kingdom of Hungary that was permitted by the Entente.[1][2]

Sopron plebiscite, British, French and Italian officers arrive to control the voting districts and oversee the polling stations on 14 December, 1921
  1. ^ Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939: Hungary, 2v, Volume 5, Part 1 of Irredentist and National Questions in Central Europe, 1913-1939 Seeds of conflict. Kraus Reprint. 1973. p. 69.
  2. ^ Richard C. Hall (2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. ABC-CLIO. p. 309. ISBN 9781610690317.

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