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1848 Cisleithanian legislative election
Parliamentary
elections
were held
for the first time
the
Austrian
section
of the
Austrian Empire
in June
1848
.
This group of
territories
would in
Austria-Hungary
be referred to as
Cisleithania
.
This happened after the
Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas
caused
the
Klemens von Metternich
government
to fall.
The
election
followed the
imposition
of a new
constitution
on
25 April
by
Ferdinand I
. The new
Imperial Council
first
met
in
Vienna
on
22 July
, but was then
relocated
to
Kremsier
in
Moravia
due to
fighting
, after which it became known as the
Kremsier Parliament
.