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Parliamentary elections were held for the first time the Austrian section of the Austrian Empire (Cisleithania) in June 1848. ^[1]

The elections were held after the Revolutions of 1848 caused the Klemens von Metternich government to fall. The elections followed the imposition of a new constitution on 25 April by Ferdinand I. ^[1] The new Imperial Council first met in Vienna on 22 July, but was then relocated to Kremsier in Moravia due to fighting, ^[1] after which it became known as the Kremsier Parliament.

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