Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which the Socialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party won the most seats. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued with Julius Raab replacing Leopold Figl as Chancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, and Adolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remaining Vice Chancellor.[1][2]
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165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ResultsEdit
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Socialist Party of Austria | 1,818,517 | 42.11 | 73 | +6 | |
| Austrian People's Party | 1,781,777 | 41.26 | 74 | –3 | |
| Electoral Party of Independents | 472,866 | 10.95 | 14 | –2 | |
| Austrian People's Opposition | 228,159 | 5.28 | 4 | –1 | |
| Bipartisan Agreement of the Centre | 5,809 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 3,668 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Christian Social Party and Non-Party Personalities | 3,029 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
| Free Democrats | 2,573 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Association of Austrian Monarchists | 1,210 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Austrian National Republicans and Independents | 1,054 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Austrian Patriotic Party | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,318,688 | 100.00 | 165 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,318,688 | 98.25 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 76,831 | 1.75 | |||
| Total votes | 4,395,519 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,586,870 | 95.83 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3] | |||||
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Encyclopedia of Austria - Leopold Figl, retrieved 19 May 2010
- ^ Austrian Federal Chancellery - Austrian Chancellors and Cabinets since 1945 Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 19 May 2010
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp214–219 ISBN 9873832956097