1975 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 5 October 1975.[1] The result was a victory for the Socialist Party, which won 93 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 93%.[2]

1975 Austrian legislative election

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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bruno Kreisky Josef Taus Friedrich Peter
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Last election 50.04%, 93 seats 43.11%, 80 seats 6.29%, 10 seats
Seats won 93 80 10
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,326,201 1,981,291 249,444
Percentage 50.42% 42.95% 5.41%
Swing Increase0.38pp Decrease0.16pp Decrease0.88pp

Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the first-place party.

Chancellor before election

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

Results edit

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,326,20150.42930
Austrian People's Party1,981,29142.95800
Freedom Party of Austria249,4445.41100
Communist Party of Austria55,0321.1900
Group of Revolutionary Marxists1,0240.020New
Steinacher Franz List4400.010New
Total4,613,432100.001830
Valid votes4,613,43298.94
Invalid/blank votes49,2521.06
Total votes4,662,684100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,019,27792.90
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p215