Austrian legislative election, 1979

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979.^[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 95 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Socialist Party of Austria	2,413,226	51.0	95	+2
Austrian People's Party	1,981,739	41.9	77	–3
Freedom Party of Austria	286,743	6.1	11	+1
Communist Party of Austria	45,280	1.0	0	0
Christian Social Labour Group	2,263	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	54,922	–	–	–
Total	4,784,173	100	183	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

SPÖ			51.03%
ÖVP			41.90%
FPÖ			6.06%
KPÖ			0.96%
CSA			0.05%

Parliamentary seats

SPÖ			51.91%
ÖVP			42.08%
FPÖ			6.01%

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p215

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