1979 Austrian legislative election
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Bruno Kreisky |
Josef Taus |
Alexander Götz |
| Party |
SPÖ |
ÖVP |
FPÖ |
| Leader since |
1967 |
1975 |
1978 |
| Last election |
93 seats, 50.42% |
80 seats, 42.95% |
10 seats, 5.41% |
| Seats won |
95 |
77 |
11 |
| Seat change |
 2 |
 3 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
2,413,226 |
1,981,739 |
286,789 |
| Percentage |
51.03% |
41.90% |
6.06% |
| Swing |
0.61% |
1.05% |
0.65% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979.[1] The Socialist Party won a fourth term in government, taking 95 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.[2] As of the 2017 elections, this is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election, as well as the last time that an Austrian party has won an outright majority.
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 |
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| SPÖ |
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51.03% |
| ÖVP |
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41.90% |
| FPÖ |
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6.06% |
| KPÖ |
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0.96% |
| CSA |
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0.05% |
| Parliamentary seats |
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| SPÖ |
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51.91% |
| ÖVP |
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42.08% |
| FPÖ |
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6.01% |
References
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