1959 Austrian legislative election

1959 Austrian legislative election
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All 165 seats in the National Council
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Julius Raab Bruno Pittermann Friedrich Peter
Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ
Last election 45.96%, 82 seats 43.05%, 74 seats 6.52%, 6 seats
Seats won 79 78 8
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 4 Increase 2
Popular vote 1,928,043 1,953,935 336,110
Percentage 44.19% 44.79% 7.70%
Swing Decrease 1.77pp Increase 1.74pp Increase 1.18pp
Results by constituency
Chancellor before election

Julius Raab
ÖVP

Elected Chancellor

Julius Raab
ÖVP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 10 May 1959.[1] Although the Socialist Party (SPÖ) received the most votes, the Austrian People's Party won one more seat than the SPÖ. The Communist Party of Austria lost its remaining three seats and has not returned to the National Council since. Voter turnout was 94%.[2][3] The grand coalition that had governed the country since 1945 remained in office, with People's Party leader Julius Raab as chancellor and Socialist leader Bruno Pittermann as vice-chancellor.[4]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party of Austria1,953,93544.7978+4
Austrian People's Party1,928,04344.1979–3
Freedom Party of Austria336,1107.708+2
Communists and Left Socialists142,5783.270–3
League of Democratic Socialists2,1900.050New
Total4,362,856100.001650
Valid votes4,362,85698.60
Invalid/blank votes61,8021.40
Total votes4,424,658100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,696,60394.21
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Results by state

State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KLS BDS
 Burgenland 46.5 47.3 5.0 1.2 -
 Carinthia 50.5 32.7 13.5 2.5 0.8
 Lower Austria 42.1 50.6 4.3 2.9 -
 Upper Austria 42.0 47.3 8.7 2.0 -
 Salzburg 38.7 44.2 15.2 1.9 -
 Styria 45.3 44.7 6.8 3.1 -
 Tyrol 31.5 59.4 7.9 1.2 -
 Vorarlberg 30.1 56.4 12.1 1 -
 Vienna 52.4 34.4 7.4 5.8 -
 Austria 44.8 44.2 7.7 3.3 0.1
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)[5]

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p214
  3. ^ Engelmann, Frederick C. (1962). "Haggling for the Equilibrium: The Renegotiation of the Austrian Coalition, 1959". American Political Science Review. 56 (3): 651–662. doi:10.2307/1952497. ISSN 1537-5943.
  4. ^ Kitzinger, Uwe (1961). "The Austrian Election of 1959". Political Studies. 9 (2): 119–140. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.1961.tb00824.x. ISSN 0032-3217.
  5. ^ "National election results Austria 1919 - 2017 (OA edition)", Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA) (in German), Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA), 2019-07-24, doi:10.11587/EQUDAL