1979 Austrian legislative election|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Bruno Kreisky
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Josef Taus
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Alexander Götz
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| Party
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SPÖ
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ÖVP
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FPÖ
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| Last election
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50.42%, 93 seats
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42.95%, 80 seats,
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5.41%, 10 seats,
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| Seats won
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95
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77
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11
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| Seat change
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2
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3
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1
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| Popular vote
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2,413,226
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1,981,739
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286,789
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| Percentage
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51.03%
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41.90%
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6.06%
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| Swing
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0.61 pp
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1.05 pp
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0.65 pp
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Results by state |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979.[1] The Socialist Party won a fourth consecutive term in government, and its third as a majority government, winning 95 of 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.[2] As of the 2024 election, the Socialist Party's result is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election, as well as the last time that an Austrian political party has won an outright majority at the federal level.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 2,413,226 | 51.03 | 95 | +2 |
| Austrian People's Party | 1,981,739 | 41.90 | 77 | –3 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 286,743 | 6.06 | 11 | +1 |
| Communist Party of Austria | 45,280 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Social Labour Group | 2,263 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Total | 4,729,251 | 100.00 | 183 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 4,729,251 | 98.85 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 54,922 | 1.15 | |
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| Total votes | 4,784,173 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 5,186,735 | 92.24 | |
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| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Results by state
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p215
- ^ "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