Austrian legislative election, 1962

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 18 November 1962.[1] The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 81 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 93.8%.[2] Although the People's Party had come up only two seats short of an outright majority, Chancellor Alfons Gorbach (who had succeeded Julius Raab a year earlier) retained the grand coalition with the Socialists under Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Austrian People's Party2,024,50145.481+2
Socialist Party of Austria1,960,68544.076–2
Freedom Party of Austria313,8957.080
Communists and Left Socialists135,5203.000
European Federal Party of Austria21,5300.50New
Invalid/blank votes49,876
Total4,506,0071001650
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
ÖVP
 
45.43%
SPÖ
 
44.00%
FPÖ
 
7.04%
KLS
 
3.04%
EFP
 
0.48%

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
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