Austrian legislative election, 1966

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 March 1966.[1] The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which won 85 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 93.8%.[2] Although the ÖVP had enough seats to govern alone, ÖVP leader and Chancellor Josef Klaus initially wanted to continue the grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) that had governed since 1945. When talks for a renewed coalition failed, Klaus formed an exclusively ÖVP cabinet, the first one-party government of the Second Republic.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Austrian People's Party2,191,10948.385+4
Socialist Party of Austria1,928,98542.674–2
Freedom Party of Austria242,5705.46–2
Democratic Progressive Party148,5283.30New
Communists and Left Socialists18,6360.400
Liberal Party of Austria1,5710.00New
Marxist–Leninist Party of Austria4860.00New
Invalid/blank votes52,085
Total4,583,9701001650
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
ÖVP
 
48.35%
SPÖ
 
42.56%
FPÖ
 
5.35%
DFP
 
3.28%
KLS
 
0.41%
Other
 
0.05%

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, p215
  3. Austria at Encyclopedia Britannica
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