Austrian legislative election, 1983
Austrian legislative election, 1983
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Bruno Kreisky |
Alois Mock |
Norbert Steger |
| Party |
SPÖ |
ÖVP |
FPÖ |
| Leader since |
1967 |
1979 |
1980 |
| Last election |
95 seats, 51.03% |
77 seats, 41.90% |
11 seats, 6.06% |
| Seats won |
90 |
81 |
12 |
| Seat change |
 5 |
 4 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
2,312,529 |
2,097,808 |
241,789 |
| Percentage |
47.65% |
43.22% |
4.98% |
| Swing |
3.38% |
1.32% |
1.08% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 90 of the 183 seats, and entered into a coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria. Voter turnout was 92.6%.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
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| Socialist Party of Austria | 2,312,529 | 47.6 | 90 | –5 |
| Austrian People's Party | 2,097,808 | 43.2 | 81 | +4 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 241,789 | 5.0 | 12 | +1 |
| United Greens of Austria | 93,798 | 1.9 | 0 | New |
| Alternative List Austria | 65,816 | 1.4 | 0 | New |
| Communist Party of Austria | 31,912 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria Party | 5,851 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Stop Immigrants Movement | 3,914 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 69,037 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,922,454 | 100 | 183 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular Vote |
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| SPÖ |
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47.65% |
| ÖVP |
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43.22% |
| FPÖ |
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4.98% |
| VGÖ |
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1.93% |
| ALÖ |
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1.36% |
| KPÖ |
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0.66% |
| Other |
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0.20% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p215
