Austrian presidential election, 1963

28 April 1963



Nominee	Adolf Schärf	Julius Raab
Party	SPÖ	ÖVP
Popular vote	2,473,349	1,814,125
Percentage	55.4%	40.6%

President before election

Adolf Schärf
SPÖ

Elected President

Adolf Schärf
SPÖ

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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 28 April 1963.^[1] The result was a victory for incumbent President Adolf Schärf of the Social Democratic Party, who received 55.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 95.6%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Adolf Schärf	Social Democratic Party	2,473,349	55.4
Julius Raab	Austrian People's Party	1,814,125	40.6
Josef Kimmel	Independent	176,646	4.0
Invalid/blank votes		190,537	–
Total		4,654,657	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p221

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