Austrian presidential election, 1971

25 April 1971



Nominee	Franz Jonas	Kurt Waldheim
Party	SPÖ	ÖVP
Popular vote	2,487,239	2,224,809
Percentage	52.8%	47.2%

President before election

Franz Jonas
SPÖ

Elected President

Franz Jonas
SPÖ

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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 1971.^[1] The result was a victory for incumbent President Franz Jonas of the Social Democratic Party, who received 52.8% of the vote. Voter turnout was 95.3%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Franz Jonas	Social Democratic Party	2,487,239	52.8
Kurt Waldheim	Austrian People's Party	2,224,809	47.2
Invalid/blank votes		75,658	–
Total		4,787,706	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p222

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