Austrian legislative election, 1953

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The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1953 were the first elections after the KPÖ had left the coalition with the ÖVP and SPÖ in 1950. The SPÖ leaped ahead of the ÖVP in votes, but the coalition between the two parties was continued under the Chancellorship of ÖVP politician Julius Raab, while Adolf Schärf of the SPÖ remained Vice Chancellor.

Summary of the 22 February 1953 National Council of Austria election results^edit
Parties		Votes	+/-	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei)	1,781,777	-64,804	41.3	-2.7	74	-3
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs)	1,818,517	+194,993	42.1	+3.4	73	+6
	Federation of Independents (Verband der Unabhängigen)	472,866	-16,407	10.9	-0.8	14	-2
	Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs)	228,159	+15,093	5.3	+0.2	4	-1
	Others	17,369	—	0.4	—	0	—
	Total (turnout 94.2%;-2.6%)	4,318,688		100.0		165
Notes:
Source: BMI

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