Austrian legislative election, 1959

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In the elections to the Austrian National Council of 1959, the SPÖ leaped ahead of the ÖVP in votes, but trailed behind it by one seat. The KPÖ lost all its seats in parliament in has remained an extra-parliamentary party since then.

The coalition between the ÖVP (led by Julius Raab) and the SPÖ (led by Bruno Pittermann) was continued. The SPÖ's strong showing allowed it to demand more important posts in the government, which is why Leopold Figl retired from federal politics to be succeeded as foreign minister by Bruno Kreisky.

Party	Seats (loss/gain)	Share of Vote (loss/gain)
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)	79 (-3)	44.2 (-1.8)
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	78 (+4)	44.8 (+1.8)
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)	8 (+2)	7.7 (+1.2)
Communists and Left Socialist (KPÖ und Linkssozialisten)	0 (-3)	3.3 (-1.1)
League of Democratic Socialists (BDS)	0 (0)	0.1

Source: [1]

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