Austrian legislative election, 1949

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The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1949 were the first elections after World War II when former Nazis were allowed to vote. A newly created party, the Federation of Independents (VdU) (a predecessor of the Freedom Party of Austria) specifically targeted this group of voters and immediately took away a large number of votes from the ÖVP and SPÖ. The ÖVP, SPÖ and KPÖ continued their coalition, which the KPÖ left in 1950.

Summary of the 9 October 1949 National Council of Austria election results^edit
Parties	Votes	+/-	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei)	1,846,581	+244,354	44.0	-5.8	77	-8
Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs)	1,623,524	+188,626	38.7	-5.9	67	-9
Federation of Independents (Verband der Unabhängigen)	489,273	—	11.7	—	16	—
Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs)	213,066	+48,809	5.1	-0.3	5	+1
Democratic Union (Demokratische Union)	12,059	—	0.28	—	0	—
Vierte Partei	7,134	—	0.17	—	0	—
Demokraticna fronta delovnegna ljudstva	2,088	—	0.04	—	0	—
Others	5	—	0.0	—	0	—
	Total (turnout 96.8 %;+2.8%)	4,391,815		100.0		165
Notes:
Source: Berger, Peter (August 1950). "Elections and Parties in Austria". Journal of Politics 12 (3): 511-529.

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