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 and SPÖ continued their coalition.
| Summary of the 9 October 1949 National Council of Austria election resultsedit | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Source: Berger, Peter (August 1950). "Elections and Parties in Austria". Journal of Politics 12 (3): 511-529. | |||||||
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