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The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1949 were the second nation-wide elections in Austria after World War II. About 500,000 registered Nazis, who were not allowed to vote in 1945, regained their voting rights. A newly created party, the Electoral Party of Independents (WdU) (a predecessor of the Freedom Party of Austria) specifically targeted this group of voters and immediately won a large share of votes.[1] The Austrian People's Party remained strongest party, although losing their absolute majority of seats. Leopold Figl stayed as Chancellor, leading a coalition with the Socialist Party of Austria as junior partner.[2]
| Parties | Votes | +/- | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) | 1,846,581 | +244,354 | 44.03 | -5.77 | 77 | -8 | |
| Socialist Party of Austria (Sozialistische Partei Österreichs) | 1,623,524 | +188,626 | 38.71 | -5.89 | 67 | -9 | |
| Electoral Party of Independents (Wahlpartei der Unabhängigen) | 489,273 | * | 11.67 | * | 16 | * | |
| Communist Party of Austria and Left Socialists (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs und Linkssozialisten) | 213,066 | +48,809 | 5.08 | -0.34 | 5 | +1 | |
| Democratic Union (Demokratische Union) | 12,059 | * | 0.28 | * | 0 | * | |
| Vierte Partei (Fourth Party) | 7,134 | * | 0.17 | * | 0 | * | |
| Democratic Front of the Working People (Demokraticna fronta delovnegna ljudstva ) | 2,088 | * | 0.05 | * | 0 | * | |
| Democratic Party of Austria | 5 | * | 0.0 | * | 0 | * | |
| Economic Party of House and Property Owners | 3 | * | 0.0 | * | 0 | * | |
| Austrian Patriotic Party | 0 | * | 0.0 | * | 0 | * | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 56,883 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total (turnout 96.8%) | 4,250,616 | 100.0 | 165 | ||||
| Notes: * Did not stand in previous election | |||||||
| Source: Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. p. 213. | |||||||
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