Austrian legislative election, 1949

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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]

Results

**Summary of the 9 October 1949 National Council of Austria election results**
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.

Popular Vote

ÖVP			44.03%
SPÖ			38.71%
VdU			11.67%
KuL			5.08%
Other			0.51%

References

↑ Documentation Archive of Austrian Resistance: The Development of Right-Wing Extremism After 1945, retrieved 19 May 2010
↑ Austrian Chancellery - Austrian Cabinets since 1945, retrieved 19 May 2010

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