Austrian legislative election, 1983

Austrian legislative election, 1983
Austria
24 April 1983

183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bruno Kreisky Alois Mock Norbert Steger
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since 1967 1979 1980
Last election 95 seats, 51.03% 77 seats, 41.90% 11 seats, 6.06%
Seats won 90 81 12
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 2,312,529 2,097,808 241,789
Percentage 47.65% 43.22% 4.98%
Swing Decrease 3.38% Increase 1.32% Decrease 1.08%

Chancellor before election

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Fred Sinowatz
SPÖ

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 90 of the 183 seats, and entered into a coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria. Voter turnout was 92.6%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,312,52947.690–5
Austrian People's Party2,097,80843.281+4
Freedom Party of Austria241,7895.012+1
United Greens of Austria93,7981.90New
Alternative List Austria65,8161.40New
Communist Party of Austria31,9120.700
Austria Party5,8510.10New
Stop Immigrants Movement3,9140.00New
Invalid/blank votes69,037
Total4,922,4541001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
SPÖ
 
47.65%
ÖVP
 
43.22%
FPÖ
 
4.98%
VGÖ
 
1.93%
ALÖ
 
1.36%
KPÖ
 
0.66%
Other
 
0.20%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p215
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