Austrian legislative election, 1956

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 13 May 1956.^[1] The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 82 of the 165 seats in the National Council. Voter turnout was 96.0%.^[2] Although the ÖVP had come up one seat short of an absolute majority, ÖVP leader and Chancellor Julius Raab retained the grand coalition with the Socialists, with the SPÖ leader Adolf Schärf as Vice-Chancellor.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Austrian People's Party	1,999,986	46.0	82	+8
Socialist Party of Austria	1,873,295	43.0	74	+1
Freedom Party of Austria	283,749	6.5	6	–8
Communists and Left Socialists	192,438	4.4	3	–1
Free Workers Movement of Austria	1,812	0.0	0	New
Party of Reason	284	0.0	0	New
Ergokratische Party	231	0.0	0	New
Austrian Patriotic Party	83	0.0	0	0
Austrian Middle Class Party	23	0.0	0	New
Parliamentary Representatives of the People prevented from voting, Non-Voters and Invalid Voters in Austria	7	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	76,831	–	–	–
Total	4,395,519	100	165	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular Vote

ÖVP			45.96%
SPÖ			43.05%
FPÖ			6.52%
KuL			4.42%
Other			0.06%

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p214

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