Austrian presidential election, 1957

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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 5 May 1957.^[1] There were only two candidates, with Adolf Schärf of the Social Democratic Party winning with 51.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was 97.2%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Adolf Schärf	Social Democratic Party	2,258,255	51.1
Wolfgang Denk	Austrian People's Party-Freedom Party of Austria	2,159,604	48.9
Invalid/blank votes		81,706	–
Total		4,499,565	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p221

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