1975 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 5 October 1975.[1] The result was a victory for the Socialist Party, which won 93 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.9%.[2]

1975 Austrian legislative election
5 October 1975
183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bruno Kreisky Karl Schleinzer Friedrich Peter
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since 1967 1971 1958
Last election 93 seats, 50.04% 80 seats, 43.11% 10 seats, 6.29%
Seats won 93 80 10
Seat change
Popular vote 2,326,201 1,981,291 249,444
Percentage 50.42% 42.95% 5.41%
Swing 0.38% 0.16% 0.88%
Chancellor before election

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

 Elected Chancellor

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

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Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,326,20150.4930
Austrian People's Party1,981,29142.9800
Freedom Party of Austria249,4445.4100
Communist Party of Austria55,0321.200
Group of Revolutionary Marxists1,0240.00New
Steinacher Franz List4400.000
Invalid/blank votes49,252–––
Total4,662,6841001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
SPÖ
 
 50.42%
ÖVP
 
 42.94%
FPÖ
 
 5.41%
KPÖ
 
 1.19%
Other
 
 0.03%
Parliamentary seats
SPÖ
 
 50.93%
ÖVP
 
 43.72%
FPÖ
 
 5.46%

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


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