1983 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983.[1] The result was a victory for the Socialist Party, which won 90 of the 183 seats. However, the Socialists lost the outright majority they had held since 1971, prompting Bruno Kreisky to stand down as SPÖ leader and Chancellor in favour of Fred Sinowatz. The SPÖ stayed in office by entering into a coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria, which at this point was a liberal party. Voter turnout was 92.6%.[2][3]

1983 Austrian legislative election

24 April 1983

183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats 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 5 4 1
Popular vote 2,312,529 2,097,808 241,789
Percentage 47.65% 43.22% 4.98%
Swing 3.38% 1.32% 1.08%

Chancellor before election

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Fred Sinowatz
SPÖ

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%
Parliamentary seats
SPÖ
49.18%
ÖVP
44.26%
FPÖ
6.56%

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Fred Sinowatz: Reluctant chancellor of Austria The Independent, 7 September 2008
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p215


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