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
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

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Socialist Party of Austria	2,326,201	50.4	93	0
Austrian People's Party	1,981,291	42.9	80	0
Freedom Party of Austria	249,444	5.4	10	0
Communist Party of Austria	55,032	1.2	0	0
Group of Revolutionary Marxists	1,024	0.0	0	New
Steinacher Franz List	440	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	49,252	–	–	–
Total	4,662,684	100	183	0
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