Austrian legislative election, 1983
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats were needed for a majority |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 90 of the 183 seats, and entered into a coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria. Voter turnout was 92.6%.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Socialist Party of Austria | 2,312,529 | 47.6 | 90 | –5 |
Austrian People's Party | 2,097,808 | 43.2 | 81 | +4 |
Freedom Party of Austria | 241,789 | 5.0 | 12 | +1 |
United Greens of Austria | 93,798 | 1.9 | 0 | New |
Alternative List Austria | 65,816 | 1.4 | 0 | New |
Communist Party of Austria | 31,912 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Austria Party | 5,851 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Stop Immigrants Movement | 3,914 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 69,037 | – | – | – |
Total | 4,922,454 | 100 | 183 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p215