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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority |
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| |  |  | | | Leader | Bruno Kreisky | Josef Taus | Alexander Götz | | Party | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | | Leader since | 1967 | 1975 | 1978 | | Last election | 93 seats, 50.42% | 80 seats, 42.95% | 10 seats, 5.41% | | Seats won | 95 | 77 | 11 | | Seat change |  2 |  3 | 1 | | Popular vote | 2,413,226 | 1,981,739 | 286,789 | | Percentage | 51.03% | 41.90% | 6.06% | | Swing | 0.61% | 1.05% | 0.65% | |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979.[1] The Socialist Party won a fourth term in government, taking 95 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.[2] As of the 2017 elections, this is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election, as well as the last time that an Austrian party has won an outright majority.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| Socialist Party of Austria | 2,413,226 | 51.0 | 95 | +2 |
| Austrian People's Party | 1,981,739 | 41.9 | 77 | –3 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 286,743 | 6.1 | 11 | +1 |
| Communist Party of Austria | 45,280 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Social Labour Group | 2,263 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 54,922 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,784,173 | 100 | 183 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular vote |
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| | | | SPÖ | | 51.03% | | ÖVP | | 41.90% | | FPÖ | | 6.06% | | KPÖ | | 0.96% | | CSA | | 0.05% | |
| Parliamentary seats |
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| | | | SPÖ | | 51.91% | | ÖVP | | 42.08% | | FPÖ | | 6.01% | |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p215
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