Austrian legislative election, 1971

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 10 October 1971,^[1] following electoral reforms which increased the number of seats in the National Council from 165 to 183 and increased the proportionality of the seat distribution.^[2] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 93 of the 183 seats, the first time that the party had ever won an absolute majority. Voter turnout was 92.4%.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Socialist Party of Austria	2,280,168	50.0	93	+12
Austrian People's Party	1,964,713	43.1	80	–1
Freedom Party of Austria	286,473	5.5	10	+4
Communist Party of Austria	61,762	1.4	0	0
Offensive Left	1,874	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	50,626	–	–	–
Total	4,607,616	100	183	+18
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

SPÖ			50.04%
ÖVP			43.12%
FPÖ			5.45%
KPÖ			1.36%
OL			0.04%

Parliamentary seats

SPÖ			50.93%
ÖVP			43.72%
FPÖ			5.46%

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p188M
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p215

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