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Austrian legislative election, 1979
First party
Second party
Third party
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%
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.
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
SPÖ
51.03%
ÖVP
41.90%
FPÖ
6.06%
KPÖ
0.96%
CSA
0.05%
Parliamentary seats
SPÖ
51.91%
ÖVP
42.08%
FPÖ
6.01%
References