1983 Austrian legislative election

Austrian legislative election, 1983

24 April 1983
183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bruno Kreisky Alois Mock Norbert Steger Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Leader since 1967 1979 1980 Last election 95 seats, 51.03% 77 seats, 41.90% 11 seats, 6.06% Seats won 90 81 12 Seat change 5 4 1 Popular vote 2,312,529 2,097,808 241,789 Percentage 47.65% 43.22% 4.98% Swing 3.38% 1.32% 1.08%
Chancellor before election Bruno Kreisky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Fred Sinowatz SPÖ

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983. 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%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
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

Popular vote SPÖ   47.65% ÖVP   43.22% FPÖ   4.98% VGÖ   1.93% ALÖ   1.36% KPÖ   0.66% Other   0.20%

Parliamentary seats SPÖ   49.18% ÖVP   44.26% FPÖ   6.56%