1970 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 1 March 1970.[1] The result was a victory for the Socialist Party, which won 81 of the 165 seats to become the largest party for the first time in the Second Republic, only two seats short of a majority. Bruno Kreisky of the Social Democrats became Chancellor at the head of a minority government that was tolerated by the Freedom Party of Austria in return for electoral reform that favoured smaller parties.[2] Voter turnout was 91.8%.[3] It was the first Socialist-led government since 1920, and the first purely left-wing government in Austrian history.

1970 Austrian legislative election
1 March 1970
165 seats in the National Council of Austria
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bruno Kreisky Josef Klaus Friedrich Peter
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since 1967 1963 1958
Last election 74 seats, 42.56% 85 seats, 48.35% 6 seats, 5.35%
Seats won 81 78 6
Seat change 7 7
Popular vote 2,221,981 2,051,012 253,425
Percentage 48.42% 44.69% 5.52%
Swing 5.86% 3.66% 0.17%
Chancellor before election

Josef Klaus
ÖVP

 Elected Chancellor

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

This article is part of a series on the
Politics of Austria

Early elections under the new system were held the following year, at which the Socialists won an outright majority.

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,221,98148.481+7
Austrian People's Party2,051,01244.778–7
Freedom Party of Austria253,4255.560
Communist Party of Austria44,7501.000
Democratic Progressive Party14,9250.300
National Democratic Party2,6310.10New
Adolf Glantschnig - For Humanity, Law and Freedom in Austria2370.00New
Invalid/blank votes41,890–––
Total4,630,8511001650
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
SPÖ
 
 48.42%
ÖVP
 
 44.69%
FPÖ
 
 5.52%
KPÖ
 
 0.98%
Other
 
 0.37%
Parliamentary seats
SPÖ
 
 49.09%
ÖVP
 
 47.27%
FPÖ
 
 3.64%
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p188
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p215


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