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'''Parliamentary elections''' were held in [[Austria]] on 6 May 1979.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p196 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Socialist Party]] won a fourth term in government, taking 95 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p215</ref> As of the [[Austrian legislative election, 2017|2017 elections]], this is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election.
'''Parliamentary elections''' were held in [[Austria]] on 6 May 1979.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p196 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Socialist Party]] won a fourth term in government, taking 95 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p215</ref> As of the [[Austrian legislative election, 2017|2017 elections]], this is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election.


==Results==
==Results==

Revision as of 16:37, 25 March 2018

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

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p215