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| election_name = Austrian legislative election |
| election_name = 1979 Austrian legislative election |
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| country = Austria |
| country = Austria |
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| type = parliamentary |
| type = parliamentary |
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| ongoing = no |
| ongoing = no |
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| previous_election = Austrian legislative election |
| previous_election = 1975 Austrian legislative election |
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| previous_year = 1975 |
| previous_year = 1975 |
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| next_election = Austrian legislative election |
| next_election = 1983 Austrian legislative election |
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| next_year = 1983 |
| next_year = 1983 |
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| seats_for_election = 183 seats in the [[National Council of Austria]] |
| seats_for_election = 183 seats in the [[National Council of Austria]] |
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{{Politics of Austria}} |
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'''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 |
'''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 [[2017 Austrian legislative election|2017 elections]], this is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election, as well as the last time that an Austrian party has won an outright majority. |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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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, as well as the last time that an Austrian party has won an outright majority.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p215
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