1975 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1971 Austrian legislative election 1971 1979 Austrian legislative election 1979 All 183 seats in the National Council 92 5 October 1975 130x130px Kreisky-Koechler-Vienna-1980 Crop.jpg Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria 50.04%, 93 seats 93 2,326,201 50.42% 0.38 pp 3x4.svg Josef Taus Austrian People's Party 43.11%, 80 seats 80 1,981,291 42.95% 0.16 pp 3x4.svg Friedrich Peter Freedom Party of Austria 6.29%, 10 seats 10 249,444 5.41% 0.88 pp 1975 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg Seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the most voted-for party. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 5 October 1975.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Socialist Party (SPÖ) secured a second consecutive majority government, winning 93 of 183 seats, with Bruno Kreisky remaining Chancellor. Voter turnout was 93%.Nohlen & Stöver, p215 Results Socialist Party of Austria 2326201 93 0 Austrian People's Party 1981291 80 0 Freedom Party of Austria 249444 10 0 Communist Party of Austria 55032 0 0 Socialist Alternative (Austria) de Sozialistische Alternative (SOAL) Group of Revolutionary Marxists 1024 0 New Steinacher Franz List 440 0 New 49252 0 5019277 Nohlen & Stöver File:1975 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KPÖ Others Burgenland 51.7555888453561 1 45.2667665360682 1 2.53284166858723 1 0.444802949988477 1 - Carinthia 54.7465807237802 1 33.855083617939 1 9.96007503968445 1 1.43826061859637 1 - Lower Austria 47.9832066985571 1 48.119688571151 1 2.90051901085265 1 0.996585719439285 1 - Upper Austria 44.4127537675925 1 42.5569809440777 1 6.74017713037935 1 0.829366209599761 1 - Salzburg 45.1885791750844 1 42.5481626239552 1 12.1202308299083 1 0.727363308008469 1 0.182671150413086 1 Styria 50.2656977757011 1 43.9393223255004 1 4.58283085956438 1 1.21214903923414 1 - Tyrol 37.2017486325079 1 56.8217694077182 1 5.3246675809433 1 0.651814378830626 1 - Vorarlberg 35.9200115468896 1 53.07042290483 1 10.2268701368569 1 0.782695411423548 1 - Vienna 59.8385695629412 1 33.9863998020953 1 4.08830540230083 1 1.98853993476047 1 0.0981852979022481 1 Austria 50.42 1 42.95 1 5.41 1 1.19 1 0.0317334253544866 1 Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA) National election results Austria 1919 - 2017 (OA edition) Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA) 2019-07-24 de 10.11587/EQUDAL free Aftermath The SPÖ was able to keep their absolute majority in this election as well and continued to appoint Bruno Kreisky as Chancellor. The Kreisky III Federal Government took office on 28 October 1975. Following the elections, Simon Wiesenthal, at that time the head of the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna, published a report on the Nazi past of the long-serving Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) leader Friedrich Peter. This report revealed that Peter had served as an Obersturmbannführer in an SS unit associated with mass murders. Despite having been a victim of the Nazi regime, Kreisky defended Peter and accused Wiesenthal of employing "Mafia methods" and implied that he had collaborated with the Gestapo. This public dispute is today referred to as the Kreisky–Peter–Wiesenthal affair. In 1978 Peter did not run again for the position of FPÖ federal party chairman. His successor was the Mayor of Graz Alexander Götz. References Category:Legislative elections in Austria Austria Legislative Austria