1956 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1953 Austrian legislative election 1953 1959 Austrian legislative election 1959 165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 13 May 1956 Julius-Raab-1961.jpg Julius Raab Austrian People's Party 41.26%, 74 seats 82 8 1,999,986 45.96% 4.70 pp Adolf Sch%C3%A4rf_1961.jpg Adolf Schärf Social Democratic Party of Austria 42.11%, 73 seats 74 1 1,873,295 43.05% 0.94 pp Anton_Reinthaller.jpg Anton Reinthaller Freedom Party of Austria – 6 New 283,749 6.52% New Johann Koplenig auf dem VI. Parteitag der SED 1963.jpg Johann Koplenig Communist Party of Austria 5.28%, 4 seats, 3 1 192,438 4.42% 0.86 pp 1956 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg Results by constituency Chancellor Julius Raab Austrian People's Party Julius Raab Austrian People's Party Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 13 May 1956.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 82 of the 165 seats in the National Council. Voter turnout was 96%.Nohlen & Stöver, p214 Although the ÖVP had come up one seat short of an absolute majority, ÖVP leader and Chancellor Julius Raab retained the grand coalition with the Socialists, with the SPÖ leader Adolf Schärf as Vice-Chancellor. Results Austrian People's Party 1999986 82 +8 Socialist Party of Austria 1873295 74 +1 Freedom Party of Austria 283749 6 –8 Communists and Left Socialists 192438 3 –1 Free Workers Movement of Austria 1812 0 New Party of Reason 284 0 New Ergokratische Party 231 0 New Austrian Patriotic Party 83 0 0 Austrian Middle Class Party 23 0 New Parliamentary Representatives of the People prevented from voting, Non-Voters and Invalid Voters 7 0 New 75803 4614464 0 Nohlen & Stöver File:1956 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ KUL Others Burgenland 49.1569679792559 1 45.9904721702949 1 2.96629077971417 1 1.88626907073509 1 - Carinthia 33.6836589565087 1 48.0926716071562 1 15.1283778725953 1 3.07882326521446 1 0.0164682985253387 1 Lower Austria 51.7815542093403 1 41.2061874055721 1 2.94822629725883 1 4.03217755983099 1 0.0318545279977747 1 Upper Austria 50.3509707125254 1 40.3176736891711 1 7.14209562657891 1 2.18925997172457 1 - Salzburg 47.20696758716 1 36.0619572870218 1 14.4274948499309 1 2.30201569793215 1 0.00156457795509661 1 Styria 45.627337689744 1 43.9995051738441 1 6.91490445489077 1 3.45825268152115 1 - Tyrol 62.9187519503245 1 29.5718568669197 1 6.02536705600739 1 1.48283911946058 1 0.00118500728779482 1 Vorarlberg 60.8304593028729 1 26.7614312243798 1 10.2780464009722 1 2.13006307177517 1 - Vienna 35.9369489062322 1 49.7329115076555 1 5.60960970517285 1 8.53436792003345 1 0.186161960905988 1 Austria 45.96 1 43.05 1 6.52 1 4.42 1 0.056098789047861 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 References Category:Legislative elections in Austria Legislative Austria Austria