1953 Austrian legislative election

none Austria parliamentary 1949 Austrian legislative election 1949 1956 Austrian legislative election 1956 All 165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 22 February 1953 Figl leopold_01b.jpg Leopold Figl Austrian People's Party 44.03%, 77 seats 74 3 1,781,777 41.26% 2.77 pp Adolf Sch%C3%A4rf_1961.jpg Adolf Schärf Social Democratic Party of Austria 38.71%, 67 seats 73 6 1,818,517 42.11% 3.40 pp Herbert Kraus 25 March 1949 Federation of Independents 11.67%, 16 seats 14 2 472,866 10.95% 0.72 pp Johann Koplenig auf dem VI. Parteitag der SED 1963.jpg Johann Koplenig Communist Party of Austria 5.08%, 5 seats 4 1 228,159 5.28% 0.20 pp 280px Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party. 280px Results of the election by states 2 Chancellor Leopold Figl Austrian People's Party Julius Raab Austrian People's Party Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which the Socialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party won the most seats. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued with Julius Raab replacing Leopold Figl as Chancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, and Adolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remaining Vice Chancellor.Leopold Figl Encyclopedia of AustriaAustrian Chancellors and Cabinets since 1945 Austrian Federal Chancellery Results Socialist Party of Austria 1818517 73 +6 Austrian People's Party 1781777 74 –3 Electoral Party of Independents 472866 14 –2 Austrian People's Opposition 228159 4 –1 Bipartisan Agreement of the Centre 5809 0 New Christian Democratic Party 3668 0 New Christian Social Party and Non-Party Personalities 3029 0 New Free Democrats 2573 0 New Association of Austrian Monarchists 1210 0 New Austrian National Republicans and Independents 1054 0 New Austrian Patriotic Party 26 0 0 76831 0 4586870 Nohlen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp214–219 978-3-8329-5609-7 File:1953 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP WdU VO Others Burgenland 44.6644821199601 1 48.3051954219499 1 3.68345443320511 1 3.21567649712685 1 0.513024273677005 1 Carinthia 48.0991409104374 1 28.8397353609164 1 16.6102498271946 1 4.10980547052434 1 2.34106843092722 1 Lower Austria 38.9952376505743 1 50.2225542378685 1 4.82696797086563 1 5.83185482615868 1 0.123385314532947 1 Upper Austria 38.383183868125 1 46.217795863356 1 12.1599774506246 1 3.04222176144316 1 0.196821056451195 1 Salzburg 35.2309741187042 1 42.321454358744 1 18.8635549208692 1 2.80848696842792 1 0.775529633254711 1 Styria 41.1098264499983 1 40.7025922314564 1 13.5686879450822 1 4.4039558170495 1 0.214937556413562 1 Tyrol 29.2487050932997 1 55.0563616441995 1 13.1358323925892 1 2.37233548044359 1 0.186765389468092 1 Vorarlberg 22.657455042533 1 55.546832426641 1 18.7865409304602 1 2.92973981472074 1 0.0794317856450138 1 Vienna 49.9689124851219 1 31.0537300431101 1 10.4632587859425 1 8.09692726931028 1 0.513024273677005 1 Austria 42.11 1 41.26 1 10.95 1 5.28 1 0.402182329448203 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 Austria Legislative