1949 Austrian legislative election

none Austria parliamentary 1945 Austrian legislative election 1945 1953 Austrian legislative election 1953 165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 9 October 1949 Figl_leopold_01b.jpg Leopold Figl Austrian People's Party 49.80%, 85 seats 77 8 1,846,581 44.03% 5.77 pp Adolf_Sch%C3%A4rf_1961.jpg Adolf Schärf Social Democratic Party of Austria 44.60%, 76 seats 67 9 1,623,524 38.71% 5.91 pp Herbert Kraus Federation of Independents – 16 New 489,273 11.67% New Johann Koplenig auf dem VI. Parteitag der SED 1963.jpg Johann Koplenig Communist Party of Austria 5.42%, 4 seats 5 1 213,066 5.08% 0.34 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 Leopold Figl Austrian People's Party Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1949. About 500,000 registered Nazis, who were not allowed to vote in 1945, regained their voting rights. A newly created party, the Electoral Party of Independents (WdU) (a predecessor of the Freedom Party of Austria) specifically targeted this group of voters and immediately won a large share of votes.The Development of Right-Wing Extremism After 1945 Documentation Archive of Austrian Resistance The Austrian People's Party remained strongest party, although losing their absolute majority of seats. Leopold Figl stayed as Chancellor, leading a coalition with the Socialist Party of Austria as junior partner.Austrian Cabinets since 1945 Austrian Chancellery Results Austrian People's Party 1846581 77 –8 Socialist Party of Austria 1623524 67 –9 Electoral Party of Independents 489273 16 New Communist Party of Austria and Left Socialists 213066 5 +1 Democratic Union 12059 0 New Fourth Party 7134 0 New Democratic Front of the Working People 2088 0 New Democratic Party of Austria 5 0 0 Economic Party of House and Property Owners 3 0 New Austrian Patriotic Party 0 0 New 56883 0 4391815 Nohlen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp213–219 978-3-8329-5609-7 File:1949 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State ÖVP SPÖ WdU Linksblock DU Others Burgenland 52.5543728632738 1 40.4547438353175 1 3.87823388211333 1 2.91261547414107 1 0.0806197415318963 1 0.119414203622433 1 Carinthia 33.9631435391767 1 41.0778913921886 1 20.7695518782853 1 4.05364329398033 1 0.135769896369067 1 - Lower Austria 54.0619532620812 1 36.2107142222324 1 4.30648556548413 1 5.09835886575608 1 0.13712091779601 1 0.185367166650161 1 Upper Austria 44.9485626494712 1 30.8008227298363 1 20.8393651792483 1 3.10849958913715 1 0.150119744344569 1 0.152630107962371 1 Salzburg 43.7144019528072 1 33.565035452749 1 18.5510868301755 1 3.34708822503778 1 0.270835754969197 1 0.551551784261304 1 Styria 42.9394803863833 1 37.3965782288472 1 14.5300609555567 1 4.53029039930861 1 0.541487254399584 1 0.062102775504585 1 Tyrol 56.3044985143291 1 23.7619041311805 1 17.3852192302768 1 1.63578325540736 1 0.725837428310309 1 0.186757440495901 1 Vorarlberg 56.3665465400591 1 18.9145399020003 1 21.8849730451604 1 2.39107593507271 1 0.442864577707513 1 - Vienna 35.5330292932761 1 49.2385295810341 1 6.82034714732724 1 7.9002858234472 1 0.283163499717078 1 0.224644655198263 1 Austria 44.03 1 38.71 1 11.67 1 5.08 1 0.29 1 0.21961899554409 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 Parliament