1970 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1966 Austrian legislative election 1966 1971 Austrian legislative election 1971 All 165 seats in the National Council 83 1 March 1970 130x130px Kreisky-Koechler-Vienna-1980 Crop.jpg Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria 42.56%, 74 seats 81 7 2,221,981 48.42% 5.86 pp Josef_Klaus_1964.jpg Josef Klaus Austrian People's Party 48.35%, 85 seats 78 7 2,051,012 44.69% 3.66 pp 3x4.svg Friedrich Peter Freedom Party of Austria 5.35%, 6 seats 6 253,425 5.52% 0.17 pp 1970 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg Seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the most voted-for party. Chancellor Josef Klaus Austrian People's Party Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 1 March 1970.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Socialist Party (SPÖ) emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 81 of the 165 seats, just two seats short of an absolute majority and the first time it had become the largest party during the Second Republic. Voter turnout was 92%.Nohlen & Stöver, p215 After lengthy coalition negotiations with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the SPÖ formed a minority government with the support of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). It is speculated that SPÖ leader Bruno Kreisky had this intention from the start and only negotiated with the ÖVP for appearances.December 2024 It was the first Socialist-led government since 1920, and the first purely left-wing government in Austrian history. The SPÖ would lead the government for the next 29 years. Kreisky became Chancellor and would remain so until 1983. The Kreisky I government took office on 21 April 1970. Josef Klaus stepped down as ÖVP chairman in 1970 and his deputy Hermann Withalm de succeeded him. Early elections under a reformed electoral system were held the following year, with the number of seats increased to 183. They saw the SPÖ win an outright majority. This was the first of eleven consecutive elections that saw the SPÖ emerge as the largest party — they would not fall behind another party until 2002. The SPÖ governed the country from this election until 4 February 2000, when the ÖVP's Wolfgang Schüssel had his government inaugurated in the aftermath of the 1999 elections, which saw the SPÖ retain largest party status but Schüssel govern due to support from the FPÖ. Results Socialist Party of Austria 2221981 81 +7 Austrian People's Party 2051012 78 –7 Freedom Party of Austria 253425 6 0 Communist Party of Austria 44750 0 0 Democratic Progressive Party 14925 0 0 National Democratic Party 2631 0 New Adolf Glantschnig – For Humanity, Law and Freedom in Austria 237 0 New 41890 5045841 0 Nohlen & Stöver File:1970 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KPÖ DFP Others Burgenland 48.774383126499 1 48.0914523313144 1 2.69397615549452 1 0.440188386692141 1 - - Carinthia 53.2471673923088 1 35.6905315084897 1 9.67154115985604 1 1.1893372901983 1 0.201422649147126 1 - Lower Austria 45.2113794749826 1 50.9232724021921 1 2.66275106263009 1 0.902612458223156 1 0.240275702244235 1 0.0597088997278205 1 Upper Austria 46.5244241073716 1 46.0193365306979 1 6.66433073472446 1 0.575027040951288 1 0.0645381987194846 1 0.152343387535264 1 Salzburg 42.5212066346627 1 43.604061576494 1 12.9916479154607 1 0.591914276885312 1 0.103149767368985 1 Styria 47.8703150311137 1 45.6311034066846 1 4.98643762524576 1 1.21534022224446 1 0.162667366194936 1 0.134136348516522 1 Tyrol 35.924233808506 1 57.8779322470375 1 5.54259233841186 1 0.41765524814212 1 0.237586357902443 1 - Vorarlberg 30.9920632231041 1 54.7393605845155 1 13.5813096020767 1 0.489355501182722 1 0.19791108912099 1 - Vienna 58.6645985545818 1 34.9419591312422 1 4.06672204234544 1 1.47753235427626 1 0.849187917554279 1 - Austria 48.42 1 44.69 1 5.52 1 0.98 1 0.33 1 0.0624978072378475 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 Austria