1979 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1975 Austrian legislative election 1975 1983 Austrian legislative election 1983 All 183 seats in the National Council 92 6 May 1979 130x130px Kreisky-Koechler-Vienna-1980 Crop.jpg Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria 50.42%, 93 seats 95 2 2,413,226 51.03% 0.61 pp 3x4.svg Josef Taus Austrian People's Party 42.95%, 80 seats, 77 3 1,981,739 41.90% 1.05 pp Alexander-Goetz-(ca.-1987).jpg Alexander Götz Freedom Party of Austria 5.41%, 10 seats, 11 1 286,789 6.06% 0.65 pp 1979 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg Results by state Chancellor Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Socialist Party won a fourth consecutive term in government, and its third as a majority government, winning 95 of 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.Nohlen & Stöver, p215 As of the 2024 election, the Socialist Party's result is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election, as well as the last time that an Austrian political party has won an outright majority at the federal level. Results Social Democratic Party of Austria 2413226 95 +2 Austrian People's Party 1981739 77 –3 Freedom Party of Austria 286743 11 +1 Communist Party of Austria 45280 0 0 Christian Social Labour Group 2263 0 New 54922 5186735 0 Nohlen & Stöver File:1979 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KPÖ CSA Burgenland 52.9490861402082 1 43.932778875258 1 2.7341091319577 1 0.384025852576127 1 - Carinthia 56.2291876374186 1 32.6474693687639 1 10.0194324744322 1 1.10391051938534 1 - Lower Austria 48.4077984759324 1 47.2857915005008 1 3.5603629312473 1 0.746047092319521 1 - Upper Austria 50.2554758310616 1 41.8080369062613 1 7.20867745183209 1 0.727809810844991 1 - Salzburg 44.9324894349203 1 43.0356799516577 1 11.4122480370729 1 0.619582576349132 1 - Styria 51.368825502263 1 41.3729282667448 1 6.14555045423464 1 1.11269577675751 1 - Tyrol 37.676001263107 1 55.417931987003 1 5.68752268723052 1 0.550691019840813 1 0.667853042818735 1 Vorarlberg 33.4200291835327 1 54.9474635358475 1 10.7063269654621 1 0.926180315157732 1 - Vienna 60.6029916248405 1 33.1717875777569 1 4.73556439241619 1 1.48965640498637 1 - Austria 51.03 1 41.90 1 6.06 1 0.96 1 0.05 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