1983 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1979 Austrian legislative election 1979 1986 Austrian legislative election 1986 All 183 seats in the National Council 92 24 April 1983 130x130px Bruno Kreisky 1983 (cropped).JPEG Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria 51.03%, 95 seats 90 5 2,312,529 47.65% 3.38 pp Alois Mock 1986.png Alois Mock Austrian People's Party 41.90%, 77 seats 81 4 2,097,808 43.22% 1.32 pp 3x4.svg Norbert Steger Freedom Party of Austria 6.06%, 11 seats 12 1 241,789 4.98% 1.08 pp 1983 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg Results by state Chancellor Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Fred Sinowatz Social Democratic Party of Austria Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 978-3-8329-5609-7Sully Melanie A. 1984 The 1983 Austrian election https://doi.org/10.1080/01402388408424462 West European Politics 7 1 119–123 10.1080/01402388408424462 0140-2382 subscription Pulzer Peter 1983 The Austrian general election of 1983 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379483800353 Electoral Studies en 2 3 275–280 10.1016/S0261-3794(83)80035-3 0261-3794 subscription The result saw the Socialist Party win 90 of 183 seats, enough to secure them a fifth term in government, albeit without the absolute majority the party had held since 1971. This prompted Bruno Kreisky to stand down as SPÖ leader and Chancellor in favour of Fred Sinowatz. The SPÖ subsequently formed a coalition with the Freedom Party of Austria, which was still a liberal party at the time. Voter turnout was 93%.Fred Sinowatz: Reluctant chancellor of Austria The Independent, 7 September 2008Nohlen & Stöver, p215 Results Socialist Party of Austria 2312529 90 –5 Austrian People's Party 2097808 81 +4 Freedom Party of Austria 241789 12 +1 United Greens of Austria 93798 0 New Alternative List Austria 65816 0 New Communist Party of Austria 31912 0 0 Austria Party 5851 0 New Stop Immigrants Movement 3914 0 New 69037 5316436 0 Nohlen & Stöver File:1983 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Others Burgenland 51.3524341649342 1 44.2822028759529 1 2.21435377685378 1 2.15100918225918 1 Carinthia 52.9242980489128 1 32.0609907942275 1 10.7235439745493 1 4.29116718231045 1 Lower Austria 45.8827871990727 1 48.1113576606515 1 3.02339306225106 1 2.98246207802482 1 Upper Austria 46.3097809777257 1 43.5403186004003 1 5.96265882277078 1 4.18724159910318 1 Salzburg 41.3261395348837 1 46.1026976744186 1 7.95683720930233 1 4.61432558139535 1 Styria 49.4467434157448 1 42.2667955841116 1 3.97234288821663 1 4.31411811192694 1 Tyrol 34.8412494082668 1 57.3855221232078 1 4.40886201751253 1 3.3643664510128 1 Vorarlberg 27.3157838015666 1 60.3082228688436 1 7.22174009222863 1 5.15425323736111 1 Vienna 56.567384132132 1 33.6431641909774 1 4.38005782557481 1 5.40939385131586 1 Austria 47.65 1 43.22 1 4.98 1 4.14740789839406 1 Source: SORAInstitute 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