1971 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1970 Austrian legislative election 1970 1975 Austrian legislative election 1975 All 183 seats in the National Council 92 10 October 1971 130x130px Kreisky-Koechler-Vienna-1980 Crop.jpg Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria 48.42%, 81 seats 93 12 2,280,168 50.04% 1.62 pp Hermann Withalm de Austrian People's Party 44.69%, 78 seats 80 2 1,964,713 43.11% 1.58 pp 3x4.svg Friedrich Peter Freedom Party of Austria 5.52%, 6 seats 10 4 286,473 6.29% 0.77 pp 300px Vote share by state 300px Seats won by state 2 Chancellor Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Bruno Kreisky Social Democratic Party of Austria Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 10 October 1971,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 978-3-8329-5609-7 following electoral reforms intended to benefit smaller parties. The size of the National Council was increased from 165 to 183 members, and the proportionality of the seat distribution was increased as well.Nohlen & Stöver, p188M The Socialist Party, which had governed in minority since 1970, won 93 of the 183 seats, a majority of three. Voter turnout was 92%.Nohlen & Stöver, p215 It was the first time that the Socialists had won an absolute majority at an election. They also won just over half of the vote, something no Austrian party had previously achieved in a free election. Socialist leader Bruno Kreisky continued as Chancellor. Results Socialist Party of Austria 2280168 93 +12 Austrian People's Party 1964713 80 +2 Freedom Party of Austria 248473 10 +4 Communist Party of Austria 61762 0 0 Offensive Left 1874 0 New #E53333 50626 4984448 +18 Nohlen & Stöver File:1975 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KPÖ ÖL Burgenland 50.232786226618 1 46.4308081345197 1 2.86965152965366 1 0.466754109208645 1 - Carinthia 54.9543674493351 1 33.7541132512402 1 9.70777200693389 1 1.58374729249084 1 - Lower Austria 47.0221608990162 1 48.6316696031915 1 3.11057453305873 1 1.23559496473352 1 - Upper Austria 47.9833021810338 1 44.6841408466063 1 6.50577447599129 1 0.826782496368672 1 - Salzburg 45.1885791750844 1 42.5481626239552 1 11.489047046862 1 0.77421115409839 1 - Styria 48.9547714037846 1 44.527437164993 1 4.87823597373532 1 1.63955545748709 1 - Tyrol 37.7809930943768 1 56.4810917461361 1 5.17461361394278 1 0.563301545544229 1 - Vorarlberg 36.644009961612 1 51.6311451726083 1 11.063718543183 1 0.661126322596624 1 - Vienna 59.4912612392916 1 33.8688754727758 1 4.33892056439163 1 2.12717819950652 1 0.17376452403449 1 Austria 50.04 1 43.11 1 5.45 1 1.36 1 0.04 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