1959 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1956 Austrian legislative election 1956 1962 Austrian legislative election 1962 All 165 seats in the National Council 83 10 May 1959 130x130px Julius-Raab-1961.jpg Julius Raab Austrian People's Party 45.96%, 82 seats 79 3 1,928,043 44.19% 1.77pp Bruno_Pittermann.jpg Bruno Pittermann Social Democratic Party of Austria 43.05%, 74 seats 78 4 1,953,935 44.79% 1.74pp 3x4.svg Friedrich Peter Freedom Party of Austria 6.52%, 6 seats 8 2 336,110 7.70% 1.18pp 1959 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg Results by constituency Chancellor Julius Raab Austrian People's Party Julius Raab Austrian People's Party Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 10 May 1959. Elections in Europe: A data handbook Nohlen Dieter Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philip 31 May 2010 Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 196 978-3-8329-5609-7 Although the Socialist Party (SPÖ) received the most votes, the Austrian People's Party won one more seat than the SPÖ. The Communist Party of Austria lost its remaining three seats and has not returned to the National Council since. Voter turnout was 94%.Nohlen & Stöver, p214Engelmann Frederick C. 1962 Haggling for the Equilibrium: The Renegotiation of the Austrian Coalition, 1959 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/haggling-for-the-equilibrium-the-renegotiation-of-the-austrian-coalition-1959/8657C532FA8FB9C58F20D66E08760766 American Political Science Review en 56 3 651–662 10.2307/1952497 1537-5943 subscription The grand coalition that had governed the country since 1945 remained in office, with People's Party leader Julius Raab as chancellor and Socialist leader Bruno Pittermann as vice-chancellor.Kitzinger Uwe 1961 The Austrian Election of 1959 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1961.tb00824.x Political Studies en 9 2 119–140 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1961.tb00824.x 0032-3217 subscription Results Socialist Party of Austria 1953935 78 +4 Austrian People's Party 1928043 79 –3 Freedom Party of Austria 336110 8 +2 Communists and Left Socialists 142578 0 –3 League of Democratic Socialists 2190 0 New 61802 4696603 0 Nohlen & Stöver File:1959 Austrian Nationalrat.svg Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KLS BDS Burgenland 46.5351228221388 1 47.2745182540171 1 5.02000861909746 1 1.17035030474666 1 - Carinthia 50.4722317417852 1 32.7275206267435 1 13.5191306366561 1 2.47410371778856 1 0.807013277026654 1 Lower Austria 42.1166770422004 1 50.6169655880656 1 4.31716870617852 1 2.94918866355552 1 - Upper Austria 41.9885854867449 1 47.3067657974632 1 8.7315298040599 1 1.97311891173199 1 - Salzburg 38.6784383210118 1 44.232805849168 1 15.2079387385186 1 1.8808170913016 1 - Styria 45.3048389222763 1 44.7339947072703 1 6.82463741035747 1 3.13652896009595 1 - Tyrol 31.5288239815527 1 59.4385088393543 1 7.85780169100692 1 1.17486548808609 1 - Vorarlberg 30.0594922349984 1 56.4343830842929 1 12.1073634902111 1 1.39876119049756 - Vienna 52.3784133038084 1 34.3702028244694 1 7.44490277276186 1 5.80648109896038 1 - Austria 44.79 1 44.19 1 7.70 1 3.27 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