1983 Austrian legislative election
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Parliamentary elections were held inAustriaon 24 April 1983.[1][2][3]The result was a victory for theSocialist Party,which won 90 of the 183 seats. However, the Socialists lost the outright majority they had held since1971,promptingBruno Kreiskyto stand down as SPÖ leader andChancellorin favour ofFred Sinowatz.The SPÖ stayed in office by entering into a coalition government with theFreedom Party of Austria,which at this point was a liberal party. Voter turnout was 93%.[4][5]
Results[edit]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Socialist Party of Austria | 2,312,529 | 47.65 | 90 | –5 | |
| Austrian People's Party | 2,097,808 | 43.22 | 81 | +4 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 241,789 | 4.98 | 12 | +1 | |
| United Greens of Austria | 93,798 | 1.93 | 0 | New | |
| Alternative List Austria | 65,816 | 1.36 | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party of Austria | 31,912 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Austria Party | 5,851 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Stop Immigrants Movement | 3,914 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 4,853,417 | 100.00 | 183 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,853,417 | 98.60 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 69,037 | 1.40 | |||
| Total votes | 4,922,454 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,316,436 | 92.59 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References[edit]
- ^Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook,p196ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^Sully, Melanie A. (1984)."The 1983 Austrian election".West European Politics.7(1): 119–123.doi:10.1080/01402388408424462.ISSN0140-2382.
- ^Pulzer, Peter (1983)."The Austrian general election of 1983".Electoral Studies.2(3): 275–280.doi:10.1016/S0261-3794(83)80035-3.ISSN0261-3794.
- ^Fred Sinowatz: Reluctant chancellor of AustriaThe Independent,7 September 2008
- ^Nohlen & Stöver, p215
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