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The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1953 were the first National Council elections after World War II in which the Socialist Party managed to gain a bare plurality of votes, the first time it had won the most votes in an election since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party retained a one-seat plurality. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued with Julius Raab replacing Leopold Figl as Chancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, and Adolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remaining Vice Chancellor.[1][2]
Results
e • d Summary of the 22 February 1953 National Council of Austria election results
| Parties |
Votes |
+/- |
% |
+/- |
Seats |
+/- |
|
Socialist Party of Austria (Sozialistische Partei Österreichs) |
1,818,517 |
+194,993 |
42.11 |
+3.4 |
73 |
+6 |
|
Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) |
1,781,777 |
-64,804 |
41.26 |
-2.7 |
74 |
-3 |
|
Electoral Party of Independents (Wahlpartei der Unabhängigen) |
472,866 |
-16,407 |
10.95 |
-0.8 |
14 |
-2 |
|
Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs)¹ |
228,159 |
+15,093 |
5.28 |
+0.2 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Bipartisan Agreement of the Centre |
5,809 |
|
0.1 |
|
0 |
|
|
Christian Democratic Party |
3,668 |
|
0.1 |
|
0 |
|
|
Christian Social Party and Non-Party Personalities |
3,029 |
|
0.1 |
|
0 |
|
|
Free Democrats |
2,573 |
|
0.1 |
|
0 |
|
|
Association of Austrian Monarchists |
1,210 |
|
0.0 |
|
0 |
|
|
Austrian National Republicans and Independents |
1,054 |
|
0.0 |
|
0 |
|
|
Austrian Patriotic Party |
26 |
+26 |
0.0 |
– |
0 |
0 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
76,831 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Total (turnout 95.8%) |
4,395,519 |
|
100 |
|
165 |
|
| ¹ Contested the election as Electoral group Austrian People's Opposition (Wahlgemeinschaft Österreichische Volksopposition) |
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| Popular Vote |
|
|
|
|
|
| SPÖ |
|
42.11% |
| ÖVP |
|
41.26% |
| VdU |
|
10.95% |
| VO |
|
5.28% |
| Other |
|
0.40% |
References
