Austrian legislative election, 1983
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Bruno Kreisky |
Alois Mock |
Norbert Steger |
| Party |
SPÖ |
ÖVP |
FPÖ |
| Leader since |
1967 |
1979 |
1980 |
| Last election |
95 seats, 51.03% |
77 seats, 41.90% |
11 seats, 6.06% |
| Seats won |
90 |
81 |
12 |
| Seat change |
 5 |
 4 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
2,312,529 |
2,097,808 |
241,789 |
| Percentage |
47.65% |
43.22% |
4.98% |
| Swing |
3.38% |
1.32% |
1.08% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983.[1] The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 90 of the 183 seats, and entered into a coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria. Voter turnout was 92.6%.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| Socialist Party of Austria |
2,312,529 |
47.6 |
90 |
–5 |
| Austrian People's Party |
2,097,808 |
43.2 |
81 |
+4 |
| Freedom Party of Austria |
241,789 |
5.0 |
12 |
+1 |
| United Greens of Austria |
93,798 |
1.9 |
0 |
New |
| Alternative List Austria |
65,816 |
1.4 |
0 |
New |
| Communist Party of Austria |
31,912 |
0.7 |
0 |
0 |
| Austria Party |
5,851 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Stop Immigrants Movement |
3,914 |
0.0 |
0 |
New |
| Invalid/blank votes |
69,037 |
– |
– |
– |
| Total |
4,922,454 |
100 |
183 |
0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular Vote |
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| SPÖ |
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47.65% |
| ÖVP |
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43.22% |
| FPÖ |
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4.98% |
| VGÖ |
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1.93% |
| ALÖ |
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1.36% |
| KPÖ |
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0.66% |
| Other |
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0.20% |
References
