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1953 Austrian legislative election
← 1949 22 February 1953 1956 →
All 165 seats in the National Council of Austria
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leopold Figl Adolf Schärf
Party ÖVP SPÖ
Last election 44.03%, 77 seats 38.71%, 67 seats
Seats won 74 73
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 6
Popular vote 1,781,777 1,818,517
Percentage 41.26% 42.11%
Swing Decrease2.77 pp Increase3.40 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Herbert Kraus Johann Koplenig
Party VdU KPÖ
Leader since 25 March 1949
Last election 11.67%, 16 seats 5.08%, 5 seats
Seats won 14 4
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 472,866 228,159
Percentage 10.95% 5.28%
Swing Decrease0.72 pp Increase0.20 pp
Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party. Results of the election by states
Chancellor before election

Leopold Figl
ÖVP

Elected Chancellor

Julius Raab
ÖVP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which the Socialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party won the most seats. 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.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party of Austria1,818,51742.1173+6
Austrian People's Party1,781,77741.2674–3
Electoral Party of Independents472,86610.9514–2
Austrian People's Opposition228,1595.284–1
Bipartisan Agreement of the Centre5,8090.130New
Christian Democratic Party3,6680.080New
Christian Social Party and Non-Party Personalities3,0290.070New
Free Democrats2,5730.060New
Association of Austrian Monarchists1,2100.030New
Austrian National Republicans and Independents1,0540.020New
Austrian Patriotic Party260.0000
Total4,318,688100.001650
Valid votes4,318,68898.25
Invalid/blank votes76,8311.75
Total votes4,395,519100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,586,87095.83
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Results by state

State SPÖ ÖVP WdU VO Others
 Burgenland 44.7 48.3 3.7 3.2 0.5
 Carinthia 48.1 28.8 16.6 4.1 2.3
 Lower Austria 39.0 50.2 4.8 5.8 0.1
 Upper Austria 38.4 46.2 12.2 3.0 0.2
 Salzburg 35.2 42.3 18.9 2.8 0.8
 Styria 41.1 40.7 13.6 4.4 0.2
 Tyrol 29.2 55.1 13.1 2.4 0.2
 Vorarlberg 22.7 55.5 18.8 2.9 0.1
 Vienna 50.0 31.1 10.5 8.1 0.5
 Austria 42.1 41.3 11.0 5.3 0.4
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)

References

  1. Leopold Figl Encyclopedia of Austria
  2. Austrian Chancellors and Cabinets since 1945 Austrian Federal Chancellery
  3. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp214–219 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  4. Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA) (2019-07-24), National election results Austria 1919 - 2017 (OA edition) (in German), Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA), doi:10.11587/EQUDAL
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