1986 Austrian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 4 May 1986 with a second round on 8 June 1986. Kurt Waldheim , former Secretary-General of the United Nations , endorsed by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was elected, the first time the ÖVP had won a direct presidential election. Following Waldheim's victory, Chancellor Fred Sinowatz and other government members of the defeated Socialist Party stepped down, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Leopold Gratz , who said he refused to "direct the Austrian foreign service in the defense of President Waldheim." The revelation of Waldheim's service in Greece and Yugoslavia , as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany 's Wehrmacht World War II , caused international controversy.
Results
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Kurt Waldheim Independent (ÖVP ) 2,343,463 49.65 2,464,787 53.91 Kurt Steyrer Socialist Party of Austria 2,061,104 43.67 2,107,023 46.09 Freda Meissner-Blau Green Party 259,689 5.50 Otto Scrinzi Freedom Party of Austria 55,724 1.18 Total 4,719,980 100.00 4,571,810 100.00 Valid votes 4,719,980 97.02 4,571,810 96.33 Invalid/blank votes 144,729 2.98 174,039 3.67 Total votes 4,864,709 100.00 4,745,849 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,436,846 89.48 5,436,846 87.29 Source: Ministry of Interior
References
AUSTRIA LAST HURRAHS Few smiles after a big victory , TIME , retrieved 26 May 2010.
Pulzer, Peter (1986). "The Austrian presidential election of 1986" . Electoral Studies . 5 (3): 302–304. doi :10.1016/0261-3794(86)90018-1 . ISSN 0261-3794 .
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