Austrian legislative election, 1983

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Austrian legislative election, 1983
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority

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Leader Bruno Kreisky Alois Mock Norbert Steger
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since196719791980
Last election95 seats, 51.03%77 seats, 41.90%11 seats, 6.06%
Seats won908112
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote2,312,5292,097,808241,789
Percentage47.65%43.22%4.98%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.38%Increase2.svg 1.32%Decrease2.svg 1.08%
Chancellor before election

Bruno Kreisky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Fred Sinowatz
SPÖ

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983. [1] The result was a victory for the Socialist Party, which won 90 of the 183 seats. However, the Socialists lost the outright majority they had held since 1971, prompting Bruno Kreisky to stand down as SPÖ leader and Chancellor in favour of Fred Sinowatz. The SPÖ stayed in office by entering into a coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria, which at this point was a liberal party. Voter turnout was 92.6%. [2] [3]

Austria Federal republic in Central Europe

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising 9 federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly 9 million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

Social Democratic Party of Austria one of the oldest political parties in Austria

The Social Democratic Party of Austria is a social-democratic political party in Austria and alongside with the People's Party one of the country's two traditional major parties.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party of Austria 2,312,52947.690–5
Austrian People's Party 2,097,80843.281+4
Freedom Party of Austria 241,7895.012+1
United Greens of Austria93,7981.90New
Alternative List Austria65,8161.40New
Communist Party of Austria 31,9120.700
Austria Party5,8510.10New
Stop Immigrants Movement3,9140.00New
Invalid/blank votes69,037–––
Total4,922,4541001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
SPÖ
 
47.65%
ÖVP
 
43.22%
FPÖ
 
4.98%
VGÖ
 
1.93%
ALÖ
 
1.36%
KPÖ
 
0.66%
Other
 
0.20%
Parliamentary seats
SPÖ
 
49.18%
ÖVP
 
44.26%
FPÖ
 
6.56%

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Fred Sinowatz: Reluctant chancellor of Austria The Independent, 7 September 2008
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p215


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