1975 Austrian legislative election
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the first-place party. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 5 October 1975.[1] The result was a victory for the Socialist Party, which won 93 of the 183 seats. Voter turnout was 93%.[2]
Results[edit]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Socialist Party of Austria | 2,326,201 | 50.42 | 93 | 0 | |
Austrian People's Party | 1,981,291 | 42.95 | 80 | 0 | |
Freedom Party of Austria | 249,444 | 5.41 | 10 | 0 | |
Communist Party of Austria | 55,032 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | |
Group of Revolutionary Marxists | 1,024 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Steinacher Franz List | 440 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
Total | 4,613,432 | 100.00 | 183 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 4,613,432 | 98.94 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 49,252 | 1.06 | |||
Total votes | 4,662,684 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,019,277 | 92.90 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Aftermath[edit]
The SPÖ was able to keep their absolute majority in this election as well and continued to appoint Bruno Kreisky as Chancellor. The Kreisky III Federal Government commenced its work on October 28, 1975.
Following the National Council election, Simon Wiesenthal, at that time the head of the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna, published a report on the Nazi past of the long-serving FPÖ leader Friedrich Peter. This report revealed that Peter had served as an Obersturmbannführer in an SS unit associated with mass murders. Chancellor Kreisky, himself a victim of the Nazi regime, however, defended Friedrich Peter, accused Simon Wiesenthal of employing "Mafia methods," and implied that he had collaborated with the Gestapo.
This public dispute is today referred to as the Kreisky-Peter-Wiesenthal affair. In 1978, Peter did not run again for the position of federal party chairman. His successor was the Mayor of Graz, Alexander Götz.
References[edit]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p215