1949 Austrian legislative election
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165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 seats needed for a majority |
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300px Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1949. About 500,000 registered Nazis, who were not allowed to vote in 1945, regained their voting rights. A newly created party, the Electoral Party of Independents (WdU) (a predecessor of the Freedom Party of Austria) specifically targeted this group of voters and immediately won a large share of votes.[1] The Austrian People's Party remained strongest party, although losing their absolute majority of seats. Leopold Figl stayed as Chancellor, leading a coalition with the Socialist Party of Austria as junior partner.[2]
Results
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References
- ↑ The Development of Right-Wing Extremism After 1945 Documentation Archive of Austrian Resistance
- ↑ Austrian Cabinets since 1945 Austrian Chancellery