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1949 Austrian legislative election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Austria |
| type | parliamentary |
| previous_election | 1945 Austrian legislative election |
| previous_year | 1945 |
| next_election | 1953 Austrian legislative election |
| next_year | 1953 |
| seats_for_election | 165 seats in the National Council of Austria |
| majority_seats | 83 |
| election_date | 9 October 1949 |
| image1 | Figl_leopold_01b.jpg |
| leader1 | Leopold Figl |
| party1 | Austrian People's Party |
| last_election1 | 49.80%, 85 seats |
| seats1 | 77 |
| seat_change1 | 8 |
| popular_vote1 | 1,846,581 |
| percentage1 | 44.03% |
| swing1 | 5.77 pp |
| image2 | Adolf_Sch%C3%A4rf_1961.jpg |
| leader2 | Adolf Schärf |
| party2 | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| last_election2 | 44.60%, 76 seats |
| seats2 | 67 |
| seat_change2 | 9 |
| popular_vote2 | 1,623,524 |
| percentage2 | 38.71% |
| swing2 | 5.91 pp |
| leader4 | Herbert Kraus |
| party4 | Federation of Independents |
| last_election4 | – |
| seats4 | 16 |
| seat_change4 | New |
| popular_vote4 | 489,273 |
| percentage4 | 11.67% |
| swing4 | New |
| image5 | Johann Koplenig auf dem VI. Parteitag der SED 1963.jpg |
| leader5 | Johann Koplenig |
| party5 | Communist Party of Austria |
| last_election5 | 5.42%, 4 seats |
| seats5 | 5 |
| seat_change5 | 1 |
| popular_vote5 | 213,066 |
| percentage5 | 5.08% |
| swing5 | 0.34 pp |
| map_image | {{Switcher |
| default | 2 |
| title | Chancellor |
| before_election | Leopold Figl |
| before_party | Austrian People's Party |
| after_election | Leopold Figl |
| after_party | Austrian People's Party |
| [[File:1949 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg|280px]] | Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party. | [[File:Austria 1949 election map largest party in state.png|280px]] | Results of the election by states
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. 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.
Results
Results by state
| State | ÖVP | SPÖ | WdU | Linksblock | DU | Others | Austrian People's Party}};" | Social Democratic Party of Austria}};" | Federation of Independents}};" | Communist Party of Austria}};" | Democratic Union}};" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgenland | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Carinthia | **** | - | ||||||||||||||
| Lower Austria | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Upper Austria | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Salzburg | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Styria | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Tyrol | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Vorarlberg | **** | - | ||||||||||||||
| Vienna | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Austria | **** | |||||||||||||||
| Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA) |
References
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100117171424/http://www.doew.at/english/right/englre.html#develop The Development of Right-Wing Extremism After 1945] Documentation Archive of Austrian Resistance
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131226120614/http://www.bka.gv.at/site/5957/default.aspx Austrian Cabinets since 1945] Austrian Chancellery
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp213–219 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
- "National election results Austria 1919 - 2017 (OA edition)". Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA).
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