Austria 1956 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Austrian People's Party won 82 of 165 seats with 46.0% of the vote; 96.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.1 points on 1953.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian People's Party | 82 | +8 | 46.0 | +4.7 | 1,999,986 |
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 74 | +1 | 43.0 | +0.9 | 1,873,295 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 6 | −8 | 6.5 | −4.4 | 283,749 |
| Communist Party of Austria | 3 | −1 | 4.4 | −0.9 | 192,438 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 1,812 |
± is the change against the Austria 1953 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Austrian People's Party 1,999,986
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,873,295
- Freedom Party of Austria 283,749
- Communist Party of Austria 192,438
- Largest party without seats 1,812
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
96.0% of the 4,614,464 registered voters cast a ballot (4,427,711 ballots), up 0.1 points on 1953. 4,351,908 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Austrian People's Party46.0% of votes49.7% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria43.0% of votes44.8% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria6.5% of votes3.6% of seats
- Communist Party of Austria4.4% of votes1.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Austrian People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Austria by 3.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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