Austria 1966 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Austrian People's Party won 85 of 165 seats with 48.4% of the vote; 93.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 1962.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian People's Party | 85 | +4 | 48.4 | +3.0 | 2,191,109 |
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 74 | −2 | 42.6 | −1.4 | 1,928,985 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 6 | −2 | 5.3 | −1.6 | 242,570 |
| Democratic Progressive Party | 0 | 3.3 | 148,528 |
± is the change against the Austria 1962 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Austrian People's Party 2,191,109
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,928,985
- Freedom Party of Austria 242,570
- Democratic Progressive Party 148,528
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
93.8% of the 4,886,818 registered voters cast a ballot (4,583,970 ballots), unchanged on 1962. 4,531,885 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Austrian People's Party48.4% of votes51.5% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria42.6% of votes44.8% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria5.3% of votes3.6% of seats
- Democratic Progressive Party3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Austrian People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Austria by 5.8 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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