Austria 1970 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 81 of 165 seats with 48.4% of the vote; 91.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.0 points on 1966.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 81 | +7 | 48.4 | +5.8 | 2,221,981 |
| Austrian People's Party | 78 | −7 | 44.7 | −3.6 | 2,051,012 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 6 | 0 | 5.5 | +0.1 | 253,425 |
| Communist Party of Austria | 0 | 1.0 | 44,750 |
± is the change against the Austria 1966 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,221,981
- Austrian People's Party 2,051,012
- Freedom Party of Austria 253,425
- Communist Party of Austria 44,750
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
91.8% of the 5,045,841 registered voters cast a ballot (4,630,851 ballots), down 2.0 points on 1966. 4,588,961 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria48.4% of votes49.1% of seats
- Austrian People's Party44.7% of votes47.3% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria5.5% of votes3.6% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.3 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 3.7 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.