Austria 1971 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 93 of 183 seats with 50.0% of the vote; 92.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.7 points on 1970.
- Austria
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 93 | +12 | 50.0 | +1.6 | 2,280,168 |
| Austrian People's Party | 80 | +2 | 43.1 | −1.6 | 1,964,713 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 10 | +4 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 248,473 |
| Communist Party of Austria | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | +0.4 | 61,762 |
± is the change against the Austria 1970 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,280,168
- Austrian People's Party 1,964,713
- Freedom Party of Austria 248,473
- Communist Party of Austria 61,762
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
92.4% of the 4,984,448 registered voters cast a ballot (4,607,616 ballots), up 0.7 points on 1970. 4,556,990 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria50.0% of votes50.8% of seats
- Austrian People's Party43.1% of votes43.7% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria5.5% of votes5.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.3 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 6.9 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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