Austria 1979 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 95 of 183 seats with 51.0% of the vote; 92.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.7 points on 1975.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 95 | +2 | 51.0 | +0.6 | 2,413,226 |
| Austrian People's Party | 77 | −3 | 41.9 | −1.0 | 1,981,739 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 11 | +1 | 6.1 | +0.7 | 286,743 |
| Communist Party of Austria | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | −0.2 | 45,280 |
± is the change against the Austria 1975 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,413,226
- Austrian People's Party 1,981,739
- Freedom Party of Austria 286,743
- Communist Party of Austria 45,280
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
92.2% of the 5,186,735 registered voters cast a ballot (4,784,173 ballots), down 0.7 points on 1975. 4,729,251 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1970 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria51.0% of votes51.9% of seats
- Austrian People's Party41.9% of votes42.1% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria6.1% of votes6.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (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 9.1 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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