Austria 1983 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 90 of 183 seats with 47.6% of the vote; 92.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1979.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 90 | −5 | 47.6 | −3.4 | 2,312,529 |
| Austrian People's Party | 81 | +4 | 43.2 | +1.3 | 2,097,808 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 12 | +1 | 5.0 | −1.1 | 241,789 |
| United Greens of Austria | 0 | 2.0 | 92,277 | ||
| Alternative List Austria | 0 | 1.4 | 65,816 |
± is the change against the Austria 1979 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,312,529
- Austrian People's Party 2,097,808
- Freedom Party of Austria 241,789
- United Greens of Austria 92,277
- Alternative List Austria 65,816
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
92.6% of the 5,316,436 registered voters cast a ballot (4,922,454 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1979. 4,853,417 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria47.6% of votes49.2% of seats
- Austrian People's Party43.2% of votes44.3% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria5.0% of votes6.6% of seats
- United Greens of Austria2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.3 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 4.4 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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