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Austria 1966 legislative election

What was the result of the 1966 legislative election in Austria?

Austrian People's Party won 85 of 165 seats with 48.4% of the vote. 93.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

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.

  • Austrian People's Party 85 +4 seats 48.4% +3.0 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 74 −2 seats 42.6% −1.4 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 6 −2 seats 5.3% −1.6 points
  • Democratic Progressive Party 0 3.3%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Austria 1962 legislative election, party by party.

83 of 165 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 48.4%

    Share of the vote won by Austrian People's Party

    Austrian People's Party won 85 of 165 seats. A majority needs 83.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Austrian People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1962. Freedom Party of Austria lost 2 seats.

  3. 93.8%

    Voter turnout

    Unchanged on 1962.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Austrian People's Party85+448.4+3.02,191,109
Social Democratic Party of Austria74−242.6−1.41,928,985
Freedom Party of Austria6−25.3−1.6242,570
Democratic Progressive Party03.3148,528

± 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 many people voted?

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 do the votes compare with the 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
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

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.

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