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Austria 1970 legislative election

What was the result of the 1970 legislative election in Austria?

Social Democratic Party of Austria won 81 of 165 seats with 48.4% of the vote. 91.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Austria
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

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.

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 81 +7 seats 48.4% +5.8 points
  • Austrian People's Party 78 −7 seats 44.7% −3.6 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 6 0 seats 5.5% +0.1 points
  • Communist Party of Austria 0 1.0%
  • 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 1966 legislative election, party by party.

83 of 165 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 48.4%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    Social Democratic Party of Austria won 81 of 165 seats. A majority needs 83.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1966. Austrian People's Party lost 7 seats.

  3. 91.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.0 points on 1966.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria81+748.4+5.82,221,981
Austrian People's Party78−744.7−3.62,051,012
Freedom Party of Austria605.5+0.1253,425
Communist Party of Austria01.044,750

± 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 many people voted?

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

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.

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