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Austria 1971 legislative election

What was the result of the 1971 legislative election in Austria?

Social Democratic Party of Austria won 93 of 183 seats with 50.0% of the vote. 92.4% 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 : 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.

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 93 +12 seats 50.0% +1.6 points
  • Austrian People's Party 80 +2 seats 43.1% −1.6 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 10 +4 seats 5.5% 0.0 points
  • Communist Party of Austria 0 0 seats 1.4% +0.4 points
  • 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 1970 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.0%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    Social Democratic Party of Austria won 93 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +12 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1970.

  3. 92.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.7 points on 1970.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria93+1250.0+1.62,280,168
Austrian People's Party80+243.1−1.61,964,713
Freedom Party of Austria10+45.50.0248,473
Communist Party of Austria001.4+0.461,762

± 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 many people voted?

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

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.

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