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Austria 1975 legislative election

What was the result of the 1975 legislative election in Austria?

Social Democratic Party of Austria won 93 of 183 seats with 50.4% of the vote. 92.9% 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 50.4% of the vote; 92.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.5 points on 1971.

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 93 0 seats 50.4% +0.4 points
  • Austrian People's Party 80 0 seats 42.9% −0.2 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 10 0 seats 5.4% −0.1 points
  • Communist Party of Austria 0 0 seats 1.2% −0.2 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 1971 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.4%

    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. +0.4 points

    Share of the vote gained by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    The largest gain in votes compared with 1971. Austrian People's Party lost 0.2 points.

  3. 92.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.5 points on 1971.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria93050.4+0.42,326,201
Austrian People's Party80042.9−0.21,981,291
Freedom Party of Austria1005.4−0.1249,444
Communist Party of Austria001.2−0.255,032

± is the change against the Austria 1971 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,326,201
  • Austrian People's Party 1,981,291
  • Freedom Party of Austria 249,444
  • Communist Party of Austria 55,032

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?

92.9% of the 5,019,277 registered voters cast a ballot (4,662,684 ballots), up 0.5 points on 1971. 4,613,432 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1966 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria50.4% of votes50.8% of seats
  • Austrian People's Party42.9% of votes43.7% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria5.4% of votes5.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (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 7.5 points of the vote.

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