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Austria 1979 legislative election

What was the result of the 1979 legislative election in Austria?

Social Democratic Party of Austria won 95 of 183 seats with 51.0% of the vote. 92.2% 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 95 of 183 seats with 51.0% of the vote; 92.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.7 points on 1975.

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 95 +2 seats 51.0% +0.6 points
  • Austrian People's Party 77 −3 seats 41.9% −1.0 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 11 +1 seat 6.1% +0.7 points
  • Communist Party of Austria 0 0 seats 1.0% −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 1975 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 51.0%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    Social Democratic Party of Austria won 95 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1975. Austrian People's Party lost 3 seats.

  3. 92.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.7 points on 1975.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria95+251.0+0.62,413,226
Austrian People's Party77−341.9−1.01,981,739
Freedom Party of Austria11+16.1+0.7286,743
Communist Party of Austria001.0−0.245,280

± is the change against the Austria 1975 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,413,226
  • Austrian People's Party 1,981,739
  • Freedom Party of Austria 286,743
  • Communist Party of Austria 45,280

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?

92.2% of the 5,186,735 registered voters cast a ballot (4,784,173 ballots), down 0.7 points on 1975. 4,729,251 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1970 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria51.0% of votes51.9% of seats
  • Austrian People's Party41.9% of votes42.1% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria6.1% of votes6.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (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 9.1 points of the vote.

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