Austrian legislative election, 1956

Austrian legislative election, 1956

13 May 1956
165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Julius Raab Adolf Schärf Party ÖVP SPÖ Leader since 1951 15 December 1945 Last election 74 seats, 41.26% 73 seats, 42.11% Seats won 82 74 Seat change 8 1 Popular vote 1,999,986 1,873,295 Percentage 46.31% 43.38% Swing 5.05% 1.27%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Anton Reinthaller Johann Koplenig Party FPÖ KPÖ Leader since 7 April 1956 1924 Last election New Party 4 seats, 5.28% Seats won 6 3 Seat change 6 1 Popular vote 283,749 192,438 Percentage 6.57% 4.46% Swing 6.57% 0.82%
Chancellor before election Julius Raab ÖVP Elected Chancellor Julius Raab ÖVP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 13 May 1956.^[1] The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 82 of the 165 seats in the National Council. Voter turnout was 96.0%.^[2] Although the ÖVP had come up one seat short of an absolute majority, ÖVP leader and Chancellor Julius Raab retained the grand coalition with the Socialists, with the SPÖ leader Adolf Schärf as Vice-Chancellor.

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