Austrian legislative election, 1983

Austrian legislative election, 1983

24 April 1983
183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bruno Kreisky Alois Mock Norbert Steger Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Leader since 1967 1979 1980 Last election 95 seats, 51.03% 77 seats, 41.90% 11 seats, 6.06% Seats won 90 81 12 Seat change 5 4 1 Popular vote 2,312,529 2,097,808 241,789 Percentage 47.65% 43.22% 4.98% Swing 3.38% 1.32% 1.08%
Chancellor before election Bruno Kreisky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Fred Sinowatz SPÖ

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 April 1983.^[1] The result was a victory for the Socialist Party, which won 90 of the 183 seats. However, the Socialists lost the outright majority they had held since 1971, prompting Bruno Kreisky to stand down as SPÖ leader and Chancellor in favour of Fred Sinowatz. The SPÖ stayed in office by entering into a coalition government with the Freedom Party of Austria, which at this point was a liberal party. Voter turnout was 92.6%.^[2][3]

Results

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