Austrian presidential election, 1980
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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 18 May 1980. Supported by both major parties, the ruling Socialist Party and opposition Austrian People's Party, incumbent president Rudolf Kirchschläger was re-elected with a landslide of 79.9% of the vote.[1] The competing candidates were Willfried Gredler of the Freedom Party of Austria and Norbert Burger of the National Democratic Party, which was later banned.[2]
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Rudolf Kirchschläger | SPÖ–ÖVP | 3,538,748 | 79.87 |
| Willfried Gredler | Freedom Party of Austria | 751,400 | 16.96 |
| Norbert Burger | National Democratic Party | 140,741 | 3.18 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 348,165 | – | |
| Total | 4,779,054 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,215,875 | 91.6 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3] | |||
References
- ↑ Rudolf Kirchschläger AEIOU
- ↑ Norbert Burger AEIOU
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p222 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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