1966 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 March 1966.[1] The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which won 85 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 93.8%.[2] With an outright majority of three seats, the ÖVP could govern alone. Nonetheless, ÖVP leader and Chancellor Josef Klaus initially sought to continue the grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) that had governed since 1945. When talks for a renewed coalition failed, Klaus formed an exclusively ÖVP cabinet, the first one-party government of the Second Republic.[3] It was also the first purely centre-right government in Austria since before World War II.

1966 Austrian legislative election
6 March 1966
165 seats in the National Council of Austria
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Josef Klaus Bruno Pittermann Friedrich Peter
Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ
Leader since 1963 1957 1958
Last election 81 seats, 45.43% 76 seats, 44.00% 8 seats, 7.04%
Seats won 85 74 6
Seat change 4 2 2
Popular vote 2,191,109 1,928,985 242,570
Percentage 48.35% 42.56% 5.35%
Swing 2.92% 1.44% 1.69%
Chancellor before election

Josef Klaus
ÖVP

 Elected Chancellor

Josef Klaus
ÖVP

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Politics of Austria

As of the 2017 elections, this is the only time in the ÖVP's history where it has governed in a majority. The ÖVP had won a majority of seats once before, during the first postwar election in 1945, but opted to lead a grand coalition rather than govern alone.

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Austrian People's Party2,191,10948.385+4
Socialist Party of Austria1,928,98542.674–2
Freedom Party of Austria242,5705.46–2
Democratic Progressive Party148,5283.30New
Communists and Left Socialists18,6360.400
Liberal Party of Austria1,5710.00New
Marxist–Leninist Party of Austria4860.00New
Invalid/blank votes52,085–––
Total4,583,9701001650
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
ÖVP
 
 48.35%
SPÖ
 
 42.56%
FPÖ
 
 5.35%
DFP
 
 3.28%
KLS
 
 0.41%
Other
 
 0.05%
Parliamentary seats
ÖVP
 
 51.52%
SPÖ
 
 44.85%
FPÖ
 
 3.64%

References
  1. Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p215
  3. Austria at Encyclopædia Britannica


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