1980 Austrian presidential election
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]
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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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