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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 1 March 1970.[1] The Socialist Party (SPÖ) emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 81 of the 165 seats, just three seats short of an absolute majority and the first time it had become the largest party during the Second Republic. Voter turnout was 92%.[2]

After lengthy coalition negotiations with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the SPÖ formed a minority government with the support of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). It is speculated that SPÖ leader Bruno Kreisky had this intention from the start and only negotiated with the ÖVP for appearances.[citation needed] It was the first Socialist-led government since 1920, and the first purely left-wing government in Austrian history. The SPÖ would lead the government for the next 29 years. Kreisky became Chancellor and would remain so until 1983. The Kreisky I government took office on 21 April 1970. Josef Klaus stepped down as ÖVP chairman in 1970 and his deputy Hermann Withalm [de] succeeded him.

Early elections under the new system were held the following year, with the number of seats increased to 183. They saw the SPÖ win an outright majority.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,221,98148.4281+7
Austrian People's Party2,051,01244.6978–7
Freedom Party of Austria253,4255.5260
Communist Party of Austria44,7500.9800
Democratic Progressive Party14,9250.3300
National Democratic Party2,6310.060New
Adolf Glantschnig – For Humanity, Law and Freedom in Austria2370.010New
Total4,588,961100.001650
Valid votes4,588,96199.10
Invalid/blank votes41,8900.90
Total votes4,630,851100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,045,84191.78
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Results by state

State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KPÖ DFP Others
 Burgenland 48.8 48.1 2.7 0.4 - -
 Carinthia 53.2 35.7 9.7 1.2 0.2 -
 Lower Austria 45.2 50.9 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.1
 Upper Austria 46.5 46.0 6.7 0.6 0.1 0.2
 Salzburg 42.5 43.6 13.0 0.6 0.1
 Styria 47.9 45.6 5.0 1.2 0.2 0.1
 Tyrol 35.9 57.9 5.5 0.4 0.2 -
 Vorarlberg 31.0 54.7 13.6 0.5 0.2 -
 Vienna 58.7 34.9 4.1 1.5 0.8 -
 Austria 48.4 44.7 5.5 1.0 0.3 0.1
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)[3]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p215
  3. ^ "National election results Austria 1919 - 2017 (OA edition)", Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA) (in German), Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA), 2019-07-24, doi:10.11587/EQUDAL


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Austrian_legislative_election
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