1956 Austrian legislative election

1956 Austrian legislative election
165 seats in the National Council of Austria; 83 seats needed for a majority
	Results by constituency
Chancellor before election; Julius Raab; ÖVP	Elected Chancellor ; Julius Raab; ÖVP

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 13 May 1956.^[1] The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 82 of the 165 seats in the National Council. Voter turnout was 96%.^[2] Although the ÖVP had come up one seat short of an absolute majority, ÖVP leader and Chancellor Julius Raab retained the grand coalition with the Socialists, with the SPÖ leader Adolf Schärf as Vice-Chancellor.

Quick facts 165 seats in the National Council of Austria 83 seats needed for a majority, First party ...


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Austrian People's Party	1,999,986	45.96	82	+8
	Socialist Party of Austria	1,873,295	43.05	74	+1
	Freedom Party of Austria	283,749	6.52	6	–8
	Communists and Left Socialists	192,438	4.42	3	–1
	Free Workers Movement of Austria	1,812	0.04	0	New
	Party of Reason	284	0.01	0	New
	Ergokratische Party	231	0.01	0	New
	Austrian Patriotic Party	83	0.00	0	0
	Austrian Middle Class Party	23	0.00	0	New
	Parliamentary Representatives of the People prevented from voting, Non-Voters and Invalid Voters	7	0.00	0	New
Total		4,351,908	100.00	165	0

Valid votes		4,351,908	98.29
Invalid/blank votes		75,803	1.71
Total votes		4,427,711	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,614,464	95.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

State	ÖVP	SPÖ	FPÖ	KUL	Others
State					Others
Burgenland	49.2	46.0	3.0	1.9	-
Carinthia	33.7	48.1	15.1	3.1	0.0
Lower Austria	51.8	41.2	2.9	4.0	0.0
Upper Austria	50.4	40.3	7.1	2.2	-
Salzburg	47.2	36.1	14.4	2.3	0.0
Styria	45.6	44.0	6.9	3.5	-
Tyrol	62.9	29.6	6.0	1.5	0.0
Vorarlberg	60.8	26.8	10.3	2.1	-
Vienna	35.9	49.7	5.6	8.5	0.2

Austria	46.0	43.1	6.5	4.4	0.1
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)^[3]

Results