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 80% 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]

1980 Austrian presidential election

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Nominee Rudolf Kirchschläger Willfried Gredler Party SPÖ–ÖVP FPÖ Popular vote 3,538,748 751,400 Percentage 79.87% 16.96%

President before election Rudolf Kirchschläger SPÖ Elected President Rudolf Kirchschläger SPÖ

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	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
Total			4,430,889	100.00
Valid votes			4,430,889	92.71
Invalid/blank votes			348,165	7.29
Total votes			4,779,054	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,215,875	91.63
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3]