1953 Austrian legislative election

1953 Austrian legislative election
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All 165 seats in the National Council of Austria
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leopold Figl Adolf Schärf
Party ÖVP SPÖ
Last election 44.03%, 77 seats 38.71%, 67 seats
Seats won 74 73
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 6
Popular vote 1,781,777 1,818,517
Percentage 41.26% 42.11%
Swing Decrease2.77pp Increase3.40pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Herbert Kraus Johann Koplenig
Party VdU KPÖ
Leader since 25 March 1949
Last election 11.67%, 16 seats 5.08%, 5 seats
Seats won 14 4
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 472,866 228,159
Percentage 10.95% 5.28%
Swing Decrease0.72pp Increase0.20pp
Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party.
Chancellor before election

Leopold Figl
ÖVP

Elected Chancellor

Julius Raab
ÖVP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which the Socialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party won the most seats. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued with Julius Raab replacing Leopold Figl as Chancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, and Adolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remaining Vice Chancellor.[1][2]

  1. ^ Leopold Figl Encyclopedia of Austria
  2. ^ Austrian Chancellors and Cabinets since 1945 Austrian Federal Chancellery