1979 Austrian legislative election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979.[1] The Socialist Party won a fourth consecutive term in government, and its third as a majority government, winning 95 of 183 seats. Voter turnout was 92.2%.[2] As of the 2024 election, the Socialist Party's result is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election, as well as the last time that an Austrian political party has won an outright majority at the federal level.
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6 May 1979
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All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 2,413,226 | 51.03 | 95 | +2 | |
| Austrian People's Party | 1,981,739 | 41.90 | 77 | –3 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 286,743 | 6.06 | 11 | +1 | |
| Communist Party of Austria | 45,280 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Social Labour Group | 2,263 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 4,729,251 | 100.00 | 183 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,729,251 | 98.85 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 54,922 | 1.15 | |||
| Total votes | 4,784,173 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,186,735 | 92.24 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
Results by state
| State | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | KPÖ | CSA | ||||
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 Burgenland | 52.9 | 43.9 | 2.7 | 0.4 | - | ||||
 Carinthia | 56.2 | 32.6 | 10.0 | 1.1 | - | ||||
 Lower Austria | 48.4 | 47.3 | 3.6 | 0.7 | - | ||||
 Upper Austria | 50.3 | 41.8 | 7.2 | 0.7 | - | ||||
 Salzburg | 44.9 | 43.0 | 11.4 | 0.6 | - | ||||
 Styria | 51.4 | 41.4 | 6.1 | 1.1 | - | ||||
| Tyrol | 37.7 | 55.4 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||||
| Vorarlberg | 33.4 | 54.9 | 10.7 | 0.9 | - | ||||
| Vienna | 60.6 | 33.2 | 4.7 | 1.5 | - | ||||
 Austria | 51.0 | 41.9 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)[3] | |||||||||
