1949 Austrian legislative election

1949 Austrian legislative election

← 1945 9 October 1949 1953 →
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 Leader since 20 December 1945 15 December 1945 Last election 85 seats, 49.80% 76 seats, 44.60% Seats won 77 67 Seat change 8 9 Popular vote 1,846,581 1,623,524 Percentage 44.03% 38.71% Swing 5.77% 5.91%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Herbert Kraus Johann Koplenig Party VdU KPÖ Leader since 25 March 1949 1924 Last election New Party 4 seats, 5.42% Seats won 16 5 Seat change 16 1 Popular vote 489,273 213,066 Percentage 11.67% 5.08% Swing 11.67% 0.34%
Chancellor before election Leopold Figl ÖVP Elected Chancellor Leopold Figl ÖVP

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The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1949 were the second nationwide elections in Austria after World War II. About 500,000 registered Nazis, who were not allowed to vote in 1945, regained their voting rights. A newly created party, the Electoral Party of Independents (WdU) (a predecessor of the Freedom Party of Austria) specifically targeted this group of voters and immediately won a large share of votes.^[1] The Austrian People's Party remained strongest party, although losing their absolute majority of seats. Leopold Figl stayed as Chancellor, leading a coalition with the Socialist Party of Austria as junior partner.^[2]

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