1953 Austrian legislative election

1953 Austrian legislative election

← 1949 22 February 1953 1956 →
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 77 seats, 44.03% 67 seats, 38.71% Seats won 74 73 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 1,781,777 1,818,517 Percentage 41.26% 42.11% Swing 2.77% 3.40%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Herbert Kraus Johann Koplenig Party VdU KPÖ Leader since 25 March 1949 1924 Last election 16, 11.67% 5 seats, 5.08% Seats won 14 4 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 472,866 228,159 Percentage 10.95% 5.28% Swing 0.72% 0.20%
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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The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1953 were the first National Council elections after World War II in which the Socialist Party managed to gain a bare plurality of votes, the first time it had won the most votes in an election since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party retained a one-seat plurality. 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]

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