1962 Austrian legislative election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 18 November 1962.[1] The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 81 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 93.8%.[2] Although the People's Party had come up only two seats short of an outright majority, Chancellor Alfons Gorbach (who had succeeded Julius Raab a year earlier) retained the grand coalition with the Socialists under Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann.
Results[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Austrian People's Party | 2,024,501 | 45.4 | 81 | +2 | |
| Socialist Party of Austria | 1,960,685 | 44.0 | 76 | –2 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 313,895 | 7.0 | 8 | 
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| Communists and Left Socialists | 135,520 | 3.0 | 0 |
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| European Federal Party of Austria | 21,530 | 0.5 | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 49,876 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 4,506,007 | 100 | 165 | 0 | |
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References[]
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p214
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