1980 Austrian presidential election

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1980 Austrian presidential election

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  Rudolf Kirchschläger 1983.jpg Willfried Gredler austria.png
Nominee Rudolf Kirchschläger Willfried Gredler
Party SPÖ
(ÖVP)
FPÖ
Home state Upper Austria Tyrol
Popular vote 3,538,748 751,400
Percentage 79.87% 16.96%

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President before election

Rudolf Kirchschläger
SPÖ

Elected President

Rudolf Kirchschläger
SPÖ

Presidential elections were held in Austria on 18 May 1980. Supported by both major parties, the ruling Socialist Party and opposition Austrian People's Party, incumbent president Rudolf Kirchschläger was re-elected with a landslide of 79.9% of the vote.[1] The competing candidates were Willfried Gredler of the Freedom Party of Austria and Norbert Burger of the National Democratic Party, which was later banned.[2]

Results[]

Candidate Party Votes %
Rudolf Kirchschläger SPÖÖVP 3,538,748 79.87
Freedom Party of Austria 751,400 16.96
Norbert Burger National Democratic Party 140,741 3.18
Invalid/blank votes 348,165
Total 4,779,054 100
Registered voters/turnout 5,215,875 91.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Rudolf Kirchschläger AEIOU
  2. ^ Norbert Burger AEIOU
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p222 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7


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