Chancellor
parliamentary
CountryAustria
Previous election1945 Austrian legislative election
Previous year1945
Next election1953 Austrian legislative election
Next year1953
Seats for election165 seats in the National Council of Austria
Majority seats83
Election date9 October 1949
Leader 1Leopold Figl
Party 1Austrian People's Party
Last election 149.80%, 85 seats
Seats 177
Seat change 18
Popular vote 11,846,581
Percentage 144.03%
Swing 15.77 pp
Leader 2Adolf Schärf
Party 2Social Democratic Party of Austria
Last election 244.60%, 76 seats
Seats 267
Seat change 29
Popular vote 21,623,524
Percentage 238.71%
Swing 25.91 pp
Leader 4Herbert Kraus
Party 4Federation of Independents
Last election 4–
Seats 416
Seat change 4New
Popular vote 4489,273
Percentage 411.67%
Swing 4New
Leader 5Johann Koplenig
Party 5Communist Party of Austria
Last election 55.42%, 4 seats
Seats 55
Seat change 51
Popular vote 5213,066
Percentage 55.08%
Swing 50.34 pp
Before electionLeopold Figl
Before partyAustrian People's Party
After electionLeopold Figl
After partyAustrian People's Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1949. 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]

Results

Results by state

StateÖVPSPÖWdULinksblockDUOthers
Burgenland52.640.53.92.90.10.1
Carinthia34.041.120.84.10.1-
Lower Austria54.136.24.35.10.10.2
Upper Austria44.930.820.83.10.20.2
Salzburg43.733.618.63.30.30.6
Styria42.937.414.54.50.50.1
Tyrol56.323.817.41.60.70.2
Vorarlberg56.418.921.92.40.4-
Vienna35.549.26.87.90.30.2
Austria44.038.711.75.10.30.2
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)[3]

References

  1. ^ The Development of Right-Wing Extremism After 1945 Documentation Archive of Austrian Resistance
  2. ^ Austrian Cabinets since 1945 Austrian Chancellery
  3. ^ Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA) (2019-07-24), "National election results Austria 1919 - 2017 (OA edition)" (in German), Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA), doi:10.11587/EQUDAL