1953 Austrian legislative election

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All 165 seats in theNational Council of Austria 83 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Leopold Figl Adolf Schärf Party ÖVP SPÖ Last election 44.03%, 77 seats 38.71%, 67 seats Seats won 74 73 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 1,781,777 1,818,517 Percentage 41.26% 42.11% Swing 2.77pp 3.40pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Herbert Kraus Johann Koplenig Party VdU KPÖ Leader since 25 March 1949 Last election 11.67%, 16 seats 5.08%, 5 seats Seats won 14 4 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 472,866 228,159 Percentage 10.95% 5.28% Swing 0.72pp 0.20pp
Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party. Results of the election by states
Chancellor before election Leopold Figl ÖVP Elected Chancellor Julius Raab ÖVP

Parliamentary elections were held inAustria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which theSocialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, theAustrian People's Party won the most seats. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued withJulius Raab replacingLeopold Figl asChancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, andAdolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remainingVice Chancellor.^[1][2]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party of Austria	1,818,517	42.11	73	+6
	Austrian People's Party	1,781,777	41.26	74	–3
	Electoral Party of Independents	472,866	10.95	14	–2
	Austrian People's Opposition	228,159	5.28	4	–1
	Bipartisan Agreement of the Centre	5,809	0.13	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	3,668	0.08	0	New
	Christian Social Party and Non-Party Personalities	3,029	0.07	0	New
	Free Democrats	2,573	0.06	0	New
	Association of Austrian Monarchists	1,210	0.03	0	New
	Austrian National Republicans and Independents	1,054	0.02	0	New
	Austrian Patriotic Party	26	0.00	0	0
Total		4,318,688	100.00	165	0
Valid votes		4,318,688	98.25
Invalid/blank votes		76,831	1.75
Total votes		4,395,519	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,586,870	95.83
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3]

State	SPÖ	ÖVP	WdU	VO	Others
Burgenland	44.7	48.3	3.7	3.2	0.5
Carinthia	48.1	28.8	16.6	4.1	2.3
Lower Austria	39.0	50.2	4.8	5.8	0.1
Upper Austria	38.4	46.2	12.2	3.0	0.2
Salzburg	35.2	42.3	18.9	2.8	0.8
Styria	41.1	40.7	13.6	4.4	0.2
Tyrol	29.2	55.1	13.1	2.4	0.2
Vorarlberg	22.7	55.5	18.8	2.9	0.1
Vienna	50.0	31.1	10.5	8.1	0.5
Austria	42.1	41.3	11.0	5.3	0.4
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)[4]

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