1962 Austrian legislative election

1962 Austrian legislative election
165 seats in the National Council of Austria; 83 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party.
Chancellor before election; Alfons Gorbach; ÖVP	Elected Chancellor ; Alfons Gorbach; ÖVP

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 94%.^[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	+/–
	Austrian People's Party	2,024,501	45.43	81	+2
	Socialist Party of Austria	1,960,685	44.00	76	–2
	Freedom Party of Austria	313,895	7.04	8	0
	Communists and Left Socialists	135,520	3.04	0	0
	European Federal Party of Austria	21,530	0.48	0	New
Total		4,456,131	100.00	165	0

Valid votes		4,456,131	98.89
Invalid/blank votes		49,876	1.11
Total votes		4,506,007	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,805,351	93.77
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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[1] Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p214

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