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May 6, 1979 General Election Results - Austria Totals

 Registered Electors    5,186,735     
 Voters    4,784,173  92.2%   
 Invalid Ballots    54,922  1.1%   
 Valid Votes    4,729,251  98.9%   

 

Party Votes  % Seats

 Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ)    2,413,226  51.0  95 
 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)    1,981,739  41.9  77 
 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)    286,743  6.1  11 
 Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)    45,280  1.0 
 Others    2,263  0.0