State election in Burgenland 1972
The state election in Burgenland 1972 was carried out on October 8, 1972 and was the 12th state election in the Austrian state of Burgenland . In the election, the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) was able to maintain its majority of the votes, but lost one of its 17 seats to date when the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) re-entered the state parliament. With a small plus of 0.2%, the SPÖ came in 1972 to 50.5% of the vote. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had to accept a decline in its share of the vote for the fourth time in a row and again achieved 15 seats with a minus of 0.6% and a share of 45.9%. The FPÖ gained around 0.8% and was able to move back into the state parliament with a member of the parliament with a share of 3.1%. The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ), on the other hand, failed with 0.4%, as did the Liberal Party of Austria (LPÖ), which achieved 0.1%.
The Landtag of the XII. The legislative period was constituted on November 3, 1972 and on that day elected the state government of Kery III .
Results
| Results 1972 | Results 1968 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 181,881 | 177,303 | + 4,578 | ||||||
| voter turnout | 93.07 | 95.17% | - 2.10% | ||||||
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| Votes cast | 169.272 | 168,743 | + 529 | ||||||
| Invalid | 1,603 | 0.95% | 1,556 | 0.92% | + 47 | + 0.03% | |||
| Valid | 167,669 | 99.05% | 167.187 | 99.08% | + 482 | - 0.03% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 84,713 | 50.52% | 16 | 84.116 | 50.31% | 17th | + 597 | + 0.21% | - 1 |
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 77.023 | 45.94% | 15th | 77,879 | 46.58% | 15th | - 856 | - 0.64% | ± 0 |
| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 5,109 | 3.05% | 1 | 3.713 | 2.22% | 0 | + 1,396 | + 0.83% | + 1 |
| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 602 | 0.36% | 0 | 797 | 0.48% | 0 | - 195 | - 0.12% | ± 0 |
| Liberal Party of Austria (LPÖ) | 222 | 0.13% | 0 | not running | + 222 | + 0.13% | ± 0 | ||
| Democratic Progressive Party (DFP) | not running | 682 | 0.41% | 0 | - 682 | - 0.41% | ± 0 | ||
| total | 167,669 | 100.00% | 32 | 167.187 | 100.00% | 32 | + 482 | ||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Election statistics. The elections in the federal states since 1945, p. 86
literature
- Liaison office of the federal states at the office of the Lower Austrian provincial government: election statistics. The elections in the federal states since 1945. National Council and state parliaments. 8th edition, Vienna 1994
