State election in Lower Austria in 1945

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(in %)
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50
40
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54.48%
40.38%
5.14%
   
A total of 56 seats

The state elections in Lower Austria took place on November 25, 1945 , together with the National Council elections and the state elections in the other federal states. The ballot papers were divided into two parts: the National Council was elected in the upper section, the Landtag in the lower section. The ÖVP came out on top as the winner and won 32 of the 56 seats.

Acceding parties and constituencies

Only three parties ran for the election in Lower Austria:

The provisional state government had decided to reform the constituency division before the state elections. It reintroduced four constituencies, with 15 seats on constituency 8 ( district above the Vienna Woods ), 11 seats on constituency 9 ( district below the Vienna Woods ), 11 seats on constituency 10 ( district above Manhartsberg ) and 11 seats on the constituency 11 ( quarter under the Manhartsberg ) 12 seats were canceled.

Result

Official end result
Political party be right % Mand.
ÖVP 379.732 54.46% 32
SPÖ 281,429 40.36% 22nd
KPÖ 36.096 5.18% 2
total 697.257 100% 56

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ How to choose In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 24, 1945, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ^ Lower Austrian Parliament on the elections since 1945
  3. ^ Hermann Riepl: Fifty Years of the Lower Austrian Parliament. Vol. 1. The Landtag in the First Republic. Vienna 1972