State election in Lower Austria 1983

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(in %)

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

54.55%
(+ 4.92  % p )

41.35%
(-4.04  % p )

1.69%
(-1.54  % p )

2.41%
(+0.65  % p )

ÖVP

SPÖ

FPÖ

Otherwise.

1979



1983



  

A total of 56 seats

• SPÖ : 24
• ÖVP : 32

The state elections in Lower Austria in 1983 took place on October 16. The SPÖ lost three mandates to the ÖVP. The ÖVP achieved an absolute majority in the state parliament with 32 of the 56 seats.

Accompanying parties

Six parties ran for the election in Lower Austria:

• Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
• Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ)
• Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)
• Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)
• United Green Austria (VGÖ)
• Alternative list Lower Austria (ALNÖ)

Official end result

Official final result of the state elections in 1983

	Results 1983			Results 1979			Differences
	be right	%	Mand.	be right	%	Mand.	be right	%	Mand.
Eligible voters	1,142,955			1,027,372			+ 115,623
Votes cast	959.448	83.94%		899.491	87.55%		+ 59,957	- 3.61%
invalid votes	19,918	1.74%		9,987	0.97%		+ 9,931	+ 0.77%
valid votes	939,530	82.20%		889.504	86.58%		+ 50.026	- 4.38%
Political party
ÖVP	512,528	54.55%	32	441.431	49.63%	29	+ 71,097	+ 4.92%	+ 3
SPÖ	388.501	41.35%	24	403,708	45.39%	27	- 15.207	- 4.04%	- 3
FPÖ	15,861	1.69%	0	28,700	3.23%	0	- 12,839	- 1.54%	± 0
KPÖ	7,817	0.83%	0	7,034	0.79%	0	+ 783	+ 0.04%	± 0
VGÖ	9,274	0.87%	0	not running			+ 9,274	+ 0.87%	± 0
ALNÖ	5,549	0.59%	0	not running			+ 5,549	+ 0.59%	± 0
WBU	not running			7,725	0.99%	0	- 7,725	- 0.99%	± 0
NDP	not running			906	0.10%	0	- 906	- 0.10%	± 0
total	939,530	100%	56

See also

• List of members of the Lower Austrian state parliament (XII legislative period)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ High tension before the Lower Austrian election: It's only about one mandate! In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 15, 1983, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ Disappointing Lower Austria elections - Now 32 (29) VP, 24 (27) VP . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 17, 1983, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ^ Lower Austrian Parliament on the elections since 1945
4. ^ Hermann Riepl: Fifty Years of the Lower Austrian Parliament. Vol. 1. The Landtag in the First Republic. Vienna 1972
5. ^ Josef Rauchberger (Ed.): Keyword Federal States - Federal Council. Elections and representative bodies of the federal states from 1945 to 2000. Vienna 2000. ISBN 3-901111-05-0