State election in Salzburg in 1954
The state elections in Salzburg in 1954 were held on October 17, 1954 and were the third state elections in the state of Salzburg since the establishment of the 2nd Republic. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was able to stabilize after the losses in the state elections in 1949 and grew by 2.3 percent to 45.9 percent. After increasing the number of state parliament mandates from 26 to 32, the ÖVP was also able to increase its number of members from 12 to 15. The gains of the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) were even clearer, winning 4.6 percent and four seats and, with 38.2 percent, having 13 members in the newly elected state parliament. The electoral party of the Independents emerged as the loser, losing 5.4 percent and one mandate. With 13.2 percent, it was only able to send four members to the state parliament. As in 1949, the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) failed to enter the state parliament with 2.3 percent . The first electoral community Salzburg home list - Freedom Collection Austria (FSÖ.) Failed with 0.4 percent of the entry into the state parliament.
The Landtag of the 3rd legislative period was constituted and elected the provincial government Klaus II as the new Salzburg provincial government.
Overall result
| Results 1954 | Results 1949 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 197,511 | 186,665 | + 10,846 | ||||||
| voter turnout | 89.60% | 92.96% | - 3.36% | ||||||
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| Votes cast | 176.961 | 173,521 | + 3,440 | ||||||
| Invalid | 4,058 | 2.29% | 3,363 | 1.94% | + 695 | + 0.35% | |||
| Valid | 172.903 | 97.71% | 170.158 | 98.06% | + 2,745 | - 0.35% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 79.391 | 45.92% | 15th | 74,257 | 43.64% | 12 | + 5,134 | + 2.28% | + 3 |
| Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 66,019 | 38.18% | 13 | 57,139 | 33.58% | 9 | + 8,880 | + 4.60% | + 4 |
| Elective Party of the Independent (WdU) | 22,787 | 13.18% | 4th | 31,553 | 18.54% | 5 | - 8,766 | - 5.36% | - 1 |
| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 4.012 | 2.32% | 0 | 5,811 | 3.42% | 0 | - 1,799 | - 1.10% | ± 0 |
| Wahlgemeinschaft Salzburger Heimatliste (FSÖ.) | 694 | 0.40% | 0 | not running | + 694 | + 0.40% | ± 0 | ||
| Democratic Union and Fourth Party (DU / 4.P.) | not running | 1,398 | 0.82% | 0 | - 1,398 | - 0.82% | ± 0 | ||
| total | 172.903 | 100.00% | 32 | 170.158 | 100.00% | 26th | + 2,745 | + 6 | |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Election statistics. The elections in the federal states since 1945, p. 98
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
