State election in Vorarlberg in 1969
The state elections in Vorarlberg in 1969 took place on October 19, 1969. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) lost 3.4% and achieved its worst result to date in a state election in the Second Republic with 50.0%. Nevertheless, the ÖVP was able to maintain its mandate level of 20 mandates. The Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) also lost 1.8% and lost a mandate. With 27.7%, the SPÖ subsequently had nine members in the state parliament. The winner of the election was the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which won 5.2% and achieved seven seats with 21.0%. This meant winning one mandate. The Liberal Party of Austria (LPÖ), which entered the state for the first time, failed to make it into the state parliament with 1.3%; the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) did not run for the first time in 1969.
The state parliament of the XXI. The legislative period was then constituted on October 29, 1969 and on that day elected the state government Keßler II as the new Vorarlberg state government.
Overall result
| Results 1969 | Results 1964 | Differences | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 153.022 | 142,919 | + 10,103 | |||||||
| voter turnout | 93.66% | 93.10% | + 0.56% | |||||||
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | ||
| Votes cast | 143,326 | 133.059 | + 10,267 | |||||||
| Invalid | 3,709 | 2.59% | 3,397 | 2.55% | + 312 | + 0.04% | ||||
| Valid | 139,617 | 97.41% | 129,662 | 97.45% | + 9,955 | - 0.04% | ||||
| Political party | ||||||||||
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 69,861 | 50.04% | 20th | 69,321 | 53.46% | 20th | + 540 | - 3.42% | ± 0 | |
| Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 38,718 | 27.73% | 9 | 38,302 | 29.54% | 10 | + 416 | - 1.81% | - 1 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 29,258 | 20.96% | 7th | 20,480 | 15.79% | 6th | + 8,778 | + 5.17% | + 1 | |
| Liberal Party of Austria (LPÖ) | 1,780 | 1.27% | 0 | not running | + 1,780 | + 1.27% | ± 0 | |||
| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | not running | 1,559 | 1.20% | 0 | - 1,559 | - 1.20% | ± 0 | |||
| total | 139,617 | 100.00% | 36 | 129,662 | 100.00% | 36 | + 9,955 | |||
literature
- Josef Rauchberger (Ed.): Keyword Federal States - Federal Council. Elections and representative bodies of the federal states from 1945 to 2000. PR-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-9011-1105-0 .
- 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. sn, Vienna 1994.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Election statistics. The elections in the federal states since 1945, p. 108
Web links
- State of Vorarlberg State election results from 1945
