State election in Styria 1953
State elections were held in Styria on February 22, 1953 .
For the first time since 1945, the ÖVP lost the status of the party with the most votes to the SPÖ , but it was one mandate before the SPÖ. That is why Josef Krainer senior (ÖVP) was able to keep his post as governor.
The ÖVP achieved 40.7% (21 seats), the SPÖ got 41.1% of the votes (but only 20 seats), the WDU was able to hold third place with 13.6% (6 seats). The KPÖ ran for the "Popular Opposition" list and won a mandate with 4.5%. The Christian Social Party took part in the Styrian state elections for the first time, but with 0.2% clearly missed entry into the state parliament.
Election result
| Results 1953 | Results 1949 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| Votes cast | 680.151 | unknown | 48 | 661.986 | 97.60% | 48 | + 18,165 | unknown | |
| Invalid votes | 20,232 | 2.97% | 10,521 | 1.59% | + 9,711 | + 1.38% | |||
| Valid votes | 659.919 | 97.03% | 651.465 | 98.41% | 8,454 | - 1.38% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 268,546 | 40.69% | 21st | 279.453 | 42.90% | 22nd | - 10,907 | - 2.21% | - 1 |
| Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 271.162 | 41.09% | 20th | 243,861 | 37.43% | 18th | + 27.301 | + 3.66% | + 2 |
| Elective Party of the Independent (WdU) | 89,837 | 13.61% | 6th | 94,698 | 14.54% | 7th | - 4,861 | - 0.93% | - 1 |
| Popular Opposition (VO) | 29,039 | 4.40% | 1 | 33.052 | 5.07% | 1 | - 4,013 | - 0.67% | |
| Christian Social Party | 1,335 | 0.20% | 0 | nk | + 1,335 | + 0.20% | |||
Individual evidence
- ^ State of Styria - final result of the state elections in 1953
