State election in Styria 1957
(in %)
%
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
43.63
(+2.54)
(+2.54)
46.40
(+5.71)
(+5.71)
6.79
(-6.82)
(-6.82)
2.59
(-1.81)
(-1.81)
0.60
(+0.40)
(+0.40)
1953
1957
Remarks:
c 1953 VDU
On March 10, 1957, state elections were held in Styria .
The ÖVP celebrated a landslide victory and achieved half of the seats in the state parliament. The SPÖ was also able to grow, but lagged behind the ÖVP.
The ÖVP received 46.4% of the votes (24 seats), the SPÖ received 43.6% of the votes (21 seats). The FPÖ , which took the place of the WDU for the first time , lost massively and only got 6.8% of the votes (3 seats). For the first time since 1945, the KPÖ failed to make it into the state parliament with 2.6%.
Two new parties stood in the state elections: The Free Styrian electoral community of the non-party could not win a mandate with 0.43%, just like the EPÖ., Which only stood in Graz and achieved 0.17% of the votes.
Election result
Results 1957 | Results 1953 | Differences | |||||||
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Eligible voters | 718,898 | ||||||||
be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
Votes cast | 696.903 | 96.94% | 48 | 680.151 | unknown | 48 | + 16,752 | unknown | |
Invalid votes | 17,558 | 2.52% | 20,232 | 2.97% | - 2,674 | - 0.45% | |||
Valid votes | 679.345 | 97.48% | 659.919 | 97.03% | + 19,426 | + 0.45% | |||
Political party | |||||||||
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 315.197 | 46.40% | 24 | 268,546 | 40.69% | 21st | + 46,651 | + 5.71% | + 3 |
Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 296,383 | 43.63% | 21st | 271.162 | 41.09% | 20th | 25,221 | + 2.54% | + 1 |
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 46.103 | 6.79% | 3 | 89,837 | 13.61% | 6th | - 43,734 | - 6.82% | - 3 |
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 17,590 | 2.59% | 0 | 29,039 | 4.40% | 1 | - 11,449 | - 1.81% | - 1 |
Free Styrian electoral community of the non-party | 2,926 | 0.43% | 0 | nk | + 2,926 | + 0.43% | |||
EPÖ. | 1,146 | 0.17% | 0 | nk | + 1,335 | + 0.17% |
Individual evidence
- ^ State of Styria - final result of the state elections in 1957