State election in Styria 1974
On October 20, 1974, state elections were held in Styria .
The ÖVP celebrated a landslide victory and gained a clear absolute majority. Friedrich Niederl (ÖVP) remained governor.
With 53.3% of the votes (31 seats), the ÖVP achieved a clear majority, while the SPÖ received 41.2% of the votes (23 seats). The third strongest party remained the FPÖ with 4.2% (2 seats), the KPÖ failed to make it into the state parliament with 1.35%.
Election result
| Results 1974 | Results 1970 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 777.490 | 782.674 | - 5,184 | ||||||
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| Votes cast | 739.149 | 95.07% | 56 | 740.454 | 94.61% | 56 | - 1,305 | + 0.46% | |
| Invalid votes | 10,265 | 1.39% | 7.110 | 0.96% | + 3,155 | + 0.43% | |||
| Valid votes | 728.884 | 98.61% | 733.344 | 99.04% | - 4,460 | - 0.43% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 388.283 | 53.27% | 31 | 356.325 | 48.59% | 28 | + 31,958 | + 4.68% | + 3 |
| Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 300.189 | 41.18% | 23 | 327.906 | 44.71% | 26th | - 27,717 | - 3.53% | - 3 |
| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 30,608 | 4.20% | 2 | 38,641 | 5.27% | 2 | - 8,033 | - 1.07% | 0 |
| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 9,804 | 1.35% | 0 | 9,904 | 1.35% | 0 | - 100 | 0 | 0 |
Individual evidence
- ^ State of Styria - final result of the state elections in 1974
