State election in Styria 1978
On October 8, 1978, state elections were held in Styria .
The ÖVP won the elections and was able to hold an absolute majority despite losing votes, while the FPÖ won slightly and the SPÖ suffered slight losses.
51.9% of the votes (30 mandates) meant an absolute majority for the ÖVP. The SPÖ was able to hold its 23 mandates with 40.3%, while the FPÖ was able to win one mandate with 6.4% (3 mandates).
The KPÖ again failed to make it into the state parliament with 1.33%.
Election result
| Results 1978 | Results 1974 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 796.273 | 777.490 | + 18,783 | ||||||
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| Votes cast | 754.136 | 94.71% | 56 | 739.149 | 95.07% | 56 | + 14,987 | - 0.36% | |
| Invalid votes | 13,233 | 1.75% | 10,265 | 1.39% | + 2,968 | + 0.36% | |||
| Valid votes | 740.903 | 98.25% | 728.884 | 98.61% | + 12,019 | - 0.36% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 384.905 | 51.95% | 30th | 388.283 | 53.27% | 31 | - 3,378 | - 1.32% | - 1 |
| Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 298,560 | 40.30% | 23 | 300.189 | 41.18% | 23 | - 1,629 | - 0.88% | 0 |
| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 47,562 | 6.42% | 3 | 30,608 | 4.20% | 2 | + 16,954 | + 2.22% | + 1 |
| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 9,876 | 1.33% | 0 | 9,804 | 1.35% | 0 | + 72 | - 0.02% | 0 |
