1959 Austrian legislative election
id:
1959-austrian-legislative-election-164-2773862
title:
1959 Austrian legislative election
text:
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 10 May 1959. Although the Socialist Party (SPÖ) received the most votes, the Austrian People's Party won one more seat than the SPÖ. The Communist Party of Austria lost its remaining three seats and has not returned to the National Council since. Voter turnout was 94%. The grand coalition that had governed the country since 1945 remained in office, with People's Party leader Julius Raab as chancellor and Socialist leader Bruno Pittermann as vice-ch
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Austrian_legislative_election
date created:
2005-05-01T22:40:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:36:08Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q456030","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q456030"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/1959_Austrian_legislative_election_-_Results.svg","width":2034,"height":1050}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15