Parliamentary elections were held in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

on 9 October 1949. About 500,000 registered

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, who were not allowed to vote in 1945, regained their voting rights. A newly created party, the Electoral Party of Independents (WdU) (a predecessor of the Freedom Party of Austria) specifically targeted this group of voters and immediately won a large share of votes. The

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remained strongest party, although losing their absolute majority of seats. Leopold Figl stayed as

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, leading a coalition with the Socialist Party of Austria as junior partner.Austrian Cabinets since 1945
Austrian Chancellery

Results

References

{{Austrian elections Elections in Austria

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Austrian Parliament