Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 10 May 1959. Although the

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received the most votes, the

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retained a bare one-seat plurality. The

Communist Party of Austria The Communist Party of Austria (german: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ) is a communist party in Austria. Established in 1918 as the Communist Party of Republic of German-Austria, German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest ...

lost its remaining three seats and has not returned to the National Council since. Voter turnout was 94%.Nohlen & Stöver, p214 The grand coalition that had governed the country since 1945 remained in office, with People's Party leader

Julius Raab Julius Raab (29 November 1891 – 8 January 1964) was a conservative Austrian politician, who served as Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence, when he negotiated and signed the Austr ...

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and Socialist leader

Bruno Pittermann Bruno Pittermann (3 September 1905 – 19 September 1983) was an Austrian social democrat politician. He served as both the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria from 1957 to 1967, and the Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1957 to 1966 ...

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Elections in Austria

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