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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 18 May 1980. Supported by both major parties, the ruling Socialist Party and opposition Austrian People's Party, incumbent president Rudolf Kirchschläger was re-elected with a landslide of 80% of the vote.[1] The competing candidates were Willfried Gredler of the Freedom Party of Austria and Norbert Burger of the National Democratic Party, which was later banned.[2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rudolf KirchschlägerSPÖÖVP3,538,74879.87
Willfried GredlerFreedom Party of Austria751,40016.96
Norbert BurgerNational Democratic Party140,7413.18
Total4,430,889100.00
Valid votes4,430,88992.71
Invalid/blank votes348,1657.29
Total votes4,779,054100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,215,87591.63
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3]

References

  1. ^ Rudolf Kirchschläger AEIOU
  2. ^ Norbert Burger AEIOU
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p222 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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