1974 Austrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Austria on 23 June 1974 after incumbent President Franz Jonas died on 24 April.[1] The Socialist Party nominated Foreign Minister Rudolf Kirchschläger,[2] who won the election with 51.7% of the vote. The only other candidate was the mayor of Innsbruck, Alois Lugger, of the Austrian People's Party.[3]

1974 Austrian presidential election
23 June 1974
 
Nominee Rudolf Kirchschläger Alois Lugger
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Home state Upper Austria Tyrol
Popular vote 2,392,367 2,238,470
Percentage 51.66% 48.34%
President before election

Franz Jonas
SPÖ

 Elected President

Rudolf Kirchschläger
SPÖ

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Results
Candidate Party Votes %
Rudolf KirchschlägerSocialist Party2,392,36751.66
Alois LuggerAustrian People's Party2,238,47048.34
Invalid/blank votes102,179–
Total4,733,016100
Registered voters/turnout5,031,77294.1
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[4]

References
  1. Franz Jonas Encyclopedia of Austria
  2. Rudolf Kirchschläger Encyclopedia of Austria
  3. Alois Lugger Encyclopedia of Austria
  4. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p222 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7


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