1965 Austrian presidential election

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1965 Austrian presidential election

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Nominee	Franz Jonas	Alfons Gorbach
Party	SPÖ	ÖVP
Popular vote	2,324,436	2,260,888
Percentage	50.69%	49.31%

President before election

Adolf Schärf
SPÖ

Elected President

Franz Jonas
SPÖ

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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 23 May 1965,^[1] following the death of incumbent President Adolf Schärf on 28 February. The result was a victory for Franz Jonas of the Socialist Party, who received 51% of the vote. Voter turnout was 96%.^[2]

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Franz Jonas	Socialist Party of Austria	2,324,436	50.69
	Alfons Gorbach	Austrian People's Party	2,260,888	49.31
Total			4,585,324	100.00

Valid votes			4,585,324	97.99
Invalid/blank votes			94,103	2.01
Total votes			4,679,427	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,874,928	95.99
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 196. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p222

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