Election Resources on the Internet:
Federal Elections in Austria - Nationalrat (National Council) Results Lookup
   Elections:     Länder: 
May 13, 1956 General Election Results - Austria Totals

 Registered Electors    4,614,464     
 Voters    4,427,711  96.0%   
 Invalid Ballots    75,803  1.7%   
 Valid Votes    4,351,908  98.3%   

 

Party Votes  % Seats

 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)    1,999,986  46.0  82 
 Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ)    1,873,295  43.0  74 
 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)    283,749  6.5 
 Communists and Left Socialists (KLS)    192,438  4.4 
 Others    2,440  0.1