1953 Austrian legislative election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Austria

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1949 Austrian legislative election

| previous_year = 1949

| next_election = 1956 Austrian legislative election

| next_year = 1956

| seats_for_election = All 165 seats in the National Council of Austria

| majority_seats = 83

| election_date = 22 February 1953

| image1 = Figl leopold_01b.jpg

| leader1 = Leopold Figl

| party1 = Austrian People's Party

| last_election1 = 44.03%, 77 seats

| seats1 = 74

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 3

| popular_vote1 = 1,781,777

| percentage1 = 41.26%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}2.77 pp

| image2 = Adolf Sch%C3%A4rf_1961.jpg

| leader2 = Adolf Schärf

| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Austria

| last_election2 = 38.71%, 67 seats

| seats2 = 73

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 6

| popular_vote2 = 1,818,517

| percentage2 = 42.11%

| swing2 = {{increase}}3.40 pp

| image4 =

| leader4 = Herbert Kraus

| leader_since4 = 25 March 1949

| party4 = Federation of Independents

| last_election4 = 11.67%, 16 seats

| seats4 = 14

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 2

| popular_vote4 = 472,866

| percentage4 = 10.95%

| swing4 = {{decrease}}0.72 pp

| image5 = Johann Koplenig auf dem VI. Parteitag der SED 1963.jpg

| leader5 = Johann Koplenig

| party5 = Communist Party of Austria

| last_election5 = 5.08%, 5 seats

| seats5 = 4

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote5 = 228,159

| percentage5 = 5.28%

| swing5 = {{increase}}0.20 pp

| map_image = {{Switcher

| 280px

| Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party.

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| Results of the election by states

| default = 2

}}

| title = Chancellor

| before_election = Leopold Figl

| before_party = Austrian People's Party

| after_election = Julius Raab

| after_party = Austrian People's Party

}}{{Politics of Austria}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which the Socialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party won the most seats. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued with Julius Raab replacing Leopold Figl as Chancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, and Adolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remaining Vice Chancellor.[http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.f/f355648.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en Leopold Figl] Encyclopedia of Austria[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226120614/http://www.bka.gv.at/site/5957/default.aspx Austrian Chancellors and Cabinets since 1945] Austrian Federal Chancellery