1962 Austrian legislative election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Austria

| flag_year = state

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1959 Austrian legislative election

| previous_year = 1959

| next_election = 1966 Austrian legislative election

| next_year = 1966

| seats_for_election = 165 seats in the National Council of Austria

| majority_seats = 83

| election_date = 18 November 1962

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Alfons_Gorbach_1965.jpg

| leader1 = Alfons Gorbach

| party1 = Austrian People's Party

| last_election1 = 44.19%, 79 seats

| seats1 = 81

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 2

| popular_vote1 = 2,024,501

| percentage1 = 45.43%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 1.24 pp

| image2 = Bruno_Pittermann.jpg

| leader2 = Bruno Pittermann

| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Austria

| last_election2 = 44.79%, 78 seats

| seats2 = 76

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2

| popular_vote2 = 1,960,685

| percentage2 = 44.00%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 0.79 pp

| image3 = 3x4.svg

| leader3 = Friedrich Peter

| party3 = Freedom Party of Austria

| last_election3 = 7.70%, 8 seats

| seats3 = 8

| seat_change3 = {{nochange}}

| popular_vote3 = 313,895

| percentage3 = 7.04%

| swing3 = {{decrease}} 0.66 pp

| map_image = 1962 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg

| map_caption = Results by constituency

| title = Chancellor

| before_election = Alfons Gorbach

| before_party = Austrian People's Party

| after_election = Alfons Gorbach

| after_party = Austrian People's Party

}}{{Politics of Austria}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 18 November 1962.{{Cite book

|title= Elections in Europe: A data handbook

|last1= Nohlen

|first1= Dieter

|authorlink= Dieter Nohlen

|last2= Stöver

|first2= Philip

|date= 31 May 2010

|publisher= Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

|page= 196

|isbn= 978-3-8329-5609-7

}} The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 81 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 94%.Nohlen & Stöver, p214 Although the People's Party had come up only two seats short of an outright majority, Chancellor Alfons Gorbach (who had succeeded Julius Raab a year earlier) retained the grand coalition with the Socialists under Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann.