1980 Austrian presidential election

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Nominee Rudolf Kirchschläger Willfried Gredler Party SPÖ (ÖVP) FPÖ Home state Upper Austria Tyrol Popular vote 3,538,748 751,400 Percentage 79.87% 16.96%

President before election Rudolf Kirchschläger SPÖ Elected President Rudolf Kirchschläger SPÖ

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Presidential elections were held in Austria on 18 May 1980. Supported by both major parties, the ruling Socialist Party and opposition Austrian People's Party, incumbent president Rudolf Kirchschläger was re-elected with a landslide of 79.9% of the vote.^[1] The competing candidates were Willfried Gredler of the Freedom Party of Austria and Norbert Burger of the National Democratic Party, which was later banned.^[2]

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