Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 5 October 1975.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 The Socialist Party (SPÖ) secured a second consecutive majority government, winning 93 of 183 seats, with Bruno Kreisky remaining Chancellor. Voter turnout was 93%.Nohlen & Stöver, p215
Results
Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ KPÖ Others - - - - - - - Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)
Aftermath The SPÖ was able to keep their absolute majority in this election as well and continued to appoint Bruno Kreisky as Chancellor. The Kreisky III Federal Government took office on 28 October 1975.
Following the elections, Simon Wiesenthal, at that time the head of the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna, published a report on the Nazi past of the long-serving Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) leader Friedrich Peter. This report revealed that Peter had served as an Obersturmbannführer in an SS unit associated with mass murders. Despite having been a victim of the Nazi regime, Kreisky defended Peter and accused Wiesenthal of employing "Mafia methods" and implied that he had collaborated with the Gestapo.
This public dispute is today referred to as the Kreisky–Peter–Wiesenthal affair. In 1978 Peter did not run again for the position of FPÖ federal party chairman. His successor was the Mayor of Graz Alexander Götz.
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