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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 6 May 1979.

[1] The Socialist Party won a fourth term in government, taking 95 of the 183 seats.

[2] As of the 2017 elections, this is the most seats that an Austrian party has won in a free election, as well as the last time that an Austrian party has won an outright majority.

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