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1945 Austrian legislative election

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Results of the election, showing seats won by constituency and nationwide. Constituencies are shaded according to the first-place party.
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were banned from voting, official sources putting their numbers at around 200,000.
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The Communists won only four seats, which some blamed on the conduct of the
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