1951 Austrian presidential election

1951 Austrian presidential election
6 May 1951 (first round)
27 May 1951 (second round)
 
Nominee Theodor Körner Heinrich Gleißner
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Home state Vienna Upper Austria
Popular vote 2,178,631 2,006,322
Percentage 52.06% 47.94%
President before election

Leopold Figl (Acting)
ÖVP

 Elected President

Theodor Körner
SPÖ

Presidential elections were held in Austria in 1951, the first time that the President of Austria had been elected by popular vote. A first round of voting was held on 6 May, and with no candidate achieving a majority of the votes, a second round was held on 27 May between the top two candidates, Mayor of Vienna, Theodor Körner representing the Socialist Party's, and Upper Austria Governor Heinrich Gleißner of the Austrian People's Party. Although Gleißner received the most votes in the first round Körner won the runoff with 52% of the vote.

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