Communist Party of Austria

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The Communist Party of Austria (German: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ) is a Marxist and communist political party in Austria. Established in 1918 as the Communist Party of German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest communist parties. The KPÖ was banned between 1933 and 1945 under both the Austrofascist regime and the Nazi German administration of Austria after the 1938 Anschluss. The KPÖ holds two seats in the Styrian and four seats in the Salzburg Landtag (state parliament), but has not had representation in the National Council (Nationalrat, Austria's federal parliament) since 1959. In the 2019 Austrian legislative election held on 29 September, it won only 0.7% of the votes (32,736 out of a total of 4,835,469), well below the 4% minimum to obtain seats in the National Council. The party's vote share increased markedly to 2.4% in the 2024 Austrian legislative election, although still falling below the electoral threshold. At the local level, the KPÖ has held the mayorship...

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