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 | | The excellent election returns of the last few years, which reflect the growing confidence of the voters in the partys political work, are seen by the party leaders as making it incumbent upon them to defend the interests of Austrian citizens to the best of their ability. |
 | | After the first elections to the Nationalrat, in November 1945, in which the Communists won only four out of a total of 165 seats, there was, until 1947, one communist minister in addition to the cabinet members representing the two major parties. |
 | | Austria's constitution is guided by the rule of law and based on the republican, democratic and federal principles as well as on the strict division of legislative and executive powers and of the judiciary and administration. |
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