| Country: | Austria |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1949 Austrian legislative election |
| Previous Year: | 1949 |
| Next Election: | 1956 Austrian legislative election |
| Next Year: | 1956 |
| Seats For Election: | All 165 seats in the National Council of Austria |
| Majority Seats: | 83 |
| Election Date: | 22 February 1953 |
| Image1: | Figl leopold_01b.jpg |
| Leader1: | Leopold Figl |
| Party1: | Austrian People's Party |
| Last Election1: | 44.03%, 77 seats |
| Seats1: | 74 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,781,777 |
| Percentage1: | 41.26% |
| Swing1: | 2.77pp |
| Leader2: | Adolf Schärf |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| Last Election2: | 38.71%, 67 seats |
| Seats2: | 73 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,818,517 |
| Percentage2: | 42.11% |
| Swing2: | 3.40pp |
| Leader4: | Herbert Kraus |
| Leader Since4: | 25 March 1949 |
| Party4: | Federation of Independents |
| Last Election4: | 11.67%, 16 seats |
| Seats4: | 14 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 472,866 |
| Percentage4: | 10.95% |
| Swing4: | 0.72pp |
| Image5: | Johann Koplenig auf dem VI. Parteitag der SED 1963.jpg |
| Leader5: | Johann Koplenig |
| Party5: | Communist Party of Austria |
| Last Election5: | 5.08%, 5 seats |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 228,159 |
| Percentage5: | 5.28% |
| Swing5: | 0.20pp |
| Chancellor | |
| Before Election: | Leopold Figl |
| Before Party: | Austrian People's Party |
| After Election: | Julius Raab |
| After Party: | Austrian People's Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which the Socialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party won the most seats. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued with Julius Raab replacing Leopold Figl as Chancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, and Adolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remaining Vice Chancellor.[1] [2]