1995 Austrian legislative election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995 to elect the 20th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.[1] The snap election was called after the collapse of the grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) due to a dispute regarding the national budget. The SPÖ made small gains primarily at the expense of minor parties, while the ÖVP remained stable. The grand coalition was subsequently renegotiated.
Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.
Name | Ideology | Leader | 1994 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
SPÖ | Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs | Social democracy | ![]() Franz Vranitzky | 34.9% | 65 / 183 | |
ÖVP | Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei | Christian democracy | ![]() Wolfgang Schüssel | 27.7% | 52 / 183 | |
FPÖ | Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs | Right-wing populism Euroscepticism | ![]() Jörg Haider | 22.5% | 42 / 183 | |
GRÜNE | The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative | Green politics | ![]() Madeleine Petrovic | 7.3% | 13 / 183 | |
LiF | Liberal Forum Liberales Forum | Liberalism | ![]() Heide Schmidt | 6.0% | 11 / 183 |
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Social Democratic Party of Austria | 1,843,474 | 38.06 | 71 | +6 | |
Austrian People's Party | 1,370,510 | 28.29 | 52 | 0 | |
Freedom Party of Austria | 1,060,377 | 21.89 | 41 | –1 | |
Liberal Forum | 267,026 | 5.51 | 10 | –1 | |
The Greens – The Green Alternative | 233,208 | 4.81 | 9 | –4 | |
No – Civic Action Group against the Sale of Austria | 53,176 | 1.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Communist Party of Austria | 13,938 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
Austrian Natural Law Party | 1,634 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
The Best Party | 830 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 4,844,173 | 100.00 | 183 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 4,844,173 | 97.68 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 115,282 | 2.32 | |||
Total votes | 4,959,455 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,768,099 | 85.98 | |||
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry |
Results by state
State | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | LiF | Grüne | Others | |||
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![]() | 44.6 | 31.9 | 16.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |||
![]() | 40.8 | 18.5 | 32.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | |||
![]() | 37.9 | 34.5 | 17.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | |||
![]() | 38.1 | 29.5 | 21.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 1.3 | |||
![]() | 32.6 | 29.1 | 25.4 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 1.2 | |||
![]() | 39.7 | 29.5 | 21.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.4 | |||
![]() | 27.3 | 31.3 | 27.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 1.8 | |||
![]() | 22.9 | 34.1 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 1.2 | |||
![]() | 44.0 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.8 | |||
![]() | 38.1 | 28.3 | 21.9 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 1.4 | |||
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7