Austrian legislative election, 1986

Austrian legislative election, 1986
Austria
23 November 1986

183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Fred Sinowatz Alois Mock Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since 1983 1979 1986
Last election 90 seats, 47.65% 81 seats, 43.22% 12 seats, 4.98%
Seats won 80 77 18
Seat change Decrease 10 Decrease 4 Increase 6
Popular vote 2,092,024 2,003,663 472,205
Percentage 43.11% 41.29% 9.73%
Swing Decrease 4.54% Decrease 1.93% Increase 4.75%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Freda Meissner-Blau
Party Greens
Leader since 1986
Last election new
Seats won 8
Seat change Increase 8
Popular vote 234,028
Percentage 4.82%
Swing Increase 4.82%

Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 23 November 1986.[1] They were called by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), as he was not prepared to continue the coalition government with new Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider, who had ousted Norbert Steger at the party convention. The SPÖ won the most seats, and formed a grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party, as neither were willing to work with Haider. Voter turnout was 90.5%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,092,02443.180–10
Austrian People's Party2,003,66341.377–4
Freedom Party of Austria472,2059.718+6
Green Alternative-Freda Meissner-Blau List234,0284.88New
Communist Party of Austria35,1040.700
Action List - I've Had Enough8,1000.20New
Green Alternatives-Democratic List6,0050.10New
Carinthian Greens-VGÖ-VÖGA-Independent Councillors1,0590.00New
Invalid/blank votes88,110
Total4,940,2981001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
SPÖ
 
43.11%
ÖVP
 
41.29%
FPÖ
 
9.73%
GRÜNE
 
4.82%
KPÖ
 
0.72%
Other
 
0.31%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p216
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