Austrian legislative election, 1994

Austrian legislative election, 1994
Austria
9 October 1994

183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Erhard Busek Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since 1988 1991 1986
Leader's seat 9 Vienna 9A Vienna Inner-city-South 2A Klagenfurt
Last election 80 seats, 42.78% 60 seats, 32.07% 33 seats, 16.64%
Seats won 65 52 42
Seat change Decrease 15 Decrease 8 Increase 9
Popular vote 1,617,804 1,281,846 1,042,332
Percentage 34.92% 27.67% 22.50%
Swing Decrease 7.86% Decrease 4.40% Increase 5.86%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Madeleine Petrovic Heide Schmidt
Party Greens LiF
Leader since 1994 1993
Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West 9F Vienna North-West
Last election 10 seats, 4.78% new
Seats won 13 11
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 11
Popular vote 338,538 276,580
Percentage 7.31% 5.96%
Swing Increase 2.53% Increase 5.96%

Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994.[1] The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 81.9%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,617,80434.965–15
Austrian People's Party1,281,84627.752–8
Freedom Party of Austria1,042,33222.542+9
Green Alternative338,5387.313+3
Liberal Forum276,5806.011New
No - Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria41,4920.90New
Communist Party of Austria11,9190.300
Christian Electoral Community9,0510.200
United Greens of Austria5,7760.100
Austrian Natural Law Party4,2090.10New
Centrist Greens of Austria2,5040.10New
The Best Party5810.000
Fritz Georg4820.000
Invalid/blank votes97,873
Total4,730,9871001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
SPÖ
 
34.92%
ÖVP
 
27.67%
FPÖ
 
22.50%
GRÜNE
 
7.31%
LIF
 
5.96%
NEIN
 
0.90%
Other
 
0.75%

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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