Austrian legislative election, 2002

Austrian legislative election, 2002
Austria
24 November 2002

All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 4,982,261 (84.27%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer Herbert Haupt
Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ
Leader since 1995 2000 2002
Leader's seat 9E Vienna South-West 3 Lower Austria 2C Carinthia West
Last election 52 seats, 26.91% 65 seats, 33.15% 52 seats, 26.91%
Seats won 79 69 18
Seat change Increase 27 Increase 4 Decrease 34
Popular vote 2,076,833 1,792,499 491.328
Percentage 42.30% 36.51% 10.01%
Swing Increase 15.39% Increase 3.36% Decrease 16.90%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Alexander Van der Bellen
Party Greens
Leader since 1997
Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West
Last election 14 seats, 7.40%
Seats won 17
Seat change Increase 3
Popular vote 464,980
Percentage 9.47%
Swing Increase 2.53%

Chancellor before election

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

Elected Chancellor

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002,[2] after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The result was a victory for the ÖVP, which won 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966.[3] It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which had lost almost two-thirds of its seats.[4] Voter turnout was 84.3%.[5]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Austrian People's Party2,076,83342.379+27
Social Democratic Party1,792,49936.569+4
Freedom Party of Austria491,32810.018–34
Green Alternative464,9809.517+3
Liberal Forum48,0831.000
Communist Party of Austria27,5680.600
Socialist Left Party3,9060.10New
The Democrats2,4390.10New
Christian Electoral Community2,0090.100
Invalid/blank votes72,616
Total4,982,4991001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
ÖVP
 
42.30%
SPÖ
 
36.51%
FPÖ
 
10.01%
GRÜNE
 
9.47%
LIF
 
0.96%
KPÖ
 
0.56%
Other
 
0.17%

References

  1. "Nationalratswahl 2006 - Endgültiges Gesamtergebnis". Website of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior (in German). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p197 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp219-220
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p179
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p217

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