1995 Austrian legislative election

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.

1995 Austrian legislative election

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All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.98% (Increase4.04pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Wolfgang Schüssel Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Last election 34.92%, 65 seats 27.67%, 52 seats 22.50%, 42 seats
Seats won 71 52 41
Seat change Increase 6 Steady 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,843,474 1,370,510 1,060,377
Percentage 38.06% 28.29% 21.89%
Swing Increase3.14pp Increase0.62pp Decrease0.61pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Heide Schmidt Madeleine Petrovic
Party LiF Greens
Last election 5.97%, 11 seats 7.31%, 13 seats
Seats won 10 9
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 4
Popular vote 267,026 233,208
Percentage 5.51% 4.81%
Swing Decrease0.46pp Decrease2.50pp

Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the first-place party.

Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Contesting parties edit

The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.

Name Ideology Leader 1994 result
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 edit

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party of Austria1,843,47438.0671+6
Austrian People's Party1,370,51028.29520
Freedom Party of Austria1,060,37721.8941–1
Liberal Forum267,0265.5110–1
The Greens – The Green Alternative233,2084.819–4
No – Civic Action Group against the Sale of Austria53,1761.1000
Communist Party of Austria13,9380.2900
Austrian Natural Law Party1,6340.0300
The Best Party8300.0200
Total4,844,173100.001830
Valid votes4,844,17397.68
Invalid/blank votes115,2822.32
Total votes4,959,455100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,768,09985.98
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

Results by state edit

State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ LiF Grüne Others
  Burgenland 44.6 31.9 16.9 3.3 2.5 0.8
  Carinthia 40.8 18.5 32.7 3.6 3.5 0.9
  Lower Austria 37.9 34.5 17.3 5.0 3.7 1.6
  Upper Austria 38.1 29.5 21.6 4.4 5.1 1.3
  Salzburg 32.6 29.1 25.4 6.1 5.6 1.2
  Styria 39.7 29.5 21.2 4.2 4.0 1.4
  Tyrol 27.3 31.3 27.0 6.2 6.4 1.8
  Vorarlberg 22.9 34.1 27.4 7.1 7.3 1.2
  Vienna 44.0 19.5 20.1 8.6 6.0 1.8
  Austria 38.1 28.3 21.9 5.5 4.8 1.4
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7