1994 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994.[1] The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remained the largest parties, but both suffered losses to minor parties. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) improved to 22.5% and The Greens won 7.3%. The Liberal Forum, a liberal splinter from the FPÖ, won 6.0% and entered the National Council on its first attempt. The incumbent grand coalition of the SPÖ and ÖVP was renewed.[2]

1994 Austrian legislative election

9 October 1994

183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,730,987 (80.2%)
3.3%
  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, 42.8% 60 seats, 32.1% 33 seats, 16.6%
Seats won 65 52 42
Seat change 15 8 9
Popular vote 1,617,804 1,281,846 1,042,332
Percentage 34.9% 27.7% 22.5%
Swing 7.9% 4.4% 5.9%

  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, 4.8% Did not contest
Seats won 13 11
Seat change 3 11
Popular vote 338,538 276,580
Percentage 7.3% 6.0%
Swing 2.5% 6.0%

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

The table below lists parties represented in the 18th National Council.

Name Ideology Leader 1990 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs
Social democracy
Franz Vranitzky
42.8%
80 / 183
ÖVP Austrian People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei
Christian democracy
Erhard Busek
32.1%
60 / 183
FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism

Jörg Haider
16.6%
33 / 183
GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative
Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative
Green politics
Madeleine Petrovic
4.8%
10 / 183

Results

Party Votes  % +/− Seats +/−
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 1,617,804 34.92 –7.86 65 –15
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 1,281,846 27.67 –4.40 52 –8
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 1,042,332 22.50 +5.86 42 +9
The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 338,538 7.31 +2.53 13 +3
Liberal Forum (LiF) 276,580 5.96 New 11 New
No – Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria (NEIN) 41,492 0.90 New 0 New
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 11,919 0.26 –0.29 0 ±0
Christian Voters' Community (CWG) 9,051 0.20 ±0.00 0 ±0
United Greens Austria – List Adi Pinter (VGÖ) 5,776 0.13 –1.83 0 ±0
Austrian Natural Law Party (ÖNP) 4,209 0.09 New 0 New
Citizen Greens Austria – Free Democrats (BGÖ) 2,504 0.05 New 0 New
The Best Party (DBP) 581 0.01 New 0 New
Fritz Georg 482 0.01 –0.09 0 ±0
Invalid/blank votes 97,873
Total 4,730,987 100 183 0
Registered voters/turnout 5,774,000 80.24 –3.34
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry
Popular vote
SPÖ
34.92%
ÖVP
27.67%
FPÖ
22.50%
GRÜNE
7.31%
LIF
5.96%
Other
1.64%
National Council seats
SPÖ
35.52%
ÖVP
28.42%
FPÖ
22.95%
GRÜNE
7.10%
LIF
6.01%

References

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


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