1994 Austrian legislative election

1994 Austrian legislative election
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183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.94%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Erhard Busek Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Last election 42.78%, 80 seats 32.06%, 60 seats 16.63%, 33 seats
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 7.86pp Decrease 4.39pp Increase 5.87pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Madeleine Petrovic Heide Schmidt
Party Greens LiF
Last election 4.78%, 10 seats –
Seats won 13 11
Seat change Increase 3 New
Popular vote 338,538 276,580
Percentage 7.31% 5.97%
Swing Increase 2.53pp New
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 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]

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