2013 Austrian legislative election

2013 Austrian legislative election

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All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.9% (Decrease 3.9pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Werner Faymann Michael Spindelegger Heinz-Christian Strache
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Last election 29.3%, 57 seats 26.0%, 51 seats 17.5%, 34 seats
Seats won 52 47 40
Seat change Decrease 5 Decrease 4 Increase 6
Popular vote 1,258,605 1,125,876 962,313
Percentage 26.8% 24.0% 20.5%
Swing Decrease 2.4pp Decrease 2.0pp Increase 3.0pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Eva Glawischnig Frank Stronach Matthias Strolz
Party Greens Stronach NEOS
Last election 10.4%, 20 seats
Seats won 24 11 9
Seat change Increase 4 New New
Popular vote 582,657 268,679 232,946
Percentage 12.4% 5.7% 5.0%
Swing Increase 2.0pp New New


Chancellor before election

Werner Faymann
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Werner Faymann
SPÖ

Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2013 to elect the 25th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.[1]

The parties of the ruling grand coalition, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), suffered losses, but placed first and second respectively and retained their combined majority. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won 20.5%, an increase of three percentage points, and The Greens achieved their best result up to this point with 12.4% and 24 seats. With the collapse of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), which fell below the 4% electoral threshold and lost all its seats, two new parties entered the National Council: Team Stronach with 5.7% and NEOS with 5.0%.

The elections saw considerable change in the composition of the National Council; the ruling grand coalition won its lowest combined share of the popular vote in history. The coalition was nonetheless renewed, and Werner Faymann of the SPÖ remained Chancellor.

  1. ^ Regierung legt sich fest: Wahl am 29. September - Die Presse, 21 February 2013