Austrian legislative election, 1994
Austrian legislative election, 1994
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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, 42.78% |
60 seats, 32.07% |
33 seats, 16.64% |
| Seats won |
65 |
52 |
42 |
| Seat change |
 15 |
8 |
 9 |
| Popular vote |
1,617,804 |
1,281,846 |
1,042,332 |
| Percentage |
34.92% |
27.67% |
22.50% |
| Swing |
7.86% |
4.40% |
5.86% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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| 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, 4.78% |
new |
| Seats won |
13 |
11 |
| Seat change |
3 |
11 |
| Popular vote |
338,538 |
276,580 |
| Percentage |
7.31% |
5.96% |
| Swing |
2.53% |
5.96% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994.[1] The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 81.9%.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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| Social Democratic Party | 1,617,804 | 34.9 | 65 | –15 |
| Austrian People's Party | 1,281,846 | 27.7 | 52 | –8 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 1,042,332 | 22.5 | 42 | +9 |
| Green Alternative | 338,538 | 7.3 | 13 | +3 |
| Liberal Forum | 276,580 | 6.0 | 11 | New |
| No - Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria | 41,492 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
| Communist Party of Austria | 11,919 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Electoral Community | 9,051 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| United Greens of Austria | 5,776 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Austrian Natural Law Party | 4,209 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Centrist Greens of Austria | 2,504 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| The Best Party | 581 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz Georg | 482 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 97,873 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,730,987 | 100 | 183 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular vote |
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| SPÖ |
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34.92% |
| ÖVP |
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27.67% |
| FPÖ |
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22.50% |
| GRÜNE |
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7.31% |
| LIF |
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5.96% |
| NEIN |
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0.90% |
| Other |
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0.75% |
| Parliamentary seats |
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| SPÖ |
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35.52% |
| ÖVP |
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28.42% |
| FPÖ |
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22.95% |
| GRÜNE |
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7.10% |
| LIF |
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6.01% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p216
