1990 Austrian legislative election

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1990 Austrian legislative election
Flag of Austria (state).svg
  1986 7 October 1990 1994  

183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  SPO Presse und Kommunikation 52 (7534272276) (cropped).jpg Josef Riegler Steiermark (cropped 2).jpg
Leader Franz Vranitzky Josef Riegler
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Last election43.12%, 80 seats41.29%, 77 seats
Seats won8060
Seat change0Decrease2.svg 17
Popular vote2,012,7871,508,600
Percentage42.78%32.06%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.34ppDecrease2.svg9.23pp

 Third partyFourth party
  Haider, Jorg (cropped).jpg Johannes Voggenhuber (cropped).jpg
Leader Jörg Haider Johannes Voggenhuber
Party FPÖ Greens
Last election9.73%, 18 seats4.82%, 8 seats
Seats won3310
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote782,648225,084
Percentage16.63%4.78%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.90ppDecrease2.svg0.04pp

1990 Austrian legislative election - Results.svg
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

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 7 October 1990. [1] The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 86%. [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party of Austria 2,012,78742.78800
Austrian People's Party 1,508,60032.0660–17
Freedom Party of Austria 782,64816.6333+15
Green AlternativeFreda Meissner-Blau List 225,0844.7810+2
United Greens of Austria92,2771.9600
Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries35,8330.760New
Communist Party of Austria 25,6820.5500
Christian Electoral Community9,2630.200New
Christian Democratic Party6,1940.130New
Grey Austrians' Election Platform3,9960.080New
Fritz Georg2,5300.050New
Total4,704,894100.001830
Valid votes4,704,89497.03
Invalid/blank votes143,8472.97
Total votes4,848,741100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,628,91286.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

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