Austrian legislative election, 1995

Austrian legislative election, 1995
All 183 seats in the National Council ; 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,959,455 (85.98%) [1]
Chancellor before election; Franz Vranitzky ; SPÖ	Elected Chancellor; Franz Vranitzky ; SPÖ

Last updated March 12, 2019

Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995,^[2] after the Grand Coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party collapsed over disagreements about the budget. The SPÖ remained the largest party in the National Council and the Grand Coalition was reformed. Voter turnout was 86.0%.^[3]

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising 9 federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km² (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly 9 million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

The Social Democratic Party of Austria is a social-democratic political party in Austria and alongside with the People's Party one of the country's two traditional major parties.

The Austrian People's Party is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was founded immediately following the reestablishment of the Republic of Austria in 1945 and since then has been one of the two largest Austrian political parties with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). In federal governance, the ÖVP has spent most of the postwar era in a grand coalition with the SPÖ. Most recently, it has been junior partner in a coalition government with the SPÖ since 2007. However, the ÖVP won the 2017 election, having the greatest number of seats and formed a coalition with the national-conservative Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Its chairman Sebastian Kurz is the youngest Chancellor in Austrian history.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,843,474	38.1	71	+6
Austrian People's Party	1,370,510	28.3	52	0
Freedom Party of Austria	1,060,377	21.9	41	–1
Liberal Forum	267,026	5.5	10	–1
Green Alternative	233,208	4.8	9	–4
No - Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria	53,176	1.1	0	0
Communist Party of Austria	13,938	0.3	0	0
Austrian Natural Law Party	1,634	0.0	0	0
The Best Party	830	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	115,282	–	–	–
Total	4,959,455	100	183	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

SPÖ			38.06%
ÖVP			28.29%
FPÖ			21.89%
LIF			5.51%
GRÜNE			4.81%
NEIN			1.10%
Other			0.34%

Parliamentary seats

SPÖ			38.80%
ÖVP			28.42%
FPÖ			22.40%
LIF			5.46%
GRÜNE			4.92%

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References

↑ "Stimmenergebnis unter Berücksichtigung der Wiederholungswahl vom 13. Oktober 1996". Website of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior (in German). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p216

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[1] "Stimmenergebnis unter Berücksichtigung der Wiederholungswahl vom 13. Oktober 1996". Website of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior (in German). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

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

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p216