Austrian legislative election, 2002

Austrian legislative election, 2002

24 November 2002
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,982,261 (84.27%)[1]
First party Second party   Leader Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer Party ÖVP SPÖ Leader since 1995 2000 Leader's seat 9E Vienna South-West 3 Lower Austria Last election 52 seats, 26.91% 65 seats, 33.15% Seats won 79 69 Seat change 27 4 Popular vote 2,076,833 1,792,499 Percentage 42.30% 36.51% Swing 15.39% 3.36%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Herbert Haupt Alexander Van der Bellen Party FPÖ Greens Leader since 2002 1997 Leader's seat 2C Carinthia West 9F Vienna North-West Last election 52 seats, 26.91% 14 seats, 7.40% Seats won 18 17 Seat change 34 3 Popular vote 491,328 464,980 Percentage 10.01% 9.47% Swing 16.90% 2.53%
Chancellor before election Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP Elected Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002,^[2] after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The result was a victory for the ÖVP, which won 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966.^[3] It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which had lost almost two-thirds of its seats.^[4] Voter turnout was 84.3%.^[5]

Results

References

External links

• Media related to 2002 Austrian general election at Wikimedia Commons