1995 Austrian legislative election

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]

1995 Austrian legislative election

17 December 1995

All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,959,455 (85.98%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Wolfgang Schüssel Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since 1988 1995 1986
Leader's seat 9 Vienna 9E Vienna South-West 2A Klagenfurt
Last election 65 seats, 34.92% 52 seats, 27.67% 42 seats, 22.50%
Seats won 71 52 41
Seat change 6 0 1
Popular vote 1,843,474 1,370,510 1,060,377
Percentage 38.06% 28.29% 21.89%
Swing 3.14% 0.62% 0.61%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Heide Schmidt Madeleine Petrovic
Party LiF Greens
Leader since 1993 1994
Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West 9F Vienna North-West
Last election 11 seats, 5.97% 13 seats, 7.31%
Seats won 10 9
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 267,026 233,208
Percentage 5.51% 4.81%
Swing 0.45% 2.50%

Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,843,47438.171+6
Austrian People's Party1,370,51028.3520
Freedom Party of Austria1,060,37721.941–1
Liberal Forum267,0265.510–1
Green Alternative233,2084.89–4
No - Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria53,1761.100
Communist Party of Austria13,9380.300
Austrian Natural Law Party1,6340.000
The Best Party8300.000
Invalid/blank votes115,282
Total4,959,4551001830
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%

References

  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


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