1990 Austrian legislative election

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1990 Austrian legislative election
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation 52 (7534272276) (cropped).jpg Josef Riegler Steiermark (cropped 2).jpg
Leader Franz Vranitzky
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Leader since 1988 1989
Last election 80 seats, 43.11% 77 seats, 41.29%
Seats won 80 60
Seat change 0 Decrease 17
Popular vote 2,012,787 1,508,600
Percentage 42.78% 32.07%
Swing Decrease 0.33% Decrease 9.22%
  Third party Fourth party
  Haider, Jörg (cropped).jpg Johannes Voggenhuber (cropped).jpg
Leader Jörg Haider Johannes Voggenhuber
Party FPÖ Greens
Leader since 1986 1988
Last election 18 seats, 9.73% 8 seats, 4.82%
Seats won 33 10
Seat change Increase 15 Increase 2
Popular vote 782,648 225,084
Percentage 16.64% 4.78%
Swing Increase 6.91% Decrease 0.04%
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

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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 86.1%.[2]

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Socialist Party 2,012,787 42.8 80 0
Austrian People's Party 1,508,600 32.1 60 –17
Freedom Party of Austria 782,648 16.6 33 +15
Green Alternative-Freda Meissner-Blau List 225,084 4.8 10 +2
United Greens of Austria 92,277 2.0 0 0
Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries 35,833 0.8 0 New
Communist Party of Austria 25,682 0.5 0 0
Christian Electoral Community 9,263 0.2 0 New
Christian Democratic Party 6,194 0.1 0 New
Grey Austrians' Election Platform 3,996 0.1 0 New
Fritz Georg 2,530 0.1 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 143,847 – – –
Total 4,848,741 100 183 0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
SPÖ
 
 42.78%
ÖVP
 
 32.07%
FPÖ
 
 16.64%
GRÜNE
 
 4.78%
VGÖ
 
 1.96%
Other
 
 1.77%
Parliamentary seats
SPÖ
 
 43.72%
ÖVP
 
 32.79%
FPÖ
 
 18.03%
GRÜNE
 
 5.46%

References[]

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


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