1992 Austrian presidential election

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1992 Austrian presidential election

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Nominee Thomas Klestil Rudolf Streicher Party Independent (ÖVP) SPÖ Home state Vienna Lower Austria Popular vote 2,528,006 1,915,380 Percentage 56.89% 43.11%

President before election Kurt Waldheim Independent (ÖVP) Elected President Thomas Klestil Independent (ÖVP)

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In the Austrian presidential election of 1992, incumbent Kurt Waldheim did not seek reelection, since he did not gain acceptance in the international community.

The strongest party at that time, the Austrian Social Democratic Party, proposed the current minister of traffic and nationalized industries, Rudolf Streicher, for the office, while the Austrian People's Party put up career diplomat Thomas Klestil. Streicher won the first ballot by a small margin, but did not obtain the necessary majority of votes to avoid a second round. However, with the candidates of the smaller parties out in the second ballot, and after a recommendation by Jörg Haider to vote for Klestil, the latter won the second round by an unexpectedly wide margin.

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