2002 Austrian legislative election
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All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 4,982,261 (84.3%)[1]![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the first-place party. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Contesting parties[]
The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council.
Name | Ideology | Leader | 1999 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
SPÖ | Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs |
Social democracy | ![]() Alfred Gusenbauer |
33.2% | 65 / 183
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FPÖ | Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs |
Right-wing populism Euroscepticism |
![]() Herbert Haupt |
26.9% | 52 / 183
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ÖVP | Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei |
Christian democracy | ![]() Wolfgang Schüssel |
26.9% | 52 / 183
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GRÜNE | The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative |
Green politics | ![]() Alexander Van der Bellen |
7.4% | 14 / 183
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Results[]
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Party | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | ||
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Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 2,076,833 | 42.30 | +15.39 | 79 | +27 | ||
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 1,792,499 | 36.51 | +3.36 | 69 | +4 | ||
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 491,328 | 10.01 | –16.90 | 18 | –34 | ||
The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) | 464,980 | 9.47 | +2.07 | 17 | +3 | ||
Liberal Forum (LiF) | 48,083 | 0.98 | –2.67 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 27,568 | 0.56 | +0.08 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Socialist Left Party (SLP) | 3,906 | 0.08 | New | 0 | New | ||
The Democrats | 2,439 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | ||
Christian Voters Community (CWG) | 2,009 | 0.04 | –0.03 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 72,616 | – | – | – | – | ||
Total | 4,982,261 | 100 | – | 183 | 0 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,912,592 | 84.27 | +3.85 | – | – | ||
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry |
Results by state[]
State | ÖVP | SPÖ | FPÖ | Grüne | Others | ||||
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42.4 | 45.8 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | ||||
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30.5 | 38.3 | 23.6 | 6.2 | 1.4 | ||||
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47.8 | 36.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 1.3 | ||||
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42.6 | 37.0 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 1.3 | ||||
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46.7 | 30.8 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 1.4 | ||||
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44.6 | 37.0 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 1.8 | ||||
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51.9 | 24.5 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 2.0 | ||||
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49.2 | 20.1 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 3.2 | ||||
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30.7 | 43.8 | 8.0 | 15.1 | 2.4 | ||||
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42.3 | 36.5 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 1.7 | ||||
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry |
References[]
- ^ "Nationalratswahl 2006 - Endgültiges Gesamtergebnis". 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, p197 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp219-220
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p179
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p217
External links[]
Media related to 2002 Austrian general election at Wikimedia Commons
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