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This article provides information on elections and election results in Austria.
On a federal level, there are two main elections: for head of state (Federal President) every six years, and for the 183 seats of the National Council (Nationalrat) every four years by proportional representation (to be changed to five years at the beginning of the next election period.)
Austria has a multi-party system. From 1945 to 1986 Austria had two main parties, with a third party also winning seats in the National Council. Since 1986 there have been generally four parties, for a few years even five. At least 4% of the popular vote, or a "direct mandate" in one of the districts, is needed for representation in the National Council.
The voting age has recently been lowered from 18 to 16 in all federal elections, following some states which had lowered it for state and local elections before that.
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Latest elections
2008 Parliamentary election
| Parties | Votes | +/− | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
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| Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs) | 1,430,206 | −233,780 | 29.26 | −6.08 | 57 | −11 | |
| Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) | 1,269,656 | −346,837 | 25.98 | −8.35 | 51 | −15 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs) | 857,029 | +337,431 | 17.54 | +6.50 | 34 | +13 | |
| BZÖ – Jörg Haider's List (BZÖ – Liste Jörg Haider) | 522,933 | +329,394 | 10.70 | +6.59 | 21 | +14 | |
| The Greens – The Green Alternative (Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative) | 509,936 | −10,194 | 10.43 | −0.62 | 20 | −1 | |
| Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum) | 102,249 | * | 2.09 | * | — | ¶ | |
| Citizens' Forum Austria Fritz Dinkhauser's List (Bürgerforum Österreich Liste Fritz Dinkhauser) | 86,194 | * | 1.76 | * | — | * | |
| Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) | 37,362 | −10,216 | 0.76 | −0.25 | — | — | |
| Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria (Unabhängige Bürgerinitiative Rettet Österreich) | 35,718 | * | 0.73 | * | — | * | |
| The Christians (Die Christen) | 31,080 | * | 0.64 | * | — | * | |
| Animal Rights Party earth–human–animals–nature (Tierrechtspartei earth–human–animals–nature) [2] | 2,224 | * | 0.05 | * | — | * | |
| Left (Linke) [1] | 2,138 | † –119 | 0.04 | † ±0.00 | — | † | |
| Dipl.-Ing. Karlheinz Klement (Dipl.-Ing. Karlheinz Klement) [3] | 347 | * | 0.01 | * | — | * | |
| List Strong (Liste Stark) [3] | 237 | −75 | 0.00 | –0.01 | — | — | |
| Total (turnout 78.82%; +0.34%) | 4,887,309 | — | 100.0 | — | 183 | — | |
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2004 Presidential election
| Candidates and nominating parties | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Heinz Fischer (Social Democratic Party of Austria) | 2,166,690 | 52.4 |
| Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Austrian People's Party) | 1,969,326 | 47.6 |
| Total (turnout 70.8 %) | 4,136,016 | 100.0 |
| Invalid votes | 182,423 | |
| Total votes | 4,318,439 | |
| Eligible voters | 6,030,982 | |
| Source: Austrian ministry of Interior | ||
Past elections
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See also
External links
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Parties and elections
- Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior: Elections
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