1995 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995 to elect the 20th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.[2] The snap election was called after the collapse of the grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) due to a dispute regarding the national budget. The SPÖ made small gains primarily at the expense of minor parties, while the ÖVP remained stable. The grand coalition was subsequently renegotiated.

1995 Austrian legislative election

17 December 1995

All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,959,455 (86.0%)[1]
5.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Wolfgang Schüssel Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since May 1988 22 April 1995 13 September 1986
Leader's seat 9 Vienna 9E Vienna South-West 2A Klagenfurt
Last election 65 seats, 34.9% 52 seats, 27.7% 42 seats, 22.5%
Seats won 71 52 41
Seat change 6 0 1
Popular vote 1,843,474 1,370,510 1,060,377
Percentage 38.1% 28.3% 21.9%
Swing 3.1% 0.6% 0.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Heide Schmidt Madeleine Petrovic
Party LiF Greens
Leader since 4 February 1993 1994
Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West 9F Vienna North-West
Last election 11 seats, 6.0% 13 seats, 7.3%
Seats won 10 9
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 267,026 233,208
Percentage 5.5% 4.8%
Swing 0.5% 2.5%

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

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.

Name Ideology Leader 1994 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs
Social democracy
Franz Vranitzky
34.9%
65 / 183
ÖVP Austrian People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei
Christian democracy
Wolfgang Schüssel
27.7%
52 / 183
FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism

Jörg Haider
22.5%
42 / 183
GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative
Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative
Green politics
Madeleine Petrovic
7.3%
13 / 183
LiF Liberal Forum
Liberales Forum
Liberalism
Heide Schmidt
6.0%
11 / 183

Results

Party Votes % +/− Seats +/−
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 1,843,474 38.06 +3.14 71 +6
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 1,370,510 28.29 +0.62 52 ±0
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 1,060,377 21.89 –0.61 41 –1
Liberal Forum (LiF) 267,026 5.51 –0.45 10 –1
The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 233,208 4.81 –2.50 9 –4
No – Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria (NEIN) 53,176 1.10 +0.20 0 ±0
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 13,938 0.29 +0.03 0 ±0
Austrian Natural Law Party (ÖNP) 1,634 0.00 –0.01 0 ±0
The Best Party (DBP) 830 0.00 ±0.00 0 ±0
Invalid/blank votes 115,282
Total 4,959,455 100 183 0
Registered voters/turnout 5,768,099 85.98 +5.74
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry
Popular vote
SPÖ
38.06%
ÖVP
28.29%
FPÖ
21.89%
LIF
5.51%
GRÜNE
4.81%
Other
1.44%
National Council seats
SPÖ
38.80%
ÖVP
28.42%
FPÖ
22.40%
LIF
5.46%
GRÜNE
4.92%

Results by state

State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ LiF Grüne Others
 Burgenland44.631.916.93.32.50.8
 Carinthia40.818.532.73.63.50.9
 Lower Austria37.934.517.35.03.71.6
 Upper Austria38.129.521.64.45.11.3
 Salzburg32.629.125.46.15.61.2
 Styria39.729.521.24.24.01.4
 Tyrol27.331.327.06.26.41.8
 Vorarlberg22.934.127.47.17.31.2
 Vienna44.019.520.18.66.01.8
 Austria38.128.321.95.54.81.4
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

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


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