1998 Austrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Austria on 19 April 1998.[1] The result was a victory for incumbent president Thomas Klestil, who sought re-election as an independent candidate. The Austrian People's Party, who had originally put him up in 1992, reluctantly supported him again, while the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the Austrian Freedom Party did not propose any competing candidates. Klestils competitors were Heide Schmidt, leader of the Liberal Forum, Gertraud Knoll, the former Lutheran superintendent of Burgenland (supported by the Greens), socialite Richard Lugner and Karl Walter Nowak. As of 2020, this is the last time the ÖVP has won the Presidency of Austria.

1998 Austrian presidential election
19 April 1998
 
Nominee Thomas Klestil Gertraud Knoll
Party Independent
(ÖVP)		 Independent
(Greens)
Home state Wien Wien
Popular vote 2,644,034 566,551
Percentage 63.1% 13.59%
 
Nominee Heide Schmidt Richard Lugner
Party Liberal Forum The Independents
Home state Vienna Vienna
Popular vote 464,625 413,066
Percentage 11.14% 9.91%
President before election

Thomas Klestil
Non-partisan

 President-Elect

Thomas Klestil
Non-partisan

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Results
Candidate Party Votes %
Thomas KlestilIndependent2,644,03463.42
Gertraud KnollIndependent566,55113.59
Heide SchmidtLiberal Forum464,62511.14
Richard LugnerThe Independents413,0669.91
Karl NowakIndependent81,0431.94
Invalid/blank votes181,953–
Total4,351,272100
Registered voters/turnout5,848,58474.40
Source: Ministry of Interior

By state
State Klestil Knoll Schmidt Lugner Nowak Electorate Votes Valid votes Invalid votes
Burgenland114,37731,49912,12712,2851,950214,827181,099172,2388,861
Lower Austria591,163110,35084,05887,96415,8691,136,258929,330889,40439,926
Vienna347,45398,427121,50294,75911,6001,116,014699,299673,74125,558
Carinthia194,80238,63924,31428,4934,153425,185305,195290,40114,794
Styria425,96670,76354,45654,45412,524915,471640,995618,16322,832
Upper Austria461,139107,46065,86755,14614,444989,228733,913704,05629,857
Salzburg164,49834,74327,21913,8294,930355,521255,476245,21910,257
Tirol217,49041,17840,32845,0798,508467,615369,823352,58317,240
Vorarlberg110,02326,90828,61319,4016,740228,465203,790191,68512,105
Source: European Election Database

References
  1. Republic of Austria: Election for President IFES


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