1990 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 7 October 1990.[1] The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 86%.[2]

7 October 1990

183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Franz Vranitzky	Josef Riegler
Party	SPÖ	ÖVP
Last election	43.12%, 80 seats	41.29%, 77 seats
Seats won	80	60
Seat change	0	17
Popular vote	2,012,787	1,508,600
Percentage	42.78%	32.06%
Swing	0.34pp	9.23pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Jörg Haider	Johannes Voggenhuber
Party	FPÖ	Greens
Last election	9.73%, 18 seats	4.82%, 8 seats
Seats won	33	10
Seat change	15	2
Popular vote	782,648	225,084
Percentage	16.63%	4.78%
Swing	6.90pp	0.04pp

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

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Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party of Austria	2,012,787	42.78	80	0
	Austrian People's Party	1,508,600	32.06	60	–17
	Freedom Party of Austria	782,648	16.63	33	+15
	Green Alternative–Freda Meissner-Blau List	225,084	4.78	10	+2
	United Greens of Austria	92,277	1.96	0	0
	Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries	35,833	0.76	0	New
	Communist Party of Austria	25,682	0.55	0	0
	Christian Electoral Community	9,263	0.20	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	6,194	0.13	0	New
	Grey Austrians' Election Platform	3,996	0.08	0	New
	Fritz Georg	2,530	0.05	0	New
Total		4,704,894	100.00	183	0

Valid votes		4,704,894	97.03
Invalid/blank votes		143,847	2.97
Total votes		4,848,741	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,628,912	86.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p216

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