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.[1] 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.
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All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 85.98% ( 4.04pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.
| Name | Ideology | Leader | 1994 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| SPÖ | Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs |
Social democracy | .jpg.webp) 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 |
.jpg.webp) 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 | .jpg.webp) Heide Schmidt |
6.0% | 11 / 183 | |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 1,843,474 | 38.06 | 71 | +6 | |
| Austrian People's Party | 1,370,510 | 28.29 | 52 | 0 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 1,060,377 | 21.89 | 41 | –1 | |
| Liberal Forum | 267,026 | 5.51 | 10 | –1 | |
| The Greens – The Green Alternative | 233,208 | 4.81 | 9 | –4 | |
| No – Civic Action Group against the Sale of Austria | 53,176 | 1.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Austria | 13,938 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Austrian Natural Law Party | 1,634 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Best Party | 830 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,844,173 | 100.00 | 183 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,844,173 | 97.68 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 115,282 | 2.32 | |||
| Total votes | 4,959,455 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,768,099 | 85.98 | |||
| Source: Austrian Interior Ministry | |||||
Results by state
| State | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | LiF | Grüne | Others | |||
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 Burgenland | 44.6 | 31.9 | 16.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |||
 Carinthia | 40.8 | 18.5 | 32.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | |||
 Lower Austria | 37.9 | 34.5 | 17.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | |||
 Upper Austria | 38.1 | 29.5 | 21.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 1.3 | |||
 Salzburg | 32.6 | 29.1 | 25.4 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 1.2 | |||
 Styria | 39.7 | 29.5 | 21.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.4 | |||
| Tyrol | 27.3 | 31.3 | 27.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 1.8 | |||
| Vorarlberg | 22.9 | 34.1 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 1.2 | |||
| Vienna | 44.0 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.8 | |||
 Austria | 38.1 | 28.3 | 21.9 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 1.4 | |||
| Source: Austrian Interior Ministry | |||||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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