Austrian legislative election, 1990
Austrian legislative election, 1990

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183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Franz Vranitzky |
Josef Riegler |
| Party |
SPÖ |
ÖVP |
| Leader since |
1988 |
1989 |
| Last election |
80 seats, 43.11% |
77 seats, 41.29% |
| Seats won |
80 |
60 |
| Seat change |
0 |
17 |
| Popular vote |
2,012,787 |
1,508,600 |
| Percentage |
42.78% |
32.07% |
| Swing |
0.33% |
9.22% |
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Third party |
Fourth party |
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| Leader |
Jörg Haider |
Johannes Voggenhuber |
| Party |
FPÖ |
Greens |
| Leader since |
1986 |
1988 |
| Last election |
18 seats, 9.73% |
8 seats, 4.82% |
| Seats won |
33 |
10 |
| Seat change |
15 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
782,648 |
225,084 |
| Percentage |
16.64% |
4.78% |
| Swing |
6.91% |
0.04% |
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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 86.1%.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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| Social Democratic Party | 2,012,787 | 42.8 | 80 | 0 |
| Austrian People's Party | 1,508,600 | 32.1 | 60 | –17 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 782,648 | 16.6 | 33 | +15 |
| Green Alternative-Freda Meissner-Blau List | 225,084 | 4.8 | 10 | +2 |
| United Greens of Austria | 92,277 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries | 35,833 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
| Communist Party of Austria | 25,682 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Electoral Community | 9,263 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Christian Democratic Party | 6,194 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Grey Austrians' Election Platform | 3,996 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Fritz Georg | 2,530 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 143,847 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,848,741 | 100 | 183 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular vote |
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| SPÖ |
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42.78% |
| ÖVP |
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32.07% |
| FPÖ |
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16.64% |
| GRÜNE |
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4.78% |
| VGÖ |
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1.96% |
| Other |
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1.77% |
| Parliamentary seats |
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| SPÖ |
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43.72% |
| ÖVP |
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32.79% |
| FPÖ |
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18.03% |
| GRÜNE |
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5.46% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p216