REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS SINCE 1945 =================================================================== Source: Austrian Interior Ministry Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * DGA - Die Grüne Alternative (The Green Alternative) * Grünen - (The Greens) * KPÖ - Kommunistische Partei Österreichs (Communist Party of Austria) * KuL - Kommunisten und Linkssozialisten (Communists and Left Socialists) * LF - Liberales Forum (Liberal Forum) * ÖVP - Österreichsche Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party) * SPÖ (1945-94) - Sozialistische Partei Österreichs (Socialist Party of Austria), * SPÖ (from 1994) - Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (Social- Democratic Party of Austria) * FPÖ - Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (Austrian Freedom Party) * VO - Wahlgemeinschaft Österreichische Volksopposition (Electoral Union of the Austrian People's Opposition) * WDU - Wahlpartei Der Unabhängigen (Electoral Party of the Independents) ELECTIONS OF 25 NOVEMBER 1945 =================================================================== Registered voters: 3,449,605 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- KPÖ 174,257 05.4 4 ÖVP 1,602,227 49.8 85 SPÖ 1,434,898 44.6 76 Others 5,972 00.2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,217,354 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 22 FEBRUARY 1953 =================================================================== Registered voters: 4,586,870 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- ÖVP 1,781,777 41.3 (-08.5) 74 (-11) SPÖ 1,818,517 42.1 (-02.5) 73 (-03) VO 228,159 05.3 (-00.1) 4 WDU 472,866 10.9 14 Others 17,369 00.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,318,688 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The VO was a front for the KPÖ. ELECTIONS OF 13 MAY 1956 =================================================================== Registered voters: 4,614,464 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 283,749 06.5 6 KuL 192,438 04.4 (-00.9) 3 (-01) ÖVP 1,999,986 46.0 (+04.7) 82 (+08) SPÖ 1,873,295 43.0 (+00.9) 74 (+01) Others 2,440 00.6 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,351,908 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 10 MAY 1959 =================================================================== Registered voters: 4,696,603 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 336,110 07.7 (+01.1) 8 (+02) KuL 142,578 03.3 (-01.1) - (-03) ÖVP 1,928,043 44.2 (-01.8) 79 (-03) SPÖ 1,953,935 44.8 (+01.8) 78 (+04) Others 2,190 00.1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,362,856 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 18 NOVEMBER 1962 =================================================================== Registered voters: 4,805,351 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 313,895 07.0 (-00.7) 8 KuL 135,520 03.0 (-00.3) - ÖVP 2,024,501 45.4 (+01.2) 81 (+02) SPÖ 1,960,685 44.0 (-00.8) 76 (-02) Others 21,530 00.5 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,456,131 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 6 MARCH 1966 =================================================================== Registered voters: 4,886,818 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 242,570 05.3 (-01.7) 6 (-02) ÖVP 2,191,109 48.3 (+02.9) 85 (+04) SPÖ 1,928,985 42.6 (-01.4) 74 (-02) Others 169,221 03.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,531,885 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 1 MARCH 1970 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,045,841 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 254,363 05.5 (+00.2) 5 (-01) ÖVP 2,078,010 44.7 (-03.6) 79 (-06) SPÖ 2,235,905 48.4 (+05.8) 81 (+07) Others 67,815 01.5 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,636,093 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 10 OCTOBER 1971 =================================================================== Registered voters: 4.984,448 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 248,473 05.5 ( 00.0) 10 (+05) ÖVP 1,964,713 43.1 (-01.6) 80 (-01) SPÖ 2,280,168 50.0 (+01.6) 93 (+12) Others 63,636 01.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,556,990 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 5 OCTOBER 1975 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,019,277 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 249,444 05.4 (-00.1) 10 ÖVP 1,981,291 42.9 (-00.2) 80 SPÖ 2,326,201 50.4 (+00.4) 93 Others 56,496 01.2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,613,432 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 6 MAY 1979 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,186,735 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 286,743 06.1 (+00.7) 11 (+01) ÖVP 1,981,739 41.9 (-01.0) 77 (-03) SPÖ 2,413,226 51.0 (+00.6) 95 (+02) Others 47,543 01.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,729,251 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 24 APRIL 1983 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,316,436 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 241,789 05.0 (-01.1) 12 (+01) ÖVP 2,097,808 43.2 (+01.3) 81 (+04) SPÖ 2,312,529 47.6 (-03.4) 90 (-05) Others 201,291 04.1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,853,417 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 23 NOVEMBER 1986 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,461,414 Valid votes: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- DGA 234,028 04.8 8 FPÖ 472,205 09.7 (+04.7) 18 (+06) ÖVP 2,003,663 41.3 (-00.9) 77 (-04) SPÖ 2,092,024 43.1 (-04.5) 80 (-10) Others 50,268 01.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,852,188 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 7 OCTOBER 1990 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,628,912 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- DGA 225,084 04.8 ( 00.0) 10 (+02) FPÖ 782,648 16.6 (+06.9) 33 (+15) ÖVP 1,508,600 32.1 (-09.2) 60 (-17) SPÖ 2,012,787 42.8 (-00.3) 80 Others 175,775 03.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,704,894 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 9 OCTOBER 1994 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,774,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 1,042,332 22.5 (+05.9) 42 (+09) Grünen 338,538 07.3 (+02.5) 13 (+03) LF 276,580 06.0 11 ÖVP 1,281,846 27.7 (-04.4) 52 (-08) SPÖ 1,617,804 34.9 (-07.9) 65 (-15) Others 76,014 01.6 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,633,114 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 17 DECEMBER 1995 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,768,099 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 1,060,175 21.9 (-00.6) 40 (-02) Grünen 233,232 04.8 (-02.5) 9 (-04) LF 267,078 05.5 (-00.5) 10 (-01) ÖVP 1,370,497 28.3 (+00.6) 53 (+01) SPÖ 1,843,679 38.1 (+03.2) 71 (+06) Others 69,587 01.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,844,248 183 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTIONS OF 3 OCTOBER 1999 =================================================================== Registered voters: 5,838,373 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- FPÖ 1,244,087 26.9 (+05.0) 52 (+12) Grünen 342,260 07.4 (+02.6) 14 (+05) LF 168,612 03.7 (-01.1) - (-10) ÖVP 1,243,672 26.9 (-01.4) 52 (-01) SPÖ 1,532,448 33.2 (-04.9) 65 (-06) Others 91,275 02.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,622,354 183 -------------------------------------------------------------------