1986 Austrian legislative election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 23 November 1986.[1] They were called by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of the Socialist Party (SPÖ), as he was not prepared to continue the coalition government with new Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider, who had ousted Norbert Steger at the party convention.

1986 Austrian legislative election
23 November 1986
183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Fred Sinowatz Alois Mock
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Leader since 1983 1979
Last election 90 seats, 47.65% 81 seats, 43.22%
Seats won 80 77
Seat change 10 4
Popular vote 2,092,024 2,003,663
Percentage 43.11% 41.29%
Swing 4.54% 1.93%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jörg Haider Freda Meissner-Blau
Party FPÖ Greens
Leader since 1986 1986
Last election 12 seats, 4.98% new
Seats won 18 8
Seat change 6 8
Popular vote 472,205 234,028
Percentage 9.73% 4.82%
Swing 4.75% 4.82%
Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

 Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

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Politics of Austria

The SPÖ won the most seats, and formed a grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party, as neither were willing to work with Haider. Voter turnout was 90.5%.[2]

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,092,02443.180–10
Austrian People's Party2,003,66341.377–4
Freedom Party of Austria472,2059.718+6
Green Alternative-Freda Meissner-Blau List234,0284.88New
Communist Party of Austria35,1040.700
Action List - I've Had Enough8,1000.20New
Green Alternatives-Democratic List6,0050.10New
Carinthian Greens-VGÖ-VÖGA-Independent Councillors1,0590.00New
Invalid/blank votes88,110–––
Total4,940,2981001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
SPÖ
 
 43.11%
ÖVP
 
 41.29%
FPÖ
 
 9.73%
GRÜNE
 
 4.82%
KPÖ
 
 0.72%
Other
 
 0.31%
Popular vote
SPÖ
 
 43.72%
ÖVP
 
 42.08%
FPÖ
 
 9.84%
GRÜNE
 
 4.37%
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p216


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