1994 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994.[1] The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 81.9%.[2]

1994 Austrian legislative election

9 October 1994
183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Erhard Busek Jörg Haider Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Leader since 1988 1991 1986 Leader's seat 9 Vienna 9A Vienna Inner-city-South 2A Klagenfurt Last election 80 seats, 42.78% 60 seats, 32.07% 33 seats, 16.64% Seats won 65 52 42 Seat change 15 8 9 Popular vote 1,617,804 1,281,846 1,042,332 Percentage 34.92% 27.67% 22.50% Swing 7.86% 4.40% 5.86%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Madeleine Petrovic Heide Schmidt Party Greens LiF Leader since 1994 1993 Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West 9F Vienna North-West Last election 10 seats, 4.78% new Seats won 13 11 Seat change 3 11 Popular vote 338,538 276,580 Percentage 7.31% 5.96% Swing 2.53% 5.96%
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

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,617,804	34.9	65	–15
Austrian People's Party	1,281,846	27.7	52	–8
Freedom Party of Austria	1,042,332	22.5	42	+9
Green Alternative	338,538	7.3	13	+3
Liberal Forum	276,580	6.0	11	New
No - Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria	41,492	0.9	0	New
Communist Party of Austria	11,919	0.3	0	0
Christian Electoral Community	9,051	0.2	0	0
United Greens of Austria	5,776	0.1	0	0
Austrian Natural Law Party	4,209	0.1	0	New
Centrist Greens of Austria	2,504	0.1	0	New
The Best Party	581	0.0	0	0
Fritz Georg	482	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	97,873	–	–	–
Total	4,730,987	100	183	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote SPÖ   34.92% ÖVP   27.67% FPÖ   22.50% GRÜNE   7.31% LIF   5.96% NEIN   0.90% Other   0.75%

Parliamentary seats SPÖ   35.52% ÖVP   28.42% FPÖ   22.95% GRÜNE   7.10% LIF   6.01%

References

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