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.[2] 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.

1995 Austrian legislative election

17 December 1995
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,959,455 (86.0%)[1] 5.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Wolfgang Schüssel Jörg Haider Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Leader since May 1988 22 April 1995 13 September 1986 Leader's seat 9 Vienna 9E Vienna South-West 2A Klagenfurt Last election 65 seats, 34.9% 52 seats, 27.7% 42 seats, 22.5% Seats won 71 52 41 Seat change 6 0 1 Popular vote 1,843,474 1,370,510 1,060,377 Percentage 38.1% 28.3% 21.9% Swing 3.1% 0.6% 0.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Heide Schmidt Madeleine Petrovic Party LiF Greens Leader since 4 February 1993 1994 Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West 9F Vienna North-West Last election 11 seats, 6.0% 13 seats, 7.3% Seats won 10 9 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 267,026 233,208 Percentage 5.5% 4.8% Swing 0.5% 2.5%
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

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.

Name			Ideology	Leader	1994 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Social democracy	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	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	Heide Schmidt	6.0%	11 / 183

Results

Popular vote
SPÖ			38.06%
ÖVP			28.29%
FPÖ			21.89%
LIF			5.51%
GRÜNE			4.81%
Other			1.44%

National Council seats
SPÖ			38.80%
ÖVP			28.42%
FPÖ			22.40%
LIF			5.46%
GRÜNE			4.92%

Party		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	1,843,474	38.06	+3.14	71	+6
	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)	1,370,510	28.29	+0.62	52	±0
	Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)	1,060,377	21.89	–0.61	41	–1
	Liberal Forum (LiF)	267,026	5.51	–0.45	10	–1
	The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE)	233,208	4.81	–2.50	9	–4
	No – Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria (NEIN)	53,176	1.10	+0.20	0	±0
	Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)	13,938	0.29	+0.03	0	±0
	Austrian Natural Law Party (ÖNP)	1,634	0.00	–0.01	0	±0
	The Best Party (DBP)	830	0.00	±0.00	0	±0
Invalid/blank votes		115,282	–	–	–	–
Total		4,959,455	100	–	183	0
Registered voters/turnout		5,768,099	85.98	+5.74	–	–
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

Results by state

State	SPÖ	ÖVP	FPÖ	LiF	Grüne	Others
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

1. "Stimmenergebnis unter Berücksichtigung der Wiederholungswahl vom 13. Oktober 1996". Website of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior (in German). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7