2002 Austrian legislative election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002,[2] after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The result was a victory for the ÖVP, which won 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966.[3] It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which had lost almost two-thirds of its seats.[4] Voter turnout was 84.3%.[5]

2002 Austrian legislative election

24 November 2002
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,982,261 (84.3%)[1] 3.9%
First party Second party   Leader Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer Party ÖVP SPÖ Leader since 22 April 1995 January 2000 Leader's seat 9E Vienna South-West 3 Lower Austria Last election 52 seats, 26.9% 65 seats, 33.2% Seats won 79 69 Seat change 27 4 Popular vote 2,076,833 1,792,499 Percentage 42.3% 36.5% Swing 15.4% 3.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Herbert Haupt Alexander Van der Bellen Party FPÖ Greens Leader since 2002 13 December 1997 Leader's seat 2C Carinthia West 9F Vienna North-West Last election 52 seats, 26.9% 14 seats, 7.4% Seats won 18 17 Seat change 34 3 Popular vote 491,328 464,980 Percentage 10.0% 9.5% Swing 16.9% 2.1%
Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the first-place party.
Chancellor before election Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP Elected Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council.

Name			Ideology	Leader	1999 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Social democracy	Alfred Gusenbauer	33.2%	65 / 183
	FPÖ	Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs	Right-wing populism Euroscepticism	Herbert Haupt	26.9%	52 / 183
	ÖVP	Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei	Christian democracy	Wolfgang Schüssel	26.9%	52 / 183
	GRÜNE	The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative	Green politics	Alexander Van der Bellen	7.4%	14 / 183

Results

Popular vote
ÖVP			42.30%
SPÖ			36.51%
FPÖ			10.01%
GRÜNE			9.47%
Other			1.71%

National Council seats
ÖVP			43.17%
SPÖ			37.70%
FPÖ			9.83%
GRÜNE			9.29%

Party		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)	2,076,833	42.30	+15.39	79	+27
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	1,792,499	36.51	+3.36	69	+4
	Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)	491,328	10.01	–16.90	18	–34
	The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE)	464,980	9.47	+2.07	17	+3
	Liberal Forum (LiF)	48,083	0.98	–2.67	0	±0
	Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)	27,568	0.56	+0.08	0	±0
	Socialist Left Party (SLP)	3,906	0.08	New	0	New
	The Democrats	2,439	0.05	New	0	New
	Christian Voters Community (CWG)	2,009	0.04	–0.03	0	±0
Invalid/blank votes		72,616	–	–	–	–
Total		4,982,261	100	–	183	0
Registered voters/turnout		5,912,592	84.27	+3.85	–	–
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

Results by state

State	ÖVP	SPÖ	FPÖ	Grüne	Others
Burgenland	42.4	45.8	6.4	4.7	0.7
Carinthia	30.5	38.3	23.6	6.2	1.4
Lower Austria	47.8	36.8	6.9	7.2	1.3
Upper Austria	42.6	37.0	10.4	8.7	1.3
Salzburg	46.7	30.8	10.7	10.4	1.4
Styria	44.6	37.0	9.6	7.0	1.8
Tyrol	51.9	24.5	10.0	11.6	2.0
Vorarlberg	49.2	20.1	13.0	14.5	3.2
Vienna	30.7	43.8	8.0	15.1	2.4
Austria	42.3	36.5	10.0	9.5	1.7
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

References

1. "Nationalratswahl 2006 - Endgültiges Gesamtergebnis". 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, p197 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp219-220
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p179
5. Nohlen & Stöver, p217

External links

• Media related to 2002 Austrian general election at Wikimedia Commons