Austrian legislative election, 2006

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Election posters of the BZÖ and the ÖVP parties
Election posters of the BZÖ and the ÖVP parties

The 2006 general election for the National Council in Austria was held on 1 October 2006.

Following the Austrian legislative election, 1999, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had formed a coalition government with the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), and later the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). As a result of the 2006 election, the ÖVP-BZÖ coalition lost their majority in parliament. After three months of negotiations, it was announced on January 8th that the SPÖ and ÖVP would form a grand coalition, with SPÖ leader Alfred Gusenbauer becoming the next Chancellor.

[edit] Summary of results

  • The ÖVP lost many of the votes they had taken from the FPÖ in the 2002 election.
  • The Austrian Green Party received more than 11% of the votes and pulled ahead of the Freedom Party.
  • The FPÖ increased their share of votes slightly but missed third place by about 500 votes.
  • The BZÖ, which had split off from the FPÖ in 2005, crossed the threshold of 4% and will be represented in the new parliament.
  • The list of Hans Peter Martin received 2.8%. Both his list and the KPÖ are below the 4% threshold that is necessary for parliamentary representation.
  • The Liberal Forum decided not to stand in the election, citing the tight schedule as well as the lack of finances and a suitable party leader. However, on 3 September 2006 the SPÖ announced an electoral alliance with the LIF (some of the LIF's candidates will stand on the SPÖ's party list, ensuring that at least the LIF's chairman Alexander Zach will be a member of the next parliament).

[edit] Parties

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Summary of the 1 October 2006 National Council of Austria election results
Parties Votes +/- % +/- Seats +/-
Social Democratic Party of Austria
(Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs)
1,663,986 -128,513 35.34 -1.17 68 (67) -1
Austrian People's Party
(Österreichische Volkspartei)
1,616,493 -460,340 34.33 -7.97 66 -13
The Greens – The Green Alternative
(Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative)
520,130 +55,150 11.05 +1.58 21 +4
Freedom Party of Austria
(Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs)
519,598 +28,270 11.04 +1.03 21 +3
Alliance for the Future of Austria
(Bündnis Zukunft Österreich)
193,539 * 4.11 * 7 +7
Liberal Forum
(Liberales Forum) [1]
— (1)
Dr. Martin's List – For Democracy, Control, Justice
(Liste Dr. Martin – Für Demokratie, Kontrolle, Gerechtigkeit)
131,688 * 2.80 * *
Communist Party of Austria
(Kommunistische Partei Österreichs)
47,578 +20,010 1.01 +0.45 ±0
EU Withdrawal – Neutral Free Austria
(EU–Austritt – Neutrales Freies Österreich) [2]
10,594 * 0.23 * *
Socialist Left Party
(Sozialistische LinksPartei) [3]
2,257 -1,649 0.05 -0.03
Safe – Absolute – Independent, Franz Radinger
(Sicher – Absolut – Unabhängig, Franz Radinger) [4]
1,514 * 0.03 * *
Initiativ€2000
(Initiativ€2000) [5]
592 * 0.01 * *
Stark's List
(Liste Stark) [4]
312 * 0.01 * *
Total (turnout: 78.48%; -5.8) 4,708,281 100.0 183
Notes:
*       Did not stand in 2002.
  1. ^ Did not stand as an independent party in the election, representatives elected on the Social Democratic Party's list. Effectively, one of the Social Democratic Party's 68 seats is a representative of the Liberal Forum.
  2. ^ Stood only in Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vienna and Vorarlberg.
  3. ^ Stood only in Vienna.
  4. ^ a b Stood only in Carinthia.
  5. ^ Stood only in Burgenland.
Source: BMI

[edit] Opinion Polls

Source Date ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Greens BZÖ H.-P. Martin
NEWS-Market 27 September 2006 38% 35% 10% 10% 3% 3%
Profil-OGM 23 September 2006 37% 35% 10% 11% 3% 3%
ÖSTERREICH-Gallup 22 September 2006 38% 35% 10% 10% 3% 4%
NEWS-Market 20 September 2006 39% 34% 9% 11% 3% 3%
ÖSTERREICH-Gallup 19 September 2006 38% 35% 10% 11% 3% 3%
Profil-OGM 16 September 2006 38% 35% 10% 10% 3% 3%
ÖSTERREICH-Gallup 12 September 2006 39% 35% 8% 10% 3% 4%
IGF 11 September 2006 39% 34% 8% 11% 3% 4%
ÖSTERREICH-Gallup 9 September 2006 38% 35% 7% 12% 3% 4%
Profil-OGM 9 September 2006 38% 35% 9% 10% 2% 5%
NEWS/Market 7 September 2006 38% 34% 8% 11% 3% 5%
Kurier/Integral 3 September 2006 37% 35% 8% 11% 4% 5%
ÖSTERREICH-Gallup 31 August 2006 37% 35% 7% 11% 4% 4%
NEWS-Market 30 August 2006 39% 35% 7% 11% 3% 4%
Profil-OGM 26 August 2006 39% 35% 7% 11% 3% 4%
NEWS/Market 23 August 2006 38% 36% 7% 10% 4% 4%
NEWS/Market 16 August 2006 40% 34% 7% 11% 3% 4%
NEWS/Market 2 August 2006 39% 35% 6% 11% 3% 5%
Kurier/Integral 16 July 2006 39% 35% 8% 12% 4%
Profil/OGM 15 July 2006 40% 36% 8% 12% 3%
NEWS/Market 12 July 2006 41% 36% 5% 11% 3% 3%
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