List of political parties in Austria
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This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 700 registered political parties, only few are known to the larger public. Since the 1980s, four parties have consistently received enough votes to get seats in the national parliament.
The parties
Parties represented in Parliament or the European Parliament
There are six parties represented in the National Council.
Five of the parties in the National Council (all but the NEOS) are also represented in the Federal Council.
Five of the six parties in the National Council (all but Team Stronach) are represented in the European Parliament, as is the anti-corruption Hans-Peter Martin's List.
Name | Abbr. | Ideology | Leader | NR | BR | MEPs | Notes | |
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Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs |
SPÖ | Social democracy | Werner Faymann | 52 | 22 | 5 | ||
Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei |
ÖVP | Conservatism, Christian democracy | Reinhold Mitterlehner | 47 | 25 | 5 | ||
Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs |
FPÖ | Right-wing populism, National conservatism | Heinz-Christian Strache | 40 | 9 | 4 | ||
The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative |
GRÜNE | Green politics | Eva Glawischnig | 24 | 4 | 3 | ||
Team Stronach Team Stronach |
Stronach | Euroscepticism, Economic liberalism | Frank Stronach | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
NEOS – The New Austria NEOS – Das Neue Österreich |
NEOS | Liberalism | Matthias Strolz | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||
Parties represented in state parliaments
- Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) (KPÖ)
- List Burgenland (Liste Burgenland) (LBL)
- Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich) (BZÖ)
- Citizens' Forum Austria (Bürgerforum Österreich)(FRITZ)
- Forward Tyrol (Vorwärts Tirol)
Minor parties
- Animal Rights Party (Tierrechtspartei) (TRP)
- Black-Yellow Alliance (Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz) (SGA)
- Christian Electoral Community (Christliche Wählergemeinschaft) (CWG)
- Christian Party of Austria (Christliche Partei Österreichs) (CPÖ)
- Communist Initiative (Kommunistische Initiative) (KI)
- Enotna Lista (Unity List) (EL)
- Left (Linke) (LINKE)
- Neutral Free Austria Federation (Bündnis Neutrales Freies Österreich) (NFÖ)
- Pirate Party of Austria (Piratenpartei Österreichs) (PPÖ)
- Save Austria (Rettet Österreich) (RETTÖ)
- Socialist Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei) (SLP)
- The Social Liberals (Die Sozialliberalen) (SoL)
- Young Liberals Austria (Junge Liberale Österreich) (JuLis)
- EU Withdrawal Party (EU-AUstrittspartei) (EUAUS)
Major historical parties
- Christian Social Party (Christlichsoziale Partei) (CS) (1893-1933)
- Country League (Landbund) (1918-1934)
- Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front) (VF) (1933-1938)
- Federation of Independents (Verband der Unabhängigen) (VdU) (1949-1955)
- Greater German People's Party (Großdeutsche Volkspartei) (GDVP) (1918-1934)
- National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) (Nazi Party) (1919-1945)
- Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs) (SDAPÖ) (1888-1934), predecessor of today's SPÖ
Minor historical parties
- Communist League of Austria (Kommunistischer Bund Österreichs) (KBÖ) (1976-1980)
- Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party in the Republic of Austria
- Jewish National Party
- League of Democratic Socialists (Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten) (BDS)
- Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum) (LiF)
- Marxist-Leninist Party of Austria (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Österreichs) (MLPÖ)
- The Democrats (Die Demokraten)
- The Independents (Die Unabhängigen) (DU)
- Union of Revolutionary Workers of Austria (Marxist-Leninist) (Vereinigung Revolutionärer Arbeiter Österreichs (Marxisten-Leninisten)) (VRAÖ)
- German National Party (Deutsche Nationalpartei) 1891
- Freedomites in Carinthia (2009–2013)
See also
- Politics of Austria
- List of political parties by country
- History of Austria
- Liberalism in Austria
Further reading
- Müller, Wolfgang; Franz Fallend (November 2004). "Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From Multipolar to Bipolar System". West European Politics 27 (5): 801–835. doi:10.1080/0140238042000283319.
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