Austrian legislative election, 1990

Austrian legislative election, 1990
Austria
7 October 1990

183 seats in the National Council of Austria
92 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Josef Riegler Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Leader since 1988 1989 1986
Last election 80 seats, 43.11% 77 seats, 41.29% 18 seats, 9.73%
Seats won 80 60 33
Seat change 0 Decrease 17 Increase 15
Popular vote 2,012,787 1,508,600 782,648
Percentage 42.78% 32.07% 16.64%
Swing Decrease 0.33% Decrease 9.22% Increase 6.91%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Johannes Voggenhuber
Party Greens
Leader since 1988
Last election 8 seats, 4.82%
Seats won 10
Seat change Increase 2
Popular vote 225,084
Percentage 4.78%
Swing Decrease 0.04%

Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 7 October 1990.[1] The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 86.1%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party2,012,78742.8800
Austrian People's Party1,508,60032.160–17
Freedom Party of Austria782,64816.633+15
Green Alternative-Freda Meissner-Blau List225,0844.810+2
United Greens of Austria92,2772.000
Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries35,8330.80New
Communist Party of Austria25,6820.500
Christian Electoral Community9,2630.20New
Christian Democratic Party6,1940.10New
Grey Austrians' Election Platform3,9960.10New
Fritz Georg2,5300.10New
Invalid/blank votes143,847
Total4,848,7411001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular Vote
SPÖ
 
42.78%
ÖVP
 
32.07%
FPÖ
 
16.64%
GRÜNE
 
4.78%
VGÖ
 
1.96%
Other
 
1.77%

References

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