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1990 Austrian legislative election

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1990 Austrian legislative election

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183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Josef Riegler
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Last election 43.12%, 80 seats 41.29%, 77 seats
Seats won 80 60
Seat change 0 Decrease 17
Popular vote 2,012,787 1,508,600
Percentage 42.78% 32.06%
Swing Decrease0.34 pp Decrease9.23 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jörg Haider Johannes Voggenhuber
Party FPÖ Greens
Last election 9.73%, 18 seats 4.82%, 8 seats
Seats won 33 10
Seat change Increase 15 Increase 2
Popular vote 782,648 225,084
Percentage 16.63% 4.78%
Swing Increase6.90 pp Decrease0.04 pp


Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

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%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party of Austria2,012,78742.78800
Austrian People's Party1,508,60032.0660–17
Freedom Party of Austria782,64816.6333+15
Green AlternativeFreda Meissner-Blau List225,0844.7810+2
United Greens of Austria92,2771.9600
Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries35,8330.760New
Communist Party of Austria25,6820.5500
Christian Electoral Community9,2630.200New
Christian Democratic Party6,1940.130New
Grey Austrians' Election Platform3,9960.080New
Fritz Georg2,5300.050New
Total4,704,894100.001830
Valid votes4,704,89497.03
Invalid/blank votes143,8472.97
Total votes4,848,741100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,628,91286.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Results by state

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State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ GRÜNE Others
 Burgenland 49.9 35.4 11.1 2.5 1.1
 Carinthia 46.1 18.5 30.3 3.0 2.1
 Lower Austria 42.5 39.1 12.2 3.3 2.9
 Upper Austria 42.0 33.3 16.0 4.1 4.5
 Salzburg 37.8 32.1 20.5 7.3 2.2
 Styria 43.3 33.2 16.8 3.9 2.7
 Tyrol 30.5 40.7 17.1 6.3 5.3
 Vorarlberg 28.8 40.4 17.2 5.2 8.4
 Vienna 50.7 21.1 15.7 7.6 4.9
 Austria 42.8 32.1 16.6 4.8 3.7
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p216
  3. ^ Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA) (2019-07-24), National election results Austria 1919 - 2017 (OA edition) (in German), Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA), doi:10.11587/EQUDAL