Austrian legislative election, 1999

Austrian legislative election, 1999
Austria
3 October 1999

All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 4,695,225 (80.42%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Viktor Klima Jörg Haider Wolfgang Schüssel
Party SPÖ FPÖ ÖVP
Leader since 1997 1986 1995
Leader's seat 3 Lower Austria 2A Klagenfurt 9E Vienna South-West
Last election 71 seats, 38.06% 41 seats, 21.89% 52 seats, 28.29%
Seats won 65 52 52
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 11 0
Popular vote 1,532,448 1,244,087 1,243,672
Percentage 33.15% 26.91% 26.91%
Swing Decrease 4.91% Increase 5.02% Decrease 1.38%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Alexander Van der Bellen
Party Greens
Leader since 1997
Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West
Last election 9 seats, 4.81%
Seats won 14
Seat change Increase 5
Popular vote 342,260
Percentage 7.40%
Swing Increase 2.59%

Chancellor before election

Viktor Klima
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 3 October 1999.[2]

Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, a right-wing coalition government was formed by the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) after several months of negotiations. Although the FPÖ had finished a fraction of a point ahead of the ÖVP in the popular vote, ÖVP leader Wolfgang Schüssel became Chancellor rather than controversial FPÖ leader Jörg Haider. Haider, who had also been elected Landeshauptmann of Carinthia, was not appointed to the cabinet and resigned as party leader.[3]

However, foreign governments remained critical of the FPÖ's inclusion in the government and the fourteen other members of the European Union imposed sanctions on the country, whilst domestically the government faced protests organised by the SPÖ and Greens.[3] However, this pressure on the government helped stabilise it and when it became clear that the FPÖ was not a threat to the country's democracy, sanctions were lifted.[3]

Voter turnout was 80.4%.[4]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,532,44833.265–6
Freedom Party of Austria1,244,08726.952+11
Austrian People's Party1,243,67226.9520
Green Alternative342,2607.414+5
Liberal Forum168,6123.60–10
The Independents46,9431.00New
Communist Party of Austria22,0160.500
No - Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria19,2860.400
Christian Electoral Community3,0300.10New
Invalid/blank votes72,871
Total4,695,2251001830
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
SPÖ
 
33.15%
FPÖ
 
26.91%
ÖVP
 
26.91%
GRÜNE
 
7.40%
LIF
 
3.65%
DU
 
1.02%
Other
 
0.96%
Parliamentary seats
SPÖ
 
35.52%
FPÖ
 
28.42%
ÖVP
 
28.42%
GRÜNE
 
7.65%

References

  1. "Nationalratswahl 2013 - Endgültiges Gesamtergebnis". Website of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior (in German). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. 1 2 3 Nohlen & Stöver, p179
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p217
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