Austrian presidential election, 1992

Austria

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Austria
Constitution
Executive Joint Acting Presidents (list) Doris Bures Karlheinz Kopf Norbert Hofer President-elect Alexander Van der Bellen Chancellor (list) Christian Kern Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner Federal Government State governors (Landeshauptmänner)
Legislature Parliament National Council Federal Council Federal Assembly Landtage (state legislatures)
Judicial system
Elections Recent elections Legislative: 2008 2013 next Presidential: 2004 2010 2016 European: 2004 2009 2014 Political parties
Administrative divisions States (Länder) Districts
Foreign relations
Other countries Atlas

In the Austrian presidential election of 1992, incumbent Kurt Waldheim did not seek reelection, since he did not gain acceptance in the international community.

The strongest party at that time, the Austrian Social Democratic Party, proposed the current minister of traffic and nationalized industries, Rudolf Streicher, for the office, while the Austrian People's Party put up career diplomat Thomas Klestil. Streicher won the first ballot by a small margin, but did not obtain the necessary majority of votes to avoid a second round. However, with the candidates of the smaller parties out in the second ballot, and after a recommendation by Jörg Haider to vote for Klestil, the latter won the second round by an unexpectedly wide margin.

Election results

**Summary of the 26 April and 24 May 1992 Austrian presidential election results**
Candidates and affiliated parties			1st round		2nd round
Candidates and affiliated parties			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Thomas Klestil	Non-partisan †	1,728,234	37.2%	2,528,006	56.9%
	Rudolf Streicher	Social Democratic Party of Austria	1,888,599	40.7%	1,915,380	41.1%
	Heide Schmidt	Freedom Party of Austria	761,390	16.4%
	Robert Jungk	Green Party	266,954	5.7%
Total			4,645,177	100%	4,443,386	100%

Valid votes			4,645,177	97%	4,443,386	96.7%
Spoilt and null votes			143,717	3%	149,546	3.3%
Votes cast / turnout			4,789,894	84.4%	4,592,932	80.9%
Electorate			5,676,903		5,676,903
† endorsed by Austrian People's Party Source: Austrian ministry of Interior, detailed Results

References

Elections and referendums in Austria

As Cisleithania (1848–1918)

Imperial Council elections	1848 1867 1871–72 1873 1879 1885 1891 1897 1900–01 1907 1911

Republic of Austria (1918–present)

Parliamentary elections	1919 1920 1923 1927 1930 1945 1949 1953 1956 1959 1962 1966 1970 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1990 1994 1995 1999 2002 2006 2008 2013 next

Presidential elections	1951 1957 1963 1965 1971 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016

European elections	1996 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1938 1978 1994 2013

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/30/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.