1994 Austrian legislative election

1994 Austrian legislative election

9 October 1994
183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	81.94%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Erhard Busek Jörg Haider Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Last election 42.78%, 80 seats 32.06%, 60 seats 16.63%, 33 seats Seats won 65 52 42 Seat change 15 8 9 Popular vote 1,617,804 1,281,846 1,042,332 Percentage 34.92% 27.67% 22.50% Swing 7.86pp 4.39pp 5.87pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Madeleine Petrovic Heide Schmidt Party Greens LiF Last election 4.78%, 10 seats – Seats won 13 11 Seat change 3 New Popular vote 338,538 276,580 Percentage 7.31% 5.97% Swing 2.53pp New
Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remained the largest parties, but both suffered losses to minor parties. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) improved to 22.5% and The Greens won 7.3%. The Liberal Forum, a liberal splinter from the FPÖ, won 6.0% and entered the National Council on its first attempt. The incumbent grand coalition of the SPÖ and ÖVP was renewed.

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 18th National Council.

Name			Ideology	Leader	1990 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Social democracy	Franz Vranitzky	42.8%	80 / 183
	ÖVP	Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei	Christian democracy	Erhard Busek	32.1%	60 / 183
	FPÖ	Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs	Right-wing populism Euroscepticism	Jörg Haider	16.6%	33 / 183
	GRÜNE	The Greens Die Grünen	Green politics	Madeleine Petrovic	4.8%	10 / 183

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party of Austria	1,617,804	34.92	65	–15
	Austrian People's Party	1,281,846	27.67	52	–8
	Freedom Party of Austria	1,042,332	22.50	42	+9
	The Greens	338,538	7.31	13	+3
	Liberal Forum	276,580	5.97	11	New
	No – Civic Action Group against the Sale of Austria	41,492	0.90	0	New
	Communist Party of Austria	11,919	0.26	0	0
	Christian Voters' Community	9,051	0.20	0	0
	United Greens Austria – List Adi Pinter	5,776	0.12	0	0
	Austrian Natural Law Party	4,209	0.09	0	New
	Citizen Greens Austria – Free Democrats	2,504	0.05	0	New
	The Best Party	581	0.01	0	New
	Fritz Georg	482	0.01	0	0
Total		4,633,114	100.00	183	0
Valid votes		4,633,114	97.93
Invalid/blank votes		97,873	2.07
Total votes		4,730,987	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,774,000	81.94
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry