Austrian legislative election, 1986

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 23 November 1986. They were called by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), as he was not prepared to continue the coalition government with new Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider, who had ousted Norbert Steger at the party convention. The SPÖ won the most seats, and formed a grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party, as neither were willing to work with Haider. Voter turnout was 90.5%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	2,092,024	43.1	80	–10
Austrian People's Party‎	2,003,663	41.3	77	–4
Freedom Party of Austria	472,205	9.7	18	+6
Green Alternative-Freda Meissner-Blau List	234,028	4.8	8	New
Communist Party of Austria	35,104	0.7	0	0
Action List - I've Had Enough	8,100	0.2	0	New
Green Alternatives-Democratic List	6,005	0.1	0	New
Carinthian Greens-VGÖ-VÖGA-Independent Councillors	1,059	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	88,110	–	–	–
Total	4,940,298	100	183	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver