1986 Austrian legislative election

Austrian legislative election, 1986

23 November 1986
183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Fred Sinowatz Alois Mock Jörg Haider Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Leader since 1983 1979 1986 Last election 90 seats, 47.65% 81 seats, 43.22% 12 seats, 4.98% Seats won 80 77 18 Seat change 10 4 6 Popular vote 2,092,024 2,003,663 472,205 Percentage 43.11% 41.29% 9.73% Swing 4.54% 1.93% 4.75%   Fourth party   Leader Freda Meissner-Blau Party Greens Leader since 1986 Last election new Seats won 8 Seat change 8 Popular vote 234,028 Percentage 4.82% Swing 4.82%
Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

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	+/–
Socialist Party of Austria	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

Popular vote SPÖ   43.11% ÖVP   41.29% FPÖ   9.73% GRÜNE   4.82% KPÖ   0.72% Other   0.31%

Popular vote SPÖ   43.72% ÖVP   42.08% FPÖ   9.84% GRÜNE   4.37%