1990 Austrian legislative election

Austrian legislative election, 1990

7 October 1990
183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Josef Riegler Party SPÖ ÖVP Leader since 1988 1989 Last election 80 seats, 43.11% 77 seats, 41.29% Seats won 80 60 Seat change 0 17 Popular vote 2,012,787 1,508,600 Percentage 42.78% 32.07% Swing 0.33% 9.22%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jörg Haider Johannes Voggenhuber Party FPÖ Greens Leader since 1986 1988 Last election 18 seats, 9.73% 8 seats, 4.82% Seats won 33 10 Seat change 15 2 Popular vote 782,648 225,084 Percentage 16.64% 4.78% Swing 6.91% 0.04%
Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 7 October 1990. The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 86.1%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Socialist Party	2,012,787	42.8	80	0
Austrian People's Party	1,508,600	32.1	60	–17
Freedom Party of Austria	782,648	16.6	33	+15
Green Alternative-Freda Meissner-Blau List	225,084	4.8	10	+2
United Greens of Austria	92,277	2.0	0	0
Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries	35,833	0.8	0	New
Communist Party of Austria	25,682	0.5	0	0
Christian Electoral Community	9,263	0.2	0	New
Christian Democratic Party	6,194	0.1	0	New
Grey Austrians' Election Platform	3,996	0.1	0	New
Fritz Georg	2,530	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	143,847	–	–	–
Total	4,848,741	100	183	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote SPÖ   42.78% ÖVP   32.07% FPÖ   16.64% GRÜNE   4.78% VGÖ   1.96% Other   1.77%

Parliamentary seats SPÖ   43.72% ÖVP   32.79% FPÖ   18.03% GRÜNE   5.46%