1995 Austrian legislative election

Austrian legislative election, 1995

17 December 1995
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,959,455 (85.98%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Wolfgang Schüssel Jörg Haider Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Leader since 1988 1995 1986 Leader's seat 9 Vienna 9E Vienna South-West 2A Klagenfurt Last election 65 seats, 34.92% 52 seats, 27.67% 42 seats, 22.50% Seats won 71 52 41 Seat change 6 0 1 Popular vote 1,843,474 1,370,510 1,060,377 Percentage 38.06% 28.29% 21.89% Swing 3.14% 0.62% 0.61%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Heide Schmidt Madeleine Petrovic Party LiF Greens Leader since 1993 1994 Leader's seat 9F Vienna North-West 9F Vienna North-West Last election 11 seats, 5.97% 13 seats, 7.31% Seats won 10 9 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 267,026 233,208 Percentage 5.51% 4.81% Swing 0.45% 2.50%
Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995, after the Grand Coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party collapsed over disagreements about the budget. The SPÖ remained the largest party in the National Council and the Grand Coalition was reformed. Voter turnout was 86.0%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,843,474	38.1	71	+6
Austrian People's Party	1,370,510	28.3	52	0
Freedom Party of Austria	1,060,377	21.9	41	–1
Liberal Forum	267,026	5.5	10	–1
Green Alternative	233,208	4.8	9	–4
No - Civic Action Group against the sale of Austria	53,176	1.1	0	0
Communist Party of Austria	13,938	0.3	0	0
Austrian Natural Law Party	1,634	0.0	0	0
The Best Party	830	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	115,282	–	–	–
Total	4,959,455	100	183	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote SPÖ   38.06% ÖVP   28.29% FPÖ   21.89% LIF   5.51% GRÜNE   4.81% NEIN   1.10% Other   0.34%

Parliamentary seats SPÖ   38.80% ÖVP   28.42% FPÖ   22.40% LIF   5.46% GRÜNE   4.92%