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This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 700 registered political parties, only few are known to the larger public. Since the 1980s, four parties have consistently received enough votes to get seats in the national parliament.

The parties

Parties represented in Parliament or the European Parliament

There are six parties represented in the National Council.

Five of the parties in the National Council (all but the NEOS) are also represented in the Federal Council.

Five of the six parties in the National Council (all but Team Stronach) are represented in the European Parliament.

Logo Name Abbr. Ideology Leader NR BR MEPs Notes
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color" | File:Social Democratic Party of Austria logo.png Social Democratic Party of Austria
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs 		SPÖ Social democracy Werner Faymann 52 22 5
style="background-color: Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color" | Austrian People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei 		ÖVP Conservatism, Christian democracy Reinhold Mitterlehner 47 25 5
style="background-color: Template:Freedom Party of Austria/meta/color" | Freedom Party of Austria
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs 		FPÖ Right-wing populism, National conservatism Heinz-Christian Strache 40 9 4
style="background-color: Template:The Greens – The Green Alternative/meta/color" | The Greens – The Green Alternative
Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative 		GRÜNE Green politics Eva Glawischnig 24 4 3
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Team Stronach/meta/color" | File:Team Stronach logo.svg Team Stronach
Team Stronach 		Stronach Euroscepticism, Economic liberalism Frank Stronach 11 1 0
NEOS – The New Austria
NEOS – Das Neue Österreich 		NEOS Liberalism Matthias Strolz 9 0 1

Parties represented in state parliaments

PercentageVorarlbergViennaUpper AustriaTyrol (state)StyriaSalzburg (state)Lower AustriaCarinthia (state)Burgenland

Minor parties

Major historical parties

Minor historical parties

See also

Further reading

  • Müller, Wolfgang; Franz Fallend (November 2004). "Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From Multipolar to Bipolar System". West European Politics. 27 (5): 801–835. doi:10.1080/0140238042000283319. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |quotes=, |laydate=, |laysource=, and |laysummary= (help)
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