1994 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remained the largest parties, but both suffered losses to minor parties. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) improved to 22.5% and The Greens won 7.3%. The Liberal Forum, a liberal splinter from the FPÖ, won 6.0% and entered the National Council on its first attempt. The incumbent grand coalition of the SPÖ and ÖVP was renewed.Nohlen & Stöver, p216

Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the 18th National Council. Name Ideology Leader 1990 result Votes (%) Seats SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria Social democracy Franz Vranitzky 42.8% ÖVP Austrian People's Party Christian democracy Erhard Busek 32.1% FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Jörg Haider 16.6% GRÜNE The Greens Green politics Madeleine Petrovic 4.8%

Results

Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ GRÜNE LIF Others Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)

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