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Austrian legislative election, 2006
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Election posters of the BZÖ and the ÖVP parties
The 2006 general election for the National Council in Austria was held on 1 October 2006.
Following the Austrian legislative election, 1999, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had formed a coalition government with the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), and later the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). As a result of the 2006 election, the ÖVP-BZÖ coalition lost their majority in parliament. After three months of negotiations, it was announced on January 8th that the SPÖ and ÖVP would form a grand coalition, with SPÖ leader Alfred Gusenbauer becoming the next Chancellor.
Summary of results
- The ÖVP lost many of the votes they had taken from the FPÖ in the 2002 election.
- The FPÖ increased their share of votes slightly but missed third place by about 500 votes.
- The BZÖ, which had split off from the FPÖ in 2005, crossed the threshold of 4% and will be represented in the new parliament.
- The list of Hans Peter Martin received 2.8%. Both his list and the KPÖ are below the 4% threshold that is necessary for parliamentary representation.
- The Liberal Forum decided not to stand in the election, citing the tight schedule as well as the lack of finances and a suitable party leader. However, on 3 September 2006 the SPÖ announced an electoral alliance with the LIF (some of the LIF's candidates will stand on the SPÖ's party list, ensuring that at least the LIF's chairman Alexander Zach will be a member of the next parliament).
Parties
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Summary of the 1 October 2006 National Council of Austria election results
| Parties |
Votes |
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% |
+/− |
Seats |
+/− |
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Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs) |
1,663,986 |
−128,513 |
35.34 |
−1.17 |
68 (67) |
−1 |
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Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) |
1,616,493 |
−460,340 |
34.33 |
−7.97 |
66 |
−13 |
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The Greens – The Green Alternative (Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative) |
520,130 |
+55,150 |
11.05 |
+1.58 |
21 |
+4 |
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Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs) |
519,598 |
+28,270 |
11.04 |
+1.03 |
21 |
+3 |
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Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich) |
193,539 |
* |
4.11 |
* |
7 |
+7 |
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Dr. Martin's List – For Democracy, Control, Justice (Liste Dr. Martin – Für Demokratie, Kontrolle, Gerechtigkeit) |
131,688 |
* |
2.80 |
* |
— |
* |
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Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) |
47,578 |
+20,010 |
1.01 |
+0.45 |
— |
±0 |
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EU Withdrawal – Neutral Free Austria (EU-Austritt – Neutrales Freies Österreich) [1] |
10,594 |
* |
0.23 |
* |
— |
* |
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Socialist Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei) [2] |
2,257 |
−1,649 |
0.05 |
−0.03 |
— |
±0 |
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Certainly – Absolutely – Independent, Franz Radinger (Sicher – Absolut – Unabhängig, Franz Radinger) [3] |
1,514 |
* |
0.03 |
* |
— |
* |
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Initiativ€2000 (Initiativ€2000) [4] |
592 |
* |
0.01 |
* |
— |
* |
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Stark's List (Liste Stark) [3] |
312 |
* |
0.01 |
* |
— |
* |
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Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum) [5] |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— (1) |
— |
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Total (turnout 78.48%; −5.8%) |
4,708,281 |
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100.0 |
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183 |
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Notes:
- * Did not stand in 2002.
- ^ Stood only in Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vienna and Vorarlberg.
- ^ Stood only in Vienna.
- ^ a b Stood only in Carinthia.
- ^ Stood only in Burgenland.
- ^ Did not stand as an independent party in the election, representatives elected on the Social Democratic Party's list. Effectively, one of the Social Democratic Party's 68 seats is a representative of the Liberal Forum.
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| Source: BMI |
Opinion Polls
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