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1995 Austrian legislative election

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All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.98% ( 4.04 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Wolfgang Schüssel Jörg Haider Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Last election 34.92%, 65 seats 27.67%, 52 seats 22.50%, 42 seats 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 pp 0.62 pp 0.61 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Heide Schmidt Madeleine Petrovic Party LiF Greens Last election 5.97%, 11 seats 7.31%, 13 seats Seats won 10 9 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 267,026 233,208 Percentage 5.51% 4.81% Swing 0.46 pp 2.50 pp
Seats won by state Popular vote by state
Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995 to elect the 20th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called after the collapse of the grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) due to a dispute regarding the national budget. The SPÖ made small gains primarily at the expense of minor parties, while the ÖVP remained stable. The grand coalition was subsequently renegotiated.

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.

Name			Ideology	Leader	1994 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Social democracy	Franz Vranitzky	34.9%	65 / 183
	ÖVP	Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei	Christian democracy	Wolfgang Schüssel	27.7%	52 / 183
	FPÖ	Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs	Right-wing populism Euroscepticism	Jörg Haider	22.5%	42 / 183
	GRÜNE	The Greens Die Grünen	Green politics	Madeleine Petrovic	7.3%	13 / 183
	LiF	Liberal Forum Liberales Forum	Liberalism	Heide Schmidt	6.0%	11 / 183

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party of Austria	1,843,474	38.06	71	+6
	Austrian People's Party	1,370,510	28.29	52	0
	Freedom Party of Austria	1,060,377	21.89	41	–1
	Liberal Forum	267,026	5.51	10	–1
	The Greens	233,208	4.81	9	–4
	No – Civic Action Group against the Sale of Austria	53,176	1.10	0	0
	Communist Party of Austria	13,938	0.29	0	0
	Austrian Natural Law Party	1,634	0.03	0	0
	The Best Party	830	0.02	0	0
Total		4,844,173	100.00	183	0
Valid votes		4,844,173	97.68
Invalid/blank votes		115,282	2.32
Total votes		4,959,455	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,768,099	85.98
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

Results by state

State	SPÖ	ÖVP	FPÖ	LiF	Grüne	Others
Burgenland	44.6	31.9	16.9	3.3	2.5	0.8
Carinthia	40.8	18.5	32.7	3.6	3.5	0.9
Lower Austria	37.9	34.5	17.3	5.0	3.7	1.6
Upper Austria	38.1	29.5	21.6	4.4	5.1	1.3
Salzburg	32.6	29.1	25.4	6.1	5.6	1.2
Styria	39.7	29.5	21.2	4.2	4.0	1.4
Tyrol	27.3	31.3	27.0	6.2	6.4	1.8
Vorarlberg	22.9	34.1	27.4	7.1	7.3	1.2
Vienna	44.0	19.5	20.1	8.6	6.0	1.8
Austria	38.1	28.3	21.9	5.5	4.8	1.4
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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