1998 Austrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 19 April 1998. The result was a victory for the incumbent, President Thomas Klestil , who sought re-election as an independent candidate. The Austrian People's Party , who had originally put him up in 1992 , reluctantly supported him again, while the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the Austrian Freedom Party did not propose any competing candidates. Klestil's competitors were Heide Schmidt , leader of the Liberal Forum , Gertraud Knoll , the former Lutheran superintendent of Burgenland (supported by the Greens ), socialite Richard Lugner and Karl Walter Nowak .
Results
Candidate Party Votes % Thomas Klestil Independent (ÖVP ) 2,644,034 63.42 Gertraud Knoll [de ]Independent (Greens ) 566,551 13.59 Heide Schmidt Liberal Forum 464,625 11.14 Richard Lugner The Independents 413,066 9.91 Karl Walter Nowak [de ]Independent 81,043 1.94 Total 4,169,319 100.00 Valid votes 4,169,319 95.82 Invalid/blank votes 181,953 4.18 Total votes 4,351,272 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 5,848,584 74.40 Source: Ministry of Interior
By state
State
Klestil
Knoll
Schmidt
Lugner
Nowak
Electorate
Votes
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Burgenland
114,377
31,499
12,127
12,285
1,950
214,827
181,099
172,238
8,861
Lower Austria
591,163
110,350
84,058
87,964
15,869
1,136,258
929,330
889,404
39,926
Vienna
347,453
98,427
121,502
94,759
11,600
1,116,014
699,299
673,741
25,558
Carinthia
194,802
38,639
24,314
28,493
4,153
425,185
305,195
290,401
14,794
Styria
425,966
70,763
54,456
54,454
12,524
915,471
640,995
618,163
22,832
Upper Austria
461,139
107,460
65,867
55,146
14,444
989,228
733,913
704,056
29,857
Salzburg
164,498
34,743
27,219
13,829
4,930
355,521
255,476
245,219
10,257
Tirol
217,490
41,178
40,328
45,079
8,508
467,615
369,823
352,583
17,240
Vorarlberg
110,023
26,908
28,613
19,401
6,740
228,465
203,790
191,685
12,105
Source: European Election Database Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
References
Republic of Austria: Election for President IFES
Austrian presidential electionsIndirect elections
Direct elections
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