2013 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 2008 Austrian legislative election 2008 2017 Austrian legislative election 2017 All 183 seats in the National Council 92 29 September 2013 74.9% ( 3.9 pp) 130x130px Werner Faymann (cropped).jpg Werner Faymann Social Democratic Party of Austria 29.3%, 57 seats 52 5 1,258,605 26.8% 2.4 pp Michael Spindelegger and Zvi Heifetz (11320821013) (cropped).jpg Michael Spindelegger Austrian People's Party 26.0%, 51 seats 47 4 1,125,876 24.0% 2.0 pp Gudenus Johann,Heinz-Christian Strache-8890 (14084067857) (cropped).jpg Heinz-Christian Strache Freedom Party of Austria 17.5%, 34 seats 40 6 962,313 20.5% 3.0 pp Eva Glawischnig.jpeg Eva Glawischnig The Greens (Austria) 10.4%, 20 seats 24 4 582,657 12.4% 2.0 pp Frank Stronach (2013) (cropped).jpg Frank Stronach Team Stronach – 11 New 268,679 5.7% New Mlinar, Strolz and Meinl-Reisinger at the NEOS FEST Vienna 2013-05 (cropped).jpg Matthias Strolz NEOS (Austria) – 9 New 232,946 5.0% New 350px Results by seats won 350px Results by popular vote by state 350px Results by popular vote by district Chancellor Werner Faymann Social Democratic Party of Austria Werner Faymann Social Democratic Party of Austria Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2013 to elect the 25th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.Regierung legt sich fest: Wahl am 29. September - Die Presse, 21 February 2013 The parties of the ruling grand coalition, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), suffered losses, but placed first and second respectively and retained their combined majority. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won 20.5%, an increase of three percentage points, and The Greens achieved their best result up to this point with 12.4% and 24 seats. With the collapse of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), which fell below the 4% electoral threshold and lost all its seats, two new parties entered the National Council: Team Stronach with 5.7% and NEOS with 5.0%. The elections saw considerable change in the composition of the National Council; the ruling grand coalition won its lowest combined share of the popular vote in history. The coalition was nonetheless renewed, and Werner Faymann of the SPÖ remained Chancellor. Background The government is a grand coalition between Austria's two largest parties, the SPÖ and ÖVP, who rule with the SPÖ's Werner Faymann as Chancellor. Support for both governing parties has fallen marginally since the 2008 election. The Freedom Party (FPÖ) and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) made significant gains in the previous election, but while the FPÖ gained support after the 2008 election, the BZÖ shrank after the death of its founder Jörg Haider and taking a turn toward liberalism. Additionally, nine of the BZÖ's 21 elected members to the National Council changed their party affiliation during the term: five members joined the Team Stronach, while four joined the FPÖ. Team Stronach, funded by Austrian-Canadian businessman Frank Stronach, has emerged as an anti-euro alternative and eventually started to hurt the FPÖ's standing in the polls. The Greens have solidified their position as the fourth-largest party in opinion polls.September 2013 Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the 24th National Council. Name Ideology Leader 2008 result Votes (%) Seats SPÖ Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs Social democracy x75pxWerner Faymann 29.3% 57 183 Social Democratic Party of Austria ÖVP Austrian People's PartyÖsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy x75pxMichael Spindelegger 26.0% 51 183 Austrian People's Party FPÖ Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Österreichs Right-wing populismEuroscepticism x75pxHeinz-Christian Strache 17.5% 34 183 Freedom Party of Austria BZÖ Alliance for the Future of AustriaBündnis Zukunft Österreich National conservatismRight-wing populism x75pxJosef Bucher 10.7% 21 183 Alliance for the Future of Austria GRÜNE The GreensDie Grünen Green politics x75pxEva Glawischnig-Piesczek 10.4% 20 183 The Greens (Austria) Qualified parties In addition to the parties already represented in the National Council, nine parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. Four of these were cleared to be on the ballot in all states, five of them only in some.Nationalratswahl 2013 - Abgeschlossene und veröffentlichte Landeswahlvorschläge - bmi.gv.at, 8 August 2013 On the ballot in all 9 states Team Stronach (FRANK) NEOS Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT) On the ballot in some states only Christian Party of Austria (CPÖ) - on the ballot only in Upper Austria, Styria, Vorarlberg and Burgenland The Change (Der Wandel) - on the ballot only in Vienna and Upper Austria Socialist Left Party (SLP) - on the ballot only in Vienna EU Exit Party (EU-Austrittspartei) - on the ballot only in Vorarlberg Men's Party of Austria (Männerpartei Österreichs) - on the ballot only in Vorarlberg Campaign Issues included corruption scandals across the main partiesSeptember 2013 and Austria's relative financial stability facing a probable crisis.Austrians voting general elections Al Jazeera 29 September 2013 Opinion polling Recent opinion polls Agency/SourceDate SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Greens Stronach BZÖ NEOS Pirates KPÖ Others Gallup/Neos.eu2013-09-23 27% 23% 21% 14% 6% 3% 4% 1% 1% - OGM/Kurier2013-09-21 27% 22% 21% 14% 6% 4% 4% 1% 1% - Market/Der Standard2013-09-20 26% 23% 19% 15% 7% 4% 3% 1% 1% 1% Gallup/Österreich2013-09-20 27% 23% 20% 14% 7% 2.5% 3.5% 1% 1% 1% Karmasin/Heute2013-09-20 27% 23% 21% 14% 7% 2% 3% 1.5% 1.5% - Hajek/ATV2013-09-19 27% 23% 20% 15% 7% 3% 3% 1% 1% 1% Meinunungsraum/Neos.eu2013-09-19 28% 24% 19% 15% 7% 2% 4% - - 1% Market/Standard2013-09-15 26% 22% 20% 15% 9% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% Spectra/Oberösterreichische Nachrichten2013-09-14 26% 23% 20% 13% 9% 4% 1.5% - - 3.5% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20130917094141/http://www.profil.at/articles/1337/560/366202/umfrage-spoe-platz-stronach-fpoe 2013-09-17 2013-09-14 28% 25% 20% 15% 6% 2% 3% - - 1% Gallup/Österreich2013-09-13 28% 25% 20% 15% 7% 1% 3% 1% - - Gallup/Österreich2013-09-06 28% 24% 19% 15% 8% 2% 2% 1% 1% - OGM/Kurier2013-08-31 27% 24% 20% 15% 7% 3% 2% 1% - 1% https://archive.today/20130831132011/http://www.ots.at/touch/presseaussendung/OTS_20130831_OTS0006 Karmasin/Profil2013-08-31 28% 24% 20% 15% 7% 2% 1% - - 3% Market/Standard2013-08-30 26% 22% 19% 16% 9% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% Gallup/Österreich2013-08-30 28% 23% 19% 15% 9% 2% 2% 1% 1% - Meinungsraum/NEWS2013-08-29 27% 24% 19% 14% 8% 2% 3% 2% - 1% Spectra/Vorarlberger Nachrichten https://web.archive.org/web/20160403095041/http://www.vorarlbergernachrichten.at/politik/2013/08/23/ovp-tastet-sich-an-spo-heran.vn 2016-04-03 2013-08-24 27% 25% 19% 14% 7% 3% - - - 5% Gallup/Österreich2013-08-23 28% 24% 18% 15% 9% 2% 2% 1% 1% - Karmasin/Heute https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041604/http://www.heute.at/news/politik/art23660,918026 2015-09-24 2013-08-23 28% 25% 20% 15% 7% 1% 2% 1% 1% - Market/Standard2013-08-15 26% 24% 18% 15% 9% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% IMAS/Kronen Zeitung2013-08-10 27% 25% 20% 13% 9% 3% - - - 3% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20130814164025/http://www.profil.at/articles/1332/560/363958/auftakt-wahlkampfs 2013-08-14 2013-08-10 28% 25% 18% 16% 7% 3% - - - 3% Gallup/Österreich2013-08-09 28% 25% 17% 16% 8% 2% 2% 1% 1% - Meinungsraum/Neos.eu2013-08-08 26% 24% 20% 13% 9% 2% 3% 2% 1% - Older opinion polls Agency/SourceDate SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ BZÖ Greens KPÖ Pirates Stronach Others Karmasin/Profil 2012-03-10 29% 24% 26% 3% 13% - - - 5% Gallup/Ö24 2012-03-11 29% 25% 27% 3% 13% - - - 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-03-24 28% 23% 28% 3% 14% - - - 4% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20121115133839/http://www.profil.at/articles/1214/560/324104/umfrage-umfrage-freiheitliche-volkspartei 2012-11-15 2012-04-05 29% 23% 27% 2% 13% - - - 6% Gallup/Ö24 2012-04-22 27% 22% 28% 3% 14% - 6% - - https://archive.today/20120903151715/http://www.heute.at/news/politik/art23660,696631 Karmasin/Heute 2012-04-23 27% 23% 27% 3% 13% - - - 7% Gallup/Ö24 2012-05-12 26% 21% 27% 3% 13% - 7% - 3% Market/Standard https://web.archive.org/web/20121221013019/http://www.market.at/de/market-aktuell/politik-aktuell/593.html 2012-12-21 2012-05-19 29% 22% 27% 5% 14% - - - 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-05-26 27% 22% 26% 3% 14% - 5% - 3% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20120604052012/http://www.profil.at/articles/1222/560/329655/umfrage-umfrage-fpoe-platz-3 2012-06-04 2012-06-02 30% 25% 24% 3% 12% - - - 6% Gallup/Ö24 2012-06-09 28% 23% 24% 3% 14% - 6% - 2% Gallup/Ö24 2012-06-16 28% 24% 23% 2% 12% - 7% - 4% OGM/Kurier 2012-06-16 29% 25% 25% 3% 14% - - - 4% Market/Standard https://web.archive.org/web/20121221013019/http://www.market.at/de/market-aktuell/politik-aktuell/593.html 2012-12-21 2012-06-24 28% 23% 27% 5% 14% - - - 3% Peter Hajek/ATV 2012-06-29 30% 25% 25% 5% 12% - - - 3% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20120711192017/http://www.profil.at/articles/1226/560/332888/umfrage-umfrage-sonntagsfrage 2012-07-11 2012-06-30 29% 23% 24% 4% 13% - - - 7% Gallup/Ö24 2012-06-30 28% 23% 24% 3% 12% - 7% - 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-07-08 28% 22% 23% 3% 12% - 5% 4% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-07-21 28% 21% 23% 2% 12% - 5% 6% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-08-04 29% 21% 21% 2% 12% - 6% 6% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-08-18 28% 21% 20% 3% 14% - 4% 8% 2% Market/Standard 2012-08-19 30% 23% 21% 4% 16% - - - 6% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20120827022306/http://www.profil.at/articles/1234/560/339818/umfrage-umfrage-fpoe-sinkflug-stronach-7 2012-08-27 2012-08-25 29% 23% 21% 2% 14% - - 7% 4% Gallup/Ö24 2012-08-26 29% 22% 20% 2% 14% - 3% 9% 1% Market/Standard https://web.archive.org/web/20160203132534/http://www.market.at/redx/tools/mb_image.php/cid.x41416a77325a6c6a5878493d/KW35NRW.jpg 2016-02-03 2012-08-31 30% 24% 21% 3% 15% - - - 7% Gallup/Ö24 2012-09-01 28% 21% 20% 3% 14% - 2% 10% 2% Gallup/Ö24 2012-09-10 28% 23% 20% 2% 13% - 2% 10% 2% OGM/Kurier 2012-09-16 28% 23% 23% 3% 12% - - 6% 5% Market/Standard https://web.archive.org/web/20121221013019/http://www.market.at/de/market-aktuell/politik-aktuell/593.html 2012-12-21 2012-09-20 29% 23% 21% 4% 16% - - 6% 5% Gallup/Ö24 2012-09-23 27% 23% 21% 2% 14% - 3% 9% 1% meinungsraum.at 2012-09-26 27% 19% 21% 3% 15% - 3% 9% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-09-28 26% 23% 20% 2% 14% - 2% 12% - Gallup/Ö24 2012-10-06 26% 22% 21% 2% 14% - 2% 12% - Market/Standard 2012-10-10 28% 22% 20% 2% 16% - - 10% 2% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20121130205953/http://www.profil.at/articles/1242/560/344608/umfrage-spoe-sinkflug 2012-11-30 2012-10-19 25% 23% 22% 2% 15% - - 10% - Gallup/Ö24 2012-10-21 25% 22% 22% 2% 15% - 2% 11% - Gallup/Ö24 2012-10-27 25% 22% 22% 2% 15% - - 11% - Market/Standard 2012-10-28 27% 23% 22% 1% 15% - - 10% - Gallup/Ö24 2012-11-11 26% 23% 21% 2% 14% - 2% 11% - Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20121119234146/http://www.profil.at/articles/1246/560/346715/vermoegensteuer-umfrage-sonntagsfrage 2012-11-19 2012-11-17 27% 24% 21% 2% 13% - - 10% - Gallup/Ö24 2012-11-24 27% 22% 21% 1% 15% - 2% 10% - Karmasin/Profil 2012-11-30 27% 22% 22% - 14% 1% - 8% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-12-01 27% 23% 19% 1% 13% 4% 1% 11% 2% Karmasin/Profil 2012-12-18 28% 24% 21% 1% 13% - - 2% Gallup/Ö24 2012-12-19 27% 23% 20% 1% 14% - 1% 11% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2012-12-30 27% 23% 21% 1% 14% - 1% 10% 3% Market/Standard 2013-01-02 27% 24% 23% 2% 14% 1% 1% 7% 1% Gallup/Ö24 2013-01-13 28% 23% 20% 1% 14% 2% 1% 10% 1% Gallup/Ö24 2013-01-26 27% 25% 21% 1% 13% 2% 1% 9% 1% Gallup/Ö24 2013-02-09 27% 25% 21% 1% 14% 2% 1% 8% 1% Gallup/Ö24 2013-02-19 28% 25% 21% 1% 14% 1% 1% 8% 2% Karmasin/Heute 2013-02-22 27% 24% 23% 3% 12% 1% - 10% - Gallup/Ö24 2013-02-24 27% 25% 22% 2% 13% 1% - 9% 1% Gallup/Ö24 2013-03-07 28% 25% 20% 2% 13% 1% - 10% 1% Market/Standard 2013-03-15 26% 24% 20% 2% 14% 1% - 9% 3% Market/Standard 2013-04-01 26% 24% 19% 4% 14% - - 10% 3% Karmasin/Heute 2013-04-05 27% 24% 19% 2% 14% 2% 1% 9% - Gallup/Ö24 2013-04-07 27% 25% 19% 1% 14% 1% 1% 9% - Karmasin/Profil 2013-04-20 28% 25% 19% 1% 13% - - 10% - Gallup/Ö24 2013-04-20 27% 24% 19% 2% 13% 1% 1% 10% - Karmasin/HeuteJanuary 2025 medicmedic 2013-05-03 28% 24% 19% 2% 14% 1% 1% 8% 3% Market/Standard 2013-05-10 25% 24% 19% 2% 16% - 2% 10% 2% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20130609061913/http://www.profil.at/articles/1320/560/358447/nationalratswahlen-umfrage-fpoe-spoe-gruene 2013-06-09 2013-05-16 26% 25% 18% 2% 16% - - 10% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2013-05-29 27% 25% 18% 2% 15% 1% 1% 9% 2% Karmasin/Heute2013-06-01 27% 25% 18% 1% 16% - - 10% 3% Gallup/Ö24 2013-06-14 28% 25% 18% 2% 14% 1% 1% 9% 2% Karmasin/Profil2013-06-15 27% 24% 18% 2% 15% - - 8% 6% Gallup/Ö242013-07-28 27% 25% 18% 15% 8% 2% - 1% - 4% Karmasin/Heute2013-07-26 27% 25% 19% 14% 9% 2% 2% 1% 1% - IMAS/Krone2013-07-21 27% 25% 19% 13% 10% 2.5% - - - 3.5% Spectra/OÖN2013-07-20 27% 24% 18% 14% 10% 2% - - - 5% Market/Standard2013-07-19 25% 24% 19% 15% 9% 3% - - - 5% Gallup/Ö242013-07-13 27% 24% 18% 15% 8% 2% - 2% - 3% Karmasin/Profil https://web.archive.org/web/20130715103738/http://www.profil.at/articles/1328/560/362067/sonntagsfrage-umfrage-spoe-platz-fpoe-platz 2013-07-15 2013-07-13 28% 25% 18% 15% 7% 3% - - - 4% Market/Standard2013-07-07 26% 24% 19% 16% 8% 2% - 2% 1% 2% OGM/Kurier2013-07-07 27% 24% 19% 15% 8% 3% - - - 4% Results File:NRWahl 2013.svg Social Democratic Party of Austria 1258605 52 −5 Austrian People's Party 1125876 47 −4 Freedom Party of Austria 962313 40 +6 The Greens 582657 24 +4 Team Stronach 268679 11 New NEOS 232946 9 New Alliance for the Future of Austria 165746 0 –21 Communist Party of Austria 48175 0 0 Pirate Party of Austria 36265 0 New Christian Party of Austria 6647 0 0 Der Wandel 3051 0 New Socialist Left Party 947 0 New EU Exit Party 510 0 New Men's Party 490 0 New 89503 0 6384308 Interior Ministry Results by state State SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Grüne TS NEOS BZÖ Others Turnout Burgenland 37.3 26.8 17.4 6.8 5.9 2.8 2.0 1.2 82.8 Carinthia 32.4 15.2 17.9 11.8 6.9 3.7 10.8 1.3 72.5 Lower Austria 27.6 30.6 18.8 9.6 4.7 4.5 2.7 1.5 81.0 Upper Austria 27.2 25.4 21.4 12.2 4.8 3.4 3.5 2.1 78.3 Salzburg 23.0 26.7 21.2 14.8 5.2 4.6 3.2 1.3 74.5 Styria 23.8 20.9 24.0 10.6 10.0 3.9 3.9 2.9 75.4 Tyrol 18.3 32.3 19.4 15.2 5.6 4.9 3.0 1.4 67.0 Vorarlberg 13.1 26.3 20.2 17.0 5.3 13.1 2.4 2.5 65.9 Vienna 31.6 14.5 20.6 16.4 3.9 7.6 2.4 3.0 69.7 Austria 26.8 24.0 20.5 12.4 5.7 5.0 3.5 2.1 74.9 Source: Austrian Interior Ministry Preference votes Alongside votes for a party, voters were able to cast a preferential votes for a candidate on the party list. The ten candidates with the most preferential votes on a federal level were as follows:https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2013/files/Bund_VZ_Broschuere_adv.pdf Preferential votes Austrian Interior Ministry Party Pos. Position on party list Candidate Votes ÖVP 3 Sebastian Kurz 35,728 FPÖ 1 Heinz-Christian Strache 28,635 ÖVP 1 Michael Spindelegger 25,258 SPÖ 1 Werner Faymann 21,253 GRÜNE 1 Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek 19,582 SPÖ 38 Resul Ekrem Gönültas 12,715 GRÜNE 48 Karl Öllinger 8,031 BZÖ 1 Josef Bucher 5,359 NEOS 1 Matthias Strolz 5,007 GRÜNE 4 Peter Pilz 4,393 Government formation The "grand coalition" of SPÖ and ÖVP retained their majority.Governing coalition slips election Al Jazeera 29 September 2013 While the SPÖ were keen to renew the coalition, the ÖVP also considered the possibility of a coalition with the FPÖ and another smaller party.Austria coalition vote Yahoo! On October 14, the SPÖ and the ÖVP agreed to start coalition talks with each other,Austria's biggest parties agree coalition talks Reuters, Oct. 14 and on December 16, the second Faymann cabinet was formed by the SPÖ and the ÖVP. See also Grand coalition (Germany) References External links Social Democratic Party of Austria Austrian People's Party Freedom Party of Austria The Greens – The Green Alternative Alliance for the Future of Austria Team Stronach Christian Party of Austria Communist Party of Austria EU Withdrawal Party Men's Party of Austria NEOS – The New Austria Pirate Party of Austria Socialist Left Party The Change Category:Legislative elections in Austria Austria Legislative Legislative