1998 Austrian presidential election

none April 2025 Austria state presidential 1992 Austrian presidential election 1992 2004 Austrian presidential election 2004 19 April 1998 74.40% Visit of Thomas Klestil, Federal President of Austria, to the European Commission 2000 (cropped).jpg Thomas Klestil Independent (ÖVP) 2,644,034 63.42% 000000 Gertraud Knoll 2008 (cropped).jpg Gertraud Knoll Independent (Greens) 566,551 13.59% 6BA325 Heide Schmidt Wien2008 (cropped) 1.jpg Heide Schmidt Liberal Forum Vienna 464,625 11.14% Gassenhuber lugner (cropped) (cropped).jpg Richard Lugner The Independents (Austria) Vienna 413,066 9.91% 1998 Austrian presidential election.svg President President-Elect Thomas Klestil Independent (ÖVP) Thomas Klestil Independent (ÖVP) Presidential elections were held in Austria on 19 April 1998.Republic of Austria: Election for President IFES 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 Thomas Klestil Independent (ÖVP) 2644034 Gertraud Knoll Independent (Greens) 566551 Heide Schmidt Liberal Forum 464625 Richard Lugner The Independents 413066 Karl Walter Nowak de Independent 81043 181953 5848584 Ministry of Interior By state StateKlestilKnollSchmidtLugnerNowakElectorateVotesValid votes Invalid votes Burgenland114,37731,49912,12712,2851,950214,827181,099172,2388,861Lower Austria591,163110,35084,05887,96415,8691,136,258929,330889,40439,926Vienna347,45398,427121,50294,75911,6001,116,014699,299673,74125,558Carinthia194,80238,63924,31428,4934,153425,185305,195290,40114,794Styria425,96670,76354,45654,45412,524915,471640,995618,16322,832Upper Austria461,139107,46065,86755,14614,444989,228733,913704,05629,857Salzburg164,49834,74327,21913,8294,930355,521255,476245,21910,257Tirol217,49041,17840,32845,0798,508467,615369,823352,58317,240Vorarlberg110,02326,90828,61319,4016,740228,465203,790191,68512,105Source: European Election Database https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200112/http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webview/index.jsp?study=http%3A%2F%2F129.177.90.166%3A80%2Fobj%2FfStudy%2FFIREF1994_Display&node=0&mode=cube&v=2&cube=http%3A%2F%2F129.177.90.166%3A80%2Fobj%2FfCube%2FFIREF1994_Display_C1&top=yes 24 June 2021 References Austria President Category:Presidential elections in Austria Austria