2002 Austrian legislative election

none Austria state parliamentary 1999 Austrian legislative election 1999 2006 Austrian legislative election 2006 All 183 seats in the National Council 92 24 November 2002 84.27% ( 3.85 pp) W Schuessel7.jpg Wolfgang Schüssel Austrian People's Party 26.91%, 52 seats 79 27 2,076,833 42.30% 15.39 pp Alfred Gusenbauer 26.10.2008 (cropped).jpg Alfred Gusenbauer Social Democratic Party of Austria 33.15%, 65 seats 69 4 1,792,499 36.51% 3.36 pp Herbert Haupt Freedom Party of Austria 26.91%, 52 seats 18 34 491,328 10.01% 16.90 pp Alexander Van der Bellen1.jpg Alexander Van der Bellen The Greens (Austria) 7.40%, 14 seats 17 3 464,980 9.47% 2.07 pp 350px Seats won by state 350px Popular vote by state Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel Austrian People's Party Wolfgang Schüssel Austrian People's Party Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p197 978-3-8329-5609-7 after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) emerged as the largest party, winning 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966.Nohlen & Stöver, pp219-220 It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which lost almost two-thirds of its seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p179 Voter turnout was 84%.Nohlen & Stöver, p217 This was the only election between 1970 and 2013 which saw the ÖVP emerge as the largest party, and the only election in that time period which saw the Social Democratic Party fail to win the most seats. Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council. Name Ideology Leader 1999 result Votes (%) Seats SPÖ Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs Social democracy x75pxAlfred Gusenbauer 33.2% 65 183 Social Democratic Party of Austria FPÖ Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Österreichs Right-wing populismEuroscepticism x75pxHerbert Haupt 26.9% 52 183 Freedom Party of Austria ÖVP Austrian People's PartyÖsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy x75pxWolfgang Schüssel 26.9% 52 183 Austrian People's Party GRÜNE The GreensDie Grünen Green politics x75pxAlexander Van der Bellen 7.4% 14 183 The Greens (Austria) Results File:2002 Austrian legislative election - composition chart.svg Austrian People's Party 2076833 79 +27 Social Democratic Party of Austria 1792499 69 +4 Freedom Party of Austria 491328 18 –34 The Greens 464980 17 +3 Liberal Forum 48083 0 0 Communist Party of Austria 27568 0 0 Socialist Left Party 3906 0 New The Democrats 2439 0 New Christian Voters Community de Christliche Wählergemeinschaft 2009 0 0 72616 0 5912592 Interior Ministry Results by state State ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Grüne Others Burgenland 42.4 45.8 6.4 4.7 0.7 Carinthia 30.5 38.3 23.6 6.2 1.4 Lower Austria 47.8 36.8 6.9 7.2 1.3 Upper Austria 42.6 37.0 10.4 8.7 1.3 Salzburg 46.7 30.8 10.7 10.4 1.4 Styria 44.6 37.0 9.6 7.0 1.8 Tyrol 51.9 24.5 10.0 11.6 2.0 Vorarlberg 49.2 20.1 13.0 14.5 3.2 Vienna 30.7 43.8 8.0 15.1 2.4 Austria 42.3 36.5 10.0 9.5 1.7 Source: Austrian Interior Ministry References External links Category:Legislative elections in Austria Austria Legislative Austria