1990 Austrian legislative election

1990 Austrian legislative election

7 October 1990

All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Franz Vranitzky Josef Riegler
Party SPÖ ÖVP
Last election 43.12%, 80 seats 41.29%, 77 seats
Seats won 80 60
Seat change 0 17
Popular vote 2,012,787 1,508,600
Percentage 42.78% 32.06%
Swing 0.34pp 9.23pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jörg Haider Johannes Voggenhuber
Party FPÖ Greens
Last election 9.73%, 18 seats 4.82%, 8 seats
Seats won 33 10
Seat change 15 2
Popular vote 782,648 225,084
Percentage 16.63% 4.78%
Swing 6.90pp 0.04pp


Chancellor before election

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Franz Vranitzky
SPÖ

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 7 October 1990. The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 86%.