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1999 Austrian legislative election

1999 Austrian legislative election
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All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.42% (Decrease 5.56pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Viktor Klima Jörg Haider
Party SPÖ FPÖ
Last election 38.06%, 71 seats 21.89%, 41 seats
Seats won 65 52
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 11
Popular vote 1,532,448 1,244,087
Percentage 33.15% 26.91%
Swing Decrease 4.91pp Increase 5.02pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Wolfgang Schüssel Alexander Van der Bellen
Party ÖVP Greens
Last election 28.29%, 52 seats 4.81%, 9 seats
Seats won 52 14
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 5
Popular vote 1,243,672 342,260
Percentage 26.91% 7.40%
Swing Decrease 1.38pp Increase 2.59pp
Chancellor before election

Viktor Klima
SPÖ

Elected Chancellor

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 3 October 1999.[1] Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, a right-wing coalition government was formed by the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) after several months of negotiations. Although the FPÖ had finished a fraction of a point ahead of the ÖVP in the popular vote, ÖVP leader Wolfgang Schüssel became Chancellor rather than controversial FPÖ leader Jörg Haider. Haider, who had also been elected Landeshauptmann of Carinthia, was not appointed to the cabinet and resigned as party leader.[2]

However, foreign governments remained critical of the FPÖ's inclusion in the government and the fourteen other member countries of the European Union imposed sanctions on the country, whilst domestically the government faced protests organised by the SPÖ and Greens.[2] However, this pressure on the government helped stabilise it and when it became clear that the FPÖ was not going to be excluded from government, sanctions were lifted.[2]

Voter turnout was 80.4%.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p196 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b c Nohlen & Stöver, p179
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p217

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