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Federal President: Alexander Van der Bellen (GRÜNE) · Federal Chancellor: Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) · Governing parties: ÖVP, GRÜNE
Legislative elections: National Council, 5-year term, 183 seats, 4% threshold, party-list PR:

  2024 2019 2017 2013
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP)  
Austrian People's Party
Christian democracy
Conservatism
    37,5 71 31,5 62 24,0 47
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ)  
Social Democratic Party of Austria
Social democracy      21,2 40 26,9 52 26,8 52
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ)  
Freedom Party of Austria
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
    16,2 31 26,0 51 20,5 40
Die Grünen-Die Grüne Alternative (GRÜNE)  
The Greens-The Green Alternative
Green politics      13,9 26 3,8 - 12,4 24
Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum (NEOS)  
The New Austria and Liberal Forum
Liberalism      8,1 15 5,3 10 5,0 9
Jetzt-Liste Pilz (JETZT)
Now-List Pilz
Green politics
Left-wing populism
    1,9 - 4,4 8 - -
Kommunistische Partei Österreichs (KPÖ)  
Communist Party of Austria (a)
Democratic socialism
Communism
    0,7 - 0,8 - 1,0 -
Team Stronach für Österreich (TS)
Team Stronach for Austria
Conservative liberalism   
Euroscepticism 
    - - - - 5,7 11
Others      0,5 - 1,3 - 4,6 -
Total     - 183 - 183 - 183
Turnout   75,6 79,5 74,9

© 2024 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Bundesministerium für Inneres (www.bmi.gv.at).  For full coverage, click here (1945-present). Note: 2017/2019: Communist Party of Austria-Platform Plus (KPÖ).