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Legislative elections: National Council, 5-year term, 4% threshold, party-list PR:
           · Federal President: Heinz Fischer (SPÖ) · Federal Chancellor: Werner Faymann (SPÖ) · Government: SPÖ, ÖVP

Party 2013 Seats 2008 Seats
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ)
Social Democratic Party of Austria		 Social democracy
 
 		 1888
PES
SI		     29,3% 57
Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP)
Austrian People's Party		 Christian democracy
Conservatism
 		 1945
EPP
IDU		     26,0% 51
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ)
Freedom Party of Austria		 Right-wing populism
 
 		 1956
 
 		     17,5% 34
Bündnis Zukunft Österreich (BZÖ)
Alliance for the Future of Austria		 Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
 		 2005
 
 		     10,7% 21
Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative (GRÜNE)
The Greens - The Green Alternative		 Green politics
 
 		 1986
EGP
GG		     10,4% 20
Others     6,1% -
Total     - 183
Turnout   78,8%

 © 2013 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Bundesministerium für Inneres (http://www.bmi.gv.at).

Archive: Officeholders · Elections (1945-2008).