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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
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ)  
Freedom Party of Austria
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
28,8 57 16,2 31 26,0 51 20,5 40
Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP)  
Austrian People's Party
Christian democracy
Conservatism
26,3 51 37,5 71 31,5 62 24,0 47
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ)  
Social Democratic Party of Austria
Social democracy  21,1 41 21,2 40 26,9 52 26,8 52
Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum (NEOS)  
The New Austria and Liberal Forum
Liberalism  9,1 18 8,1 15 5,3 10 5,0 9
Die Grünen-Die Grüne Alternative (GRÜNE)  
The Greens-The Green Alternative
Green politics  8,2 16 13,9 26 3,8 - 12,4 24
Kommunistische Partei Österreichs-KPÖ Plus (KPÖ)  
Communist Party of Austria-KPÖ Plus (a)
Democratic socialism
Communism
2,4 - 0,7 - 0,8 - 1,0 -
Jetzt-Liste Pilz (JETZT)
Now-List Pilz
Green politics
Left-wing populism
- - 1,9 - 4,4 8 - -
Team Stronach für Österreich (TS)
Team Stronach for Austria
Conservative liberalism   
Euroscepticism 
- - - - - - 5,7 11
Others 4,1 -  0,5 - 1,3 - 4,6 -
Total - 183 - 183 - 183 - 183
Turnout 74,9 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: 2013: Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ).