Austrian legislative election, 1986

Austrian legislative election, 1986

23 November 1986

183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Fred Sinowatz Alois Mock Jörg Haider Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Leader since 1983 1979 1986 Last election 90 seats, 47.65% 81 seats, 43.22% 12 seats, 4.98% Seats won 80 77 18 Seat change 10 4 6 Popular vote 2,092,024 2,003,663 472,205 Percentage 43.11% 41.29% 9.73% Swing 4.54% 1.93% 4.75%   Fourth party   Leader Freda Meissner-Blau Party Greens Leader since 1986 Last election new Seats won 8 Seat change 8 Popular vote 234,028 Percentage 4.82% Swing 4.82%

Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 23 November 1986.^[1] They were called by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), as he was not prepared to continue the coalition government with new Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider, who had ousted Norbert Steger at the party convention.

The SPÖ won the most seats, and formed a grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party, as neither were willing to work with Haider. Voter turnout was 90.5%.^[2]

Results

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