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Austria 1990 legislative election

What was the result of the 1990 legislative election in Austria?

Social Democratic Party of Austria won 80 of 183 seats with 42.8% of the vote. 86.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Austria
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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 80 of 183 seats with 42.8% of the vote; 86.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.3 points on 1986.

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 80 0 seats 42.8% −0.3 points
  • Austrian People's Party 60 −17 seats 32.1% −9.2 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 33 +15 seats 16.6% +6.9 points
  • The Greens 10 +2 seats 4.8% 0.0 points
  • United Greens of Austria 0 2.0%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Austria 1986 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.8%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    Social Democratic Party of Austria won 80 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Freedom Party of Austria

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1986. Austrian People's Party lost 17 seats.

  3. 86.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 4.3 points on 1986.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria80042.8−0.32,012,787
Austrian People's Party60−1732.1−9.21,508,600
Freedom Party of Austria33+1516.6+6.9782,648
The Greens10+24.80.0225,084
United Greens of Austria02.092,277

± is the change against the Austria 1986 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,012,787
  • Austrian People's Party 1,508,600
  • Freedom Party of Austria 782,648
  • The Greens 225,084
  • United Greens of Austria 92,277

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

86.1% of the 5,628,912 registered voters cast a ballot (4,848,741 ballots), down 4.3 points on 1986. 4,704,894 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria42.8% of votes43.7% of seats
  • Austrian People's Party32.1% of votes32.8% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria16.6% of votes18.0% of seats
  • The Greens4.8% of votes5.5% of seats
  • United Greens of Austria2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 10.7 points of the vote.

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