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Austria 1994 legislative election

What was the result of the 1994 legislative election in Austria?

Social Democratic Party of Austria won 65 of 183 seats with 34.9% of the vote. 81.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 65 of 183 seats with 34.9% of the vote; 81.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.2 points on 1990.

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 65 −15 seats 34.9% −7.9 points
  • Austrian People's Party 52 −8 seats 27.7% −4.4 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 42 +9 seats 22.5% +5.9 points
  • The Greens 13 +3 seats 7.3% +2.5 points
  • Liberal Forum 11 6.0%
  • No -- Citizens' Initiative against EU membership 0 0.9%
  • 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 1990 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 34.9%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    Social Democratic Party of Austria won 65 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +9 seats

    Seats gained by Freedom Party of Austria

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1990. Social Democratic Party of Austria lost 15 seats.

  3. 81.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 4.2 points on 1990.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria65−1534.9−7.91,617,804
Austrian People's Party52−827.7−4.41,281,846
Freedom Party of Austria42+922.5+5.91,042,332
The Greens13+37.3+2.5338,538
Liberal Forum116.0276,580
No -- Citizens' Initiative against EU membership00.941,492

± is the change against the Austria 1990 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,617,804
  • Austrian People's Party 1,281,846
  • Freedom Party of Austria 1,042,332
  • The Greens 338,538
  • Liberal Forum 276,580
  • No -- Citizens' Initiative against EU membership 41,492

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?

81.9% of the 5,774,000 registered voters cast a ballot (4,730,987 ballots), down 4.2 points on 1990. 4,633,114 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 Austria34.9% of votes35.5% of seats
  • Austrian People's Party27.7% of votes28.4% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria22.5% of votes23.0% of seats
  • The Greens7.3% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Liberal Forum6.0% of votes6.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 7.2 points of the vote.

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