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Austria 2002 legislative election

What was the result of the 2002 legislative election in Austria?

Austrian People's Party won 79 of 183 seats with 42.3% of the vote. 84.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Austrian People's Party won 79 of 183 seats with 42.3% of the vote; 84.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.8 points on 1999.

  • Austrian People's Party 79 +27 seats 42.3% +15.4 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 69 +4 seats 36.5% +3.3 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 18 −34 seats 10.0% −16.9 points
  • The Greens 17 +3 seats 9.5% +2.1 points
  • Liberal Forum 0 0 seats 1.0% −2.7 points
  • 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 1999 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.3%

    Share of the vote won by Austrian People's Party

    Austrian People's Party won 79 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +27 seats

    Seats gained by Austrian People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1999. Freedom Party of Austria lost 34 seats.

  3. 84.3%

    Voter turnout

    Up 3.8 points on 1999.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Austrian People's Party79+2742.3+15.42,076,833
Social Democratic Party of Austria69+436.5+3.31,792,499
Freedom Party of Austria18−3410.0−16.9491,328
The Greens17+39.5+2.1464,980
Liberal Forum001.0−2.748,083

± is the change against the Austria 1999 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Austrian People's Party 2,076,833
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,792,499
  • Freedom Party of Austria 491,328
  • The Greens 464,980
  • Liberal Forum 48,083

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?

84.3% of the 5,912,592 registered voters cast a ballot (4,982,261 ballots), up 3.8 points on 1999. 4,909,645 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Austrian People's Party42.3% of votes43.2% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria36.5% of votes37.7% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria10.0% of votes9.8% of seats
  • The Greens9.5% of votes9.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Austrian People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Austria by 5.8 points of the vote.

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