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Austria 2017 legislative election

What was the result of the 2017 legislative election in Austria?

Austrian People's Party won 62 of 183 seats with 31.5% of the vote. 80.0% 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 62 of 183 seats with 31.5% of the vote; 80.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.1 points on 2013.

  • Austrian People's Party 62 +15 seats 31.5% +7.5 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 52 0 seats 26.9% +0.1 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 51 +11 seats 26.0% +5.5 points
  • NEOS 10 +1 seat 5.3% +0.3 points
  • JETZT 8 4.4%
  • The Greens 0 −24 seats 3.8% −8.6 points
  • My Vote Counts! 0 1.0%
  • 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 2013 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 31.5%

    Share of the vote won by Austrian People's Party

    Austrian People's Party won 62 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Austrian People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2013. The Greens lost 24 seats.

  3. 80.0%

    Voter turnout

    Up 5.1 points on 2013.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Austrian People's Party62+1531.5+7.51,595,526
Social Democratic Party of Austria52026.9+0.11,361,746
Freedom Party of Austria51+1126.0+5.51,316,442
NEOS10+15.3+0.3268,518
JETZT84.4223,543
The Greens0−243.8−8.6192,638
My Vote Counts!01.048,234

± is the change against the Austria 2013 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Austrian People's Party 1,595,526
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,361,746
  • Freedom Party of Austria 1,316,442
  • NEOS 268,518
  • JETZT 223,543
  • The Greens 192,638
  • My Vote Counts! 48,234

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?

80.0% of the 6,400,993 registered voters cast a ballot (5,120,881 ballots), up 5.1 points on 2013. 5,069,929 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 2002 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Austrian People's Party31.5% of votes33.9% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria26.9% of votes28.4% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria26.0% of votes27.9% of seats
  • NEOS5.3% of votes5.5% of seats
  • JETZT4.4% of votes4.4% of seats
  • The Greens3.8% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Austrian People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Austria by 4.6 points of the vote.

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