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Austria 2019 legislative election

What was the result of the 2019 legislative election in Austria?

Austrian People's Party won 71 of 183 seats with 37.5% of the vote. 75.6% 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 71 of 183 seats with 37.5% of the vote; 75.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.4 points on 2017.

  • Austrian People's Party 71 +9 seats 37.5% +6.0 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 40 −12 seats 21.2% −5.7 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 31 −20 seats 16.2% −9.8 points
  • The Greens 26 +26 seats 13.9% +10.1 points
  • NEOS 15 +5 seats 8.1% +2.8 points
  • JETZT 0 −8 seats 1.9% −2.5 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 2017 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 37.5%

    Share of the vote won by Austrian People's Party

    Austrian People's Party won 71 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +26 seats

    Seats gained by The Greens

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2017. Freedom Party of Austria lost 20 seats.

  3. 75.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 4.4 points on 2017.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Austrian People's Party71+937.5+6.01,789,417
Social Democratic Party of Austria40−1221.2−5.71,011,868
Freedom Party of Austria31−2016.2−9.8772,666
The Greens26+2613.9+10.1664,055
NEOS15+58.1+2.8387,124
JETZT0−81.9−2.589,169

± is the change against the Austria 2017 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Austrian People's Party 1,789,417
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,011,868
  • Freedom Party of Austria 772,666
  • The Greens 664,055
  • NEOS 387,124
  • JETZT 89,169

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?

75.6% of the 6,396,812 registered voters cast a ballot (4,835,469 ballots), down 4.4 points on 2017. 4,777,246 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Austrian People's Party37.5% of votes38.8% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria21.2% of votes21.9% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria16.2% of votes16.9% of seats
  • The Greens13.9% of votes14.2% of seats
  • NEOS8.1% of votes8.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 3.9 by seats; Austrian People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Austria by 16.3 points of the vote.

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