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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections:
National Council, 4-year term, 4% threshold, party-list proportional
representation system |
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· Federal President:
Heinz Fischer (SPÖ) · Federal Chancellor: Werner Faymann (SPÖ)
· Government:
SPÖ, ÖVP |
| Party |
Ideology, Affiliation,
Founding |
2008 |
Seats |
2006 |
Seats |
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Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) 
Social Democratic Party of Austria |
Social democracy
|
PES, SI
1888 |
29,3% |
57 |
35,3% |
68 |
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Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP)
Austrian People's
Party |
Christian democracy;
Conservatism
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EPP, IDU
1945 |
26,0% |
51 |
34,3% |
66 |
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Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ)
Freedom Party of
Austria |
Right-wing populism
|
-
1956 |
17,5% |
34 |
11,0% |
21 |
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Bündnis
Zukunft Österreich (BZÖ)
Alliance
for the Future of Austria |
Right-wing populism;
National conservatism |
-
2005 |
10,7% |
21 |
4,1% |
7 |
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Die Grünen
- Die Grüne Alternative (GRÜNE)
The
Greens - The Green Alternative |
Green politics
|
EGP, GG
1986 |
10,4% |
20 |
11,1% |
21 |
| Others |
- |
- |
6,1% |
- |
4,2% |
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| Total |
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183 |
- |
183 |
| Turnout |
- |
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78,8% |
78,5% |
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