Austrian legislative election, 2006
- Austrian legislative election, 2006
The 2006 general election for the National Council in Austria was held on 1 October 2006.
Following the Austrian legislative election, 1999, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had formed a coalition government with the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), and later the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). As a result of the 2006 election, the ÖVP-BZÖ coalition lost their majority in parliament. After three months of negotiations, it was announced on January 8th that the SPÖ and ÖVP would form a grand coalition, with SPÖ leader Alfred Gusenbauer becoming the next Chancellor.
ummary of results
*The ÖVP lost many of the votes they had taken from the FPÖ in the 2002 election.
*The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) lost fewer votes and thus regained a plurality.
*The Austrian Green Party received more than 11% of the votes and pulled ahead of the Freedom Party.
*The FPÖ increased their share of votes slightly but missed third place by about 500 votes.
*The BZÖ, which had split off from the FPÖ in 2005, crossed the threshold of 4% and will be represented in the new parliament.
*The Austrian Communist Party (KPÖ) increased its share of votes to 1%.
*The list of Hans Peter Martin received 2.8%. Both his list and the KPÖ are below the 4% threshold that is necessary for parliamentary representation.
*The Liberal Forum decided not to stand in the election, citing the tight schedule as well as the lack of finances and a suitable party leader. However, on 3 September 2006 the SPÖ announced an electoral alliance with the LIF (some of the LIF's candidates will stand on the SPÖ's party list, ensuring that at least the LIF's chairman Alexander Zach will be a member of the next parliament).
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