1990 Austrian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 7 October 1990. The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 86%.

1990 Austrian legislative election

7 October 1990
183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Josef Riegler Party SPÖ ÖVP Last election 43.12%, 80 seats 41.29%, 77 seats Seats won 80 60 Seat change 0 17 Popular vote 2,012,787 1,508,600 Percentage 42.78% 32.06% Swing 0.34pp 9.23pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jörg Haider Johannes Voggenhuber Party FPÖ Greens Last election 9.73%, 18 seats 4.82%, 8 seats Seats won 33 10 Seat change 15 2 Popular vote 782,648 225,084 Percentage 16.63% 4.78% Swing 6.90pp 0.04pp
Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party of Austria	2,012,787	42.78	80	0
	Austrian People's Party	1,508,600	32.06	60	–17
	Freedom Party of Austria	782,648	16.63	33	+15
	Green Alternative–Freda Meissner-Blau List	225,084	4.78	10	+2
	United Greens of Austria	92,277	1.96	0	0
	Alliance of Welfare Beneficiaries	35,833	0.76	0	New
	Communist Party of Austria	25,682	0.55	0	0
	Christian Electoral Community	9,263	0.20	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	6,194	0.13	0	New
	Grey Austrians' Election Platform	3,996	0.08	0	New
	Fritz Georg	2,530	0.05	0	New
Total		4,704,894	100.00	183	0
Valid votes		4,704,894	97.03
Invalid/blank votes		143,847	2.97
Total votes		4,848,741	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,628,912	86.14
Source: Nohlen & Stöver