Austrian legislative election, 2013

Austrian legislative election, 2013
All 183 seats in the National Council; 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,782,410 (74.91%)
Chancellor before election; Werner Faymann; SPÖ	Elected Chancellor; Werner Faymann; SPÖ

Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2013.^[2]

All 183 seats in the National Council will be filled, with MPs elected by party-list proportional representation. For this election, the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had proposed a reduction in the number of MPs from 183 to 165 as part of austerity measures, but despite overwhelming support from the Austrian populace,^[3] the proposals failed to pass in parliament.^[4]

Overview

The government is a grand coalition between Austria's two largest parties, the SPÖ and ÖVP, who rule with the SPÖ's Werner Faymann as Chancellor. Support for both governing parties has fallen marginally since the 2008 election. The Freedom Party (FPÖ) and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) made significant gains in the previous election, but while the FPÖ gained support after the 2008 election, the BZÖ shrank after the death of its founder Jörg Haider and taking a turn toward liberalism. Additionally, nine of the BZÖ's 21 elected members to the National Council changed their party affiliation during the term: five members joined the Team Stronach, while four joined the FPÖ. Team Stronach, funded by Austrian-Canadian businessman Frank Stronach, has emerged as an anti-euro alternative and eventually started to hurt the FPÖ's standing in the polls. The Greens have solidified their position as the fourth-largest party in opinion polls.^{[citation needed]}

Qualified parties and lists

Parties and lists represented in the National Council

Parties and lists that contested the election in all states^[5]

NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS - Das Neue Österreich)
Communist Party of Austria
Pirate Party of Austria

Other parties and lists that contested the election only in the following states

Christian Party of Austria - in Upper Austria, Styria, Vorarlberg and Burgenland
The Change (Der Wandel) - in Vienna and Upper Austria
Socialist Left Party - in Vienna
EU Exit Party (EU-Austrittspartei) - in Vorarlberg
Men's Party of Austria (Männerpartei Österreichs) - in Vorarlberg

Ballot qualification for parties and lists

In order to contest the election federally, a party/list needs to collect 2.600 valid signatures from eligible voters ahead of the election.

Parties can also contest the election in individual states only. For this, they have to collect the following numbers of signatures:

Parties can collect the signatures between July 9 and August 2. The state and federal election commissions will validate the signatures and announce the qualified parties on August 8.

Campaign

Issues included corruption scandals across the main parties^[which?] and Austria's relative financial stability facing a probable crisis.^[6]

Opinion polling

Recent opinion polls

Agency/Source	Date	SPÖ	ÖVP	FPÖ	Greens	Stronach	BZÖ	NEOS	Pirates	KPÖ	Others
Gallup/Neos.eu	2013-09-23	27%	23%	21%	14%	6%	3%	4%	1%	1%	-
OGM/Kurier	2013-09-21	27%	22%	21%	14%	6%	4%	4%	1%	1%	-
Market/Der Standard	2013-09-20	26%	23%	19%	15%	7%	4%	3%	1%	1%	1%
Gallup/Österreich	2013-09-20	27%	23%	20%	14%	7%	2.5%	3.5%	1%	1%	1%
Karmasin/Heute	2013-09-20	27%	23%	21%	14%	7%	2%	3%	1.5%	1.5%	-
Hajek/ATV	2013-09-19	27%	23%	20%	15%	7%	3%	3%	1%	1%	1%
Meinunungsraum/Neos.eu	2013-09-19	28%	24%	19%	15%	7%	2%	4%	-	-	1%
Market/Standard	2013-09-15	26%	22%	20%	15%	9%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Spectra/Oberösterreichische Nachrichten	2013-09-14	26%	23%	20%	13%	9%	4%	1.5%	-	-	3.5%
Karmasin/Profil	2013-09-14	28%	25%	20%	15%	6%	2%	3%	-	-	1%
Gallup/Österreich	2013-09-13	28%	25%	20%	15%	7%	1%	3%	1%	-	-
Gallup/Österreich	2013-09-06	28%	24%	19%	15%	8%	2%	2%	1%	1%	-
OGM/Kurier	2013-08-31	27%	24%	20%	15%	7%	3%	2%	1%	-	1%
Karmasin/Profil	2013-08-31	28%	24%	20%	15%	7%	2%	1%	-	-	3%
Market/Standard	2013-08-30	26%	22%	19%	16%	9%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Gallup/Österreich	2013-08-30	28%	23%	19%	15%	9%	2%	2%	1%	1%	-
Meinungsraum/NEWS	2013-08-29	27%	24%	19%	14%	8%	2%	3%	2%	-	1%
Spectra/Vorarlberger Nachrichten	2013-08-24	27%	25%	19%	14%	7%	3%	-	-	-	5%
Gallup/Österreich	2013-08-23	28%	24%	18%	15%	9%	2%	2%	1%	1%	-
Karmasin/Heute	2013-08-23	28%	25%	20%	15%	7%	1%	2%	1%	1%	-
Market/Standard	2013-08-15	26%	24%	18%	15%	9%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%
IMAS/Kronen Zeitung	2013-08-10	27%	25%	20%	13%	9%	3%	-	-	-	3%
Karmasin/Profil	2013-08-10	28%	25%	18%	16%	7%	3%	-	-	-	3%
Gallup/Österreich	2013-08-09	28%	25%	17%	16%	8%	2%	2%	1%	1%	-
Meinungsraum/Neos.eu	2013-08-08	26%	24%	20%	13%	9%	2%	3%	2%	1%	-

Older opinion polls

Agency/Source	Date	SPÖ	ÖVP	FPÖ	BZÖ	Greens	KPÖ	Pirates	Stronach	Others
Karmasin/Profil	2012-03-10	29%	24%	26%	3%	13%	-	-	-	5%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-03-11	29%	25%	27%	3%	13%	-	-	-	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-03-24	28%	23%	28%	3%	14%	-	-	-	4%
Karmasin/Profil	2012-04-05	29%	23%	27%	2%	13%	-	-	-	6%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-04-22	27%	22%	28%	3%	14%	-	6%	-	-
Karmasin/Heute	2012-04-23	27%	23%	27%	3%	13%	-	-	-	7%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-05-12	26%	21%	27%	3%	13%	-	7%	-	3%
Market/Standard	2012-05-19	29%	22%	27%	5%	14%	-	-	-	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-05-26	27%	22%	26%	3%	14%	-	5%	-	3%
Karmasin/Profil	2012-06-02	30%	25%	24%	3%	12%	-	-	-	6%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-06-09	28%	23%	24%	3%	14%	-	6%	-	2%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-06-16	28%	24%	23%	2%	12%	-	7%	-	4%
OGM/Kurier	2012-06-16	29%	25%	25%	3%	14%	-	-	-	4%
Market/Standard	2012-06-24	28%	23%	27%	5%	14%	-	-	-	3%
Peter Hajek/ATV	2012-06-29	30%	25%	25%	5%	12%	-	-	-	3%
Karmasin/Profil	2012-06-30	29%	23%	24%	4%	13%	-	-	-	7%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-06-30	28%	23%	24%	3%	12%	-	7%	-	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-07-08	28%	22%	23%	3%	12%	-	5%	4%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-07-21	28%	21%	23%	2%	12%	-	5%	6%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-08-04	29%	21%	21%	2%	12%	-	6%	6%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-08-18	28%	21%	20%	3%	14%	-	4%	8%	2%
Market/Standard	2012-08-19	30%	23%	21%	4%	16%	-	-	-	6%
Karmasin/Profil	2012-08-25	29%	23%	21%	2%	14%	-	-	7%	4%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-08-26	29%	22%	20%	2%	14%	-	3%	9%	1%
Market/Standard	2012-08-31	30%	24%	21%	3%	15%	-	-	-	7%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-09-01	28%	21%	20%	3%	14%	-	2%	10%	2%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-09-10	28%	23%	20%	2%	13%	-	2%	10%	2%
OGM/Kurier	2012-09-16	28%	23%	23%	3%	12%	-	-	6%	5%
Market/Standard	2012-09-20	29%	23%	21%	4%	16%	-	-	6%	5%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-09-23	27%	23%	21%	2%	14%	-	3%	9%	1%
meinungsraum.at	2012-09-26	27%	19%	21%	3%	15%	-	3%	9%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-09-28	26%	23%	20%	2%	14%	-	2%	12%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2012-10-06	26%	22%	21%	2%	14%	-	2%	12%	-
Market/Standard	2012-10-10	28%	22%	20%	2%	16%	-	-	10%	2%
Karmasin/Profil	2012-10-19	25%	23%	22%	2%	15%	-	-	10%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2012-10-21	25%	22%	22%	2%	15%	-	2%	11%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2012-10-27	25%	22%	22%	2%	15%	-	-	11%	-
Market/Standard	2012-10-28	27%	23%	22%	1%	15%	-	-	10%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2012-11-11	26%	23%	21%	2%	14%	-	2%	11%	-
Karmasin/Profil	2012-11-17	27%	24%	21%	2%	13%	-	-	10%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2012-11-24	27%	22%	21%	1%	15%	-	2%	10%	-
Karmasin/Profil	2012-11-30	27%	22%	22%	-	14%	1%	-	8%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-12-01	27%	23%	19%	1%	13%	4%	1%	11%	2%
Karmasin/Profil	2012-12-18	28%	24%	21%	1%	13%	-	-	2%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-12-19	27%	23%	20%	1%	14%	-	1%	11%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2012-12-30	27%	23%	21%	1%	14%	-	1%	10%	3%
Market/Standard	2013-01-02	27%	24%	23%	2%	14%	1%	1%	7%	1%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-01-13	28%	23%	20%	1%	14%	2%	1%	10%	1%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-01-26	27%	25%	21%	1%	13%	2%	1%	9%	1%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-02-09	27%	25%	21%	1%	14%	2%	1%	8%	1%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-02-19	28%	25%	21%	1%	14%	1%	1%	8%	2%
Karmasin/Heute	2013-02-22	27%	24%	23%	3%	12%	1%	-	10%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2013-02-24	27%	25%	22%	2%	13%	1%	-	9%	1%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-03-07	28%	25%	20%	2%	13%	1%	-	10%	1%
Market/Standard	2013-03-15	26%	24%	20%	2%	14%	1%	-	9%	3%
Market/Standard	2013-04-01	26%	24%	19%	4%	14%	-	-	10%	3%
Karmasin/Heute	2013-04-05	27%	24%	19%	2%	14%	2%	1%	9%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2013-04-07	27%	25%	19%	1%	14%	1%	1%	9%	-
Karmasin/Profil	2013-04-20	28%	25%	19%	1%	13%	-	-	10%	-
Gallup/Ö24	2013-04-20	27%	24%	19%	2%	13%	1%	1%	10%	-
Karmasin/Heute	2013-05-03	28%	24%	19%	2%	14%	1%	1%	8%	3%
Market/Standard	2013-05-10	25%	24%	19%	2%	16%	-	2%	10%	2%
Karmasin/Profil	2013-05-16	26%	25%	18%	2%	16%	-	-	10%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-05-29	27%	25%	18%	2%	15%	1%	1%	9%	2%
Karmasin/Heute	2013-06-01	27%	25%	18%	1%	16%	-	-	10%	3%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-06-14	28%	25%	18%	2%	14%	1%	1%	9%	2%
Karmasin/Profil	2013-06-15	27%	24%	18%	2%	15%	-	-	8%	6%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-07-28	27%	25%	18%	15%	8%	2%	-	1%	-	4%
Karmasin/Heute	2013-07-26	27%	25%	19%	14%	9%	2%	2%	1%	1%	-
IMAS/Krone	2013-07-21	27%	25%	19%	13%	10%	2.5%	-	-	-	3.5%
Spectra/OÖN	2013-07-20	27%	24%	18%	14%	10%	2%	-	-	-	5%
Market/Standard	2013-07-19	25%	24%	19%	15%	9%	3%	-	-	-	5%
Gallup/Ö24	2013-07-13	27%	24%	18%	15%	8%	2%	-	2%	-	3%
Karmasin/Profil	2013-07-13	28%	25%	18%	15%	7%	3%	-	-	-	4%
Market/Standard	2013-07-07	26%	24%	19%	16%	8%	2%	-	2%	1%	2%
OGM/Kurier	2013-07-07	27%	24%	19%	15%	8%	3%	-	-	-	4%

Results

File:2013 Austrian Legislative Elections Map in English.png

Map showing the results of the election in the state level by the party voted most.

e • d Summary of the 29 September 2013 National Council of Austria **election results**
Parties		Votes	+/−	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs)	1,258,605	−171,601	26.82	−2.44	52	−5
	Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei)	1,125,876	−143,780	23.99	−1.99	47	−4
	Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs)	962,313	+105,284	20.51	+2.97	40	+6
	The Greens – The Green Alternative (Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative)	582,657	+72,721	12.42	+1.99	24	+4
	Team Stronach (Team Stronach für Österreich)	268,679	New	5.73	New	11	New
	NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS – Das Neue Österreich)	232,946	New*	4.96	New*	9	New*
	Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich)	165,746	-357,187	3.53	–7.17	0	–21
	Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs)	48,175	+10,813	1.03	+0.27	0	—
	Pirate Party of Austria (Piratenpartei Österreichs)	36,265	New	0.77	New	0	New
	Christian Party of Austria (Christliche Partei Österreichs)	6,647	–24,433	0.14	–0.50	0	—
	Others	4,998	—	0.11	—	0	—
Invalid/blank votes		89,503	–14,140	—	—	—	—
Total		4,782,410	–208,542	100.0	—	183	—
Registered voters/turnout		6,384,308		74.91	–3.90	—	—
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

Popular Vote

SPÖ			26.82%
ÖVP			23.99%
FPÖ			20.51%
GRÜNE			12.42%
STRONACH			5.73%
NEOS			4.96%
BZÖ			3.53%
KPÖ			1.03%
PPÖ			0.77%
Other			0.25%

Results by state

State results in %	SPÖ	ÖVP	FPÖ	Greens	TS	NEOS	BZÖ	KPÖ	others
Burgenland	37.3	26.8	17.4	6.8	5.9	2.8	2.0	0.5	0.7
Carinthia	32.4	15.2	17.9	11.8	6.9	3.7	10.8	0.6	0.7
Lower Austria	27.6	30.6	18.8	9.6	4.7	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.7
Upper Austria	27.2	25.4	21.4	12.2	4.8	3.4	3.5	0.7	1.4
Salzburg	23.0	26.7	21.2	14.8	5.2	4.6	3.2	0.6	0.7
Styria	23.8	20.9	24.0	10.6	10.0	3.9	3.9	1.8	1.1
Tyrol	18.3	32.3	19.4	15.2	5.6	4.9	3.0	0.7	0.7
Vorarlberg	13.1	26.3	20.2	17.0	5.3	13.1	2.4	0.5	2.0
Vienna	31.6	14.5	20.6	16.4	3.9	7.6	2.4	1.7	1.3
Austria	26.8	24.0	20.5	12.4	5.7	5.0	3.5	1.0	1.0
Source: Nationalratswahl 2013, Austrian Ministry of the Interior

The losses for the government parties (both the SPÖ and the ÖVP had the worst election result in history) resulted in strong gains for the far right, the election was seen as strong for the far-right and in support of Eurosceptics.

Especially in Carinthia, the Freedom Party (FPÖ) benefited most from the BZÖ's weakness since Jörg Haider's death in autumn 2008: the FPÖ's share of the vote rose from 7.6% to 17.9%, and they became the second strongest party in the state. In contrast, the state's former leading party BZÖ came fifth, with their share falling from 38.5% to 10.8%, while the SPÖ came first in Carinthia with 32.4%.

However, in Styria the FPÖ came first with 24.0%; the SPÖ were second with 23.8%.

In the other states no major changes of the leading party occurred.

Government formation

The "grand coalition" of SPÖ and ÖVP have retained their majority, although other coalitions could still be possible.^[7] While the SPÖ are keen to renew the coalition, the ÖVP are also considering the possibility of a coalition with the FPÖ and another smaller party.^[8] On October 14, the SPÖ and the ÖVP agreed to start coalition talks with each other.^[9] On December 16, the second Faymann cabinet was formed.

References

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↑ Regierung legt sich fest: Wahl am 29. September - Die Presse, 21 February 2013
↑ Sparpaket: Prammer sagt Verkleinerung des Nationalrats ab - Der Standard, 19 November 2012
↑ Regierungsspitze hofft weiter auf NR-Verkleinerung - Der Standard, 20 November 2012
↑ Nationalratswahl 2013 - Abgeschlossene und veröffentlichte Landeswahlvorschläge - bmi.gv.at, 8 August 2013
↑ Austrians voting general elections Al Jazeera 29 September 2013
↑ Governing coalition slips election Al Jazeera 29 September 2013
↑ Austria coalition vote Yahoo!
↑ Austria's biggest parties agree coalition talks Reuters, Oct. 14

External links

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[2] Regierung legt sich fest: Wahl am 29. September - Die Presse, 21 February 2013

[3] Sparpaket: Prammer sagt Verkleinerung des Nationalrats ab - Der Standard, 19 November 2012

[4] Regierungsspitze hofft weiter auf NR-Verkleinerung - Der Standard, 20 November 2012

[5] Nationalratswahl 2013 - Abgeschlossene und veröffentlichte Landeswahlvorschläge - bmi.gv.at, 8 August 2013

[aljaz-6] Austrians voting general elections Al Jazeera 29 September 2013

[7] Governing coalition slips election Al Jazeera 29 September 2013

[8] Austria coalition vote Yahoo!

[9] Austria's biggest parties agree coalition talks Reuters, Oct. 14

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