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Encyclopedia > Austria legislative election, 2002
Politics of The Republic of Austria ( German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ...Austria
  • The ethnically and culturally homogenous nation state of Austria is the small but prosperous remnant of Austria_Hungary, a vast multinational empire foundered in 1918. ...Politics of Austria
  • A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ...Political parties in Austria
  • Politics of Austria Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Austria ...Elections in Austria
    • The Leopoldine Wing of Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna: home to the offices of the Federal President. ...President: Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2004. ...2004
    • The National Council or Nationalrat is one of the two houses of the Federal Assembly, the bicameral federal parliament of the Federal Republic of Austria. ...National Council: 2002, In Austria, the legislative election of October 3, 1999 (elections for the National Council of Austria) caused a major upheaval in the political landscape. ...1999

The election for the The National Council or Nationalrat is one of the two houses of the Federal Assembly, the bicameral federal parliament of the Federal Republic of Austria. ...National Council of 24 November 2002, saw the consevative Austrian People's Party win the government, taking seats from the nationalist Freedom of Austria Party whom it was in coalition with.

Party Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
The Austrian Peoples Party or Österreichische Volkspartei is an Austrian political party. ...Austrian People's Party (conservative) 79 + 27 42.3
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ) is a political party in Austria. ...Social Democratic Party of Austria (social_democratic) 69 + 4 36.5
The Austrian Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, abbreviated to FPÖ) is an Austrian political party usually associated with the name of Jörg Haider. ...Freedom Party of Austria (nationalist) 18 _ 34 10.0
Déi Gréng ( Luxembourgish) are the Green party in Luxembourg. ...The Greens (ecologist) 17 + 3 9.5
This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Austrian political parties ...Liberal Forum (liberal) 0 1.0
The Communist Party of Austria (German: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) is a communist party from Austria. ...Communist Party of Austria (communist) 0 0.6
Others 0 0.1

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Austria captured world attention in 1986 when former UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim was elected president despite allegations that he had been involved in atrocities as a German army staff officer in the Balkans during World War II.
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