Elections in Austria gives information on election and election results in Austria. An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ...

Austria elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a six year term by the people. Parliament (Parlament) has two chambers. The National Council (Nationalrat) has 183 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. The politically less significant Federal Council (Bundesrat) has 64 members, elected from five to six year by the provincial parliaments. The President of the Philippines meets with the President of the United States. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... The Austrian parliament consists of two chambers, the Nationalrat (national council) and the Bundesrat (federal council). ... In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... 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. ... Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ... The Federal Council of Austria or Bundesrat is one of the two separate councils of parliament of Austria. ...

Austria has a multi-party system. From 1945 to 1986 Austria had two strong parties and a third party that was electorally successful; since 1986, four parties (for a few years 5) are represented in parliament. A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...

The voting age is 18 for federal elections and for other elections in most states, although recent years have seen it lowered to 16 for state and local elections in some states. The voting age is the minimum legal age at which a person may vote in a governmental election. ...

Recent elections on the federal level

2004 Presidential election

Source: ORF. More info: Austrian presidential election, 2004

Heinz Fischer (born 9 October 1938) is the federal president of Austria. ... The Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ) is a political party in Austria. ... Benita Ferrero_Waldner Benita Ferrero_Waldner (born September 5, 1948) is an Austrian diplomat and politician. ... The Austrian Peoples Party or Österreichische Volkspartei is an Austrian political party. ... Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2004. ...

2002 Parliamentary election

Source: Siemens Austria. More info: Austria legislative election, 2002

The Austrian Peoples Party or Österreichische Volkspartei is an Austrian political party. ... The Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ) is a political party in Austria. ... The Austrian Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, abbreviated to FPÖ) is an Austrian political party formerly associated with the name of Jörg Haider, who is no longer a party member. ... The Greens-Green Alternative (Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne) in German) is a political party in the Austrian parliament. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Austrian political parties ... The Communist Party of Austria (German: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) is a communist party from Austria. ... The election for the National Council of 24 November 2002, saw the consevative Austrian Peoples Party win the government, taking seats from the nationalist Freedom of Austria Party whom it was in coalition with. ...

Past Elections

The Second Austrian Republic was founded in 1945 with the re-establishment of Austrian independence in the aftermath of World War II. The First Republic had come to an end with Germanys annexation (the Anschluss) of the country in 1938 (or, according to some accounts, with the establishment of... 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. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council held in fall of 1945 were the first after World War II. Surprisingly, the KPÖ only gained four seats, even though it was strongly supported by the Soviet Union, which had its troups in the east of the country. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1949 were the first elections after World War II when former Nazis were allowed to vote. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1953 were the first elections after the KPÖ had left the coalition with the ÖVP and SPÖ in 1950. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1956 were the first elections after the conclusion of the Austrian State Treaty. ... In the elections to the Austrian National Council of 1959, the SPÖ leaped ahead of the ÖVP in votes, but trailed behind it by one seat. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1962 resulted in a continuation of the coalition between the ÖVP headed by Alfons Gorbach and the SPÖ headed by Bruno Pittermann. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1966 resulted in a victory for the ÖVP headed by Josef Klaus. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1970 were the first where a plurality was won by the SPÖ, now led by Bruno Kreisky. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1971, held only one year after the 1970 elections, were the first after a reform of election law that increased the number of seats in parliament from 165 to 183. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1975 resulted in no changes to the composition of the parliament. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1979 resulted in small gains to the SPÖ led by Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, which had an absolute majority at that time. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council talking place in 1983 were the last campaign where the SPÖ was led by Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, who had been the head of government since 1970. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council talking place in fall of 1986 followed shortly after Jörg Haider had ousted Norbert Steger as the leader of the FPÖ at the party convention in Innsbruck. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council talking place in 1990 mostly resulted in losses to the ÖVP, then the junior partner in a coalition with the SPÖ, and gains to the FPÖ. Categories: Elections in Austria ... The elections to the Austrian National Council talking place in fall of 1994 were the first to follow Austrias agreement to join the EU and the EU referendum taking place in late spring of 1994. ... The elections to the Austrian National Council talking place in fall of 1995 were the first to follow Austrias accession to the EU and followed only a year after the 1994 elections. ... In Austria, the legislative election of October 3, 1999 (elections for the National Council of Austria) caused a major upheaval in the political landscape. ... The election for the National Council of 24 November 2002, saw the consevative Austrian Peoples Party win the government, taking seats from the nationalist Freedom of Austria Party whom it was in coalition with. ... The Leopoldine Wing of Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna: home to the offices of the Federal President. ... In the Austrian presidential election of 1992, incumbent Kurt Waldheim did not seek reelection, since he did not gain acceptance in the international community. ... The Austrian presidential election of 1998 was won by the incumbent president Thomas Klestil, who sought reelection as an independent candidate. ... Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2004. ...

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries. ...

External links

• Electionworld
• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• parties and elections