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.

See political party for a more comprehensive discussion.

Austria has a multi-party system, with two strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.

The parties

The general rule on naming applies. That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form. Rationale and specifics: See: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English).

Current parties

• Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) (ÖVP)
• Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) (KPOe)
• Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs)
• The Greens-Green Alternative (Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne))
• Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum)
• Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs) (SPÖ)
• Social Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei) (SLP)

Historical

• Christian Social Party (Christlichsoziale Partei) (CSP)
• Country League (Landbund)
• Patriotic Front (Vaterländische Front) (VF)
• Greater German People's Party (Großdeutsche Volkspartei) (GDVP)
• National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)
• Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs) (SDAPÖ, now SPÖ)

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• History of Austria
• Liberalism in Austria