Campaigning in the 2008 Austrian legislative election information
2008 Austrian legislative election
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183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Werner Faymann
Wilhelm Molterer
Heinz-Christian Strache
Party
SPÖ
ÖVP
FPÖ
Leader since
2008
2007
2005
Leader's seat
9 Vienna
4D Traunviertel
9D Vienna South
Last election
68 seats, 35.34%
66 seats, 34.33%
21 seats, 11.04%
Seats won
57
51
34
Seat change
11
15
13
Popular vote
1,430,206
1,269,656
857,029
Percentage
29.26%
25.98%
17.54%
Swing
6.08%
8.35%
6.50%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Jörg Haider
Alexander Van der Bellen
Heide Schmidt
Party
BZÖ
Greens
LiF
Leader since
2008
1997
2008
Leader's seat
2A Klagenfurt
9F Vienna North-West
9F Vienna North-West
Last election
7 seats, 4.11%
21 seats, 11.05%
did not contest on their own
Seats won
21
20
0
Seat change
14
1
0
Popular vote
522,933
509,936
102,249
Percentage
10.70%
10.43%
2.09%
Swing
6.59%
0.62%
2.09%
Chancellor before election
Alfred Gusenbauer
SPÖ
Elected Chancellor
Werner Faymann
SPÖ
A legislative snap election for the National Council in Austria was held on 28 September 2008.[1] The previous election was held on 1 October 2006. The election (the 24th in Austrian history) was caused by the withdrawal of Austrian People's Party leader Wilhelm Molterer from the governing grand coalition (led by the Social Democratic Party of Austria) on 7 July 2008.[2] Due to dissatisfaction with the grand coalition and the two main parties, it was widely expected to be a realigning election, with gains for the opposition and up to seven parties expected to be in the National Council after the election.[3][4][5][6] 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, while neither the Liberal Forum nor the Citizens' Forum Austria (both of which were considered to have chances of gaining seats) gained as much as 2% of the vote, defying earlier expectations. The result of the election was seen as strong for the far-right and in support of Eurosceptics.[7]
Molterer resigned as party chairman as a result of the losses suffered by the ÖVP and was replaced by environment minister Josef Pröll; the Greens' federal spokesman Alexander Van der Bellen (in office since 1997) also resigned and was replaced by his deputy, Eva Glawischnig. Due to the LIF's failure to enter parliament on its own, LIF founder Heide Schmidt and financier Hans-Peter Haselsteiner both declared their complete withdrawal from politics, and the LIF's fate was seen as uncertain. Shortly after the election, BZÖ leader and Carinthian governor Jörg Haider died in a car accident.
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