Austria - September 2024
FPÖ wins parliamentary elections but falls short of a majority
On 29 September, the “far-right” Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won a party record by winning 57 of the 183 parliamentary seats, securing 28.8 per cent of the vote in the legislative elections. Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) secured 51 seats, with a vote share of 26.3 per cent. This is a loss of 20 seats compared to the previous election. The centre-left Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) became the third largest party with a total of 41 seats and a vote share of 21.1 per cent, lower than in any previous election. Voter turnout stood at 76.2 per cent, similar to the 75.6 per cent in 2019.
Sources: Bundestagswahl, Politico, International IDEA
