2002 Austrian legislative election

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All 183 seats in the National Council
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 84.27% ( 3.85 pp)
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Leader  | Wolfgang Schüssel | Alfred Gusenbauer
Party  | ÖVP | SPÖ
Last election  | 26.91%, 52 seats  | 33.15%, 65 seats
Seats won  | 79  | 69
Seat change  |  27  |  4
Popular vote  | 2,076,833  | 1,792,499
Percentage  | 42.30%  | 36.51%
Swing  |  15.39 pp |  3.36 pp

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | Herbert Haupt | Alexander Van der Bellen
Party  | FPÖ | Greens
Last election  | 26.91%, 52 seats  | 7.40%, 14 seats
Seats won  | 18  | 17
Seat change  |  34  |  3
Popular vote  | 491,328  | 464,980
Percentage  | 10.01%  | 9.47%
Swing  |  16.90 pp |  2.07 pp

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Seats won by state

Popular vote by state

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| Chancellor before election

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

| Elected Chancellor

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002,[1] after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) emerged as the largest party, winning 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966.[2] It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which lost almost two-thirds of its seats.[3] Voter turnout was 84%.[4]

## Contesting parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council.

Name  | Ideology  | Leader  | 1999 result

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Votes (%)  | Seats
| SPÖ | Social Democratic Party of Austria
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs | Social democracy |
Alfred Gusenbauer | 33.2%  |

65 / 183

| FPÖ | Freedom Party of Austria
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs | Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism |
Herbert Haupt | 26.9%  |

52 / 183

| ÖVP | Austrian People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei | Christian democracy |
Wolfgang Schüssel | 26.9%  |

52 / 183

| GRÜNE | The Greens
Die Grünen | Green politics |
Alexander Van der Bellen | 7.4%  |

14 / 183

## Results

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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Austrian People's Party| 2,076,833| 42.30| 79| +27
| Social Democratic Party of Austria| 1,792,499| 36.51| 69| +4
| Freedom Party of Austria| 491,328| 10.01| 18| –34
| The Greens| 464,980| 9.47| 17| +3
| Liberal Forum| 48,083| 0.98| 0| 0
| Communist Party of Austria| 27,568| 0.56| 0| 0
| Socialist Left Party| 3,906| 0.08| 0| New
| The Democrats| 2,439| 0.05| 0| New
| Christian Voters Community [de]| 2,009| 0.04| 0| 0
Total| 4,909,645| 100.00| 183| 0
Valid votes| 4,909,645| 98.54|
Invalid/blank votes| 72,616| 1.46|
Total votes| 4,982,261| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 5,912,592| 84.27|
Source: Interior Ministry

### Results by state

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State | ÖVP | SPÖ | FPÖ | Grüne | Others

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Burgenland | 42.4 | 45.8 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 0.7
Carinthia | 30.5 | 38.3 | 23.6 | 6.2 | 1.4
Lower Austria | 47.8 | 36.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 1.3
Upper Austria | 42.6 | 37.0 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 1.3
Salzburg | 46.7 | 30.8 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 1.4
Styria | 44.6 | 37.0 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 1.8
Tyrol | 51.9 | 24.5 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 2.0
Vorarlberg | 49.2 | 20.1 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 3.2
Vienna | 30.7 | 43.8 | 8.0 | 15.1 | 2.4
Austria | 42.3 | 36.5 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 1.7
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

## References

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1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p197 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp219-220
3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p179
4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p217

## External links

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* Media related to 2002 Austrian general election at Wikimedia Commons

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