2013 Austrian legislative election

2013 Austrian legislative election

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All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.9% (3.9pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Werner Faymann Michael Spindelegger Heinz-Christian Strache Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Last election 29.3%, 57 seats 26.0%, 51 seats 17.5%, 34 seats Seats won 52 47 40 Seat change 5 4 6 Popular vote 1,258,605 1,125,876 962,313 Percentage 26.8% 24.0% 20.5% Swing 2.4pp 2.0pp 3.0pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Eva Glawischnig Frank Stronach Matthias Strolz Party Greens Stronach NEOS Last election 10.4%, 20 seats – – Seats won 24 11 9 Seat change 4 New New Popular vote 582,657 268,679 232,946 Percentage 12.4% 5.7% 5.0% Swing 2.0pp New New
Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the first-place party.
Chancellor before election Werner Faymann SPÖ Elected Chancellor Werner Faymann SPÖ

Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2013 to elect the 25th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.^[1]

The parties of the ruling grand coalition, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), suffered losses, but placed first and second respectively and retained their combined majority. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won 20.5%, an increase of three percentage points, and The Greens achieved their best result up to this point with 12.4% and 24 seats. With the collapse of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), which fell below the 4% electoral threshold and lost all its seats, two new parties entered the National Council: Team Stronach with 5.7% and NEOS – The New Austria with 5.0%.

The elections saw considerable change in the composition of the National Council; the ruling grand coalition won its lowest combined share of the popular vote in history. The coalition was nonetheless renewed, and Werner Faymann of the SPÖ remained Chancellor.