Austria legislative election, 2002

Austrian legislative election, 2002

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All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,982,261 (84.27%)
First party Second party   Leader Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer Party ÖVP SPÖ Leader since 1995 2000 Leader's seat 9E Vienna South-West 3 Lower Austria Last election 52 seats, 26.91% 65 seats, 33.15% Seats won 79 69 Seat change 27 4 Popular vote 2,076,833 1,792,499 Percentage 42.30% 36.51% Swing 15.39% 3.36%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Herbert Haupt Alexander Van der Bellen Party FPÖ Greens Leader since 2002 1997 Leader's seat 2C Carinthia West 9F Vienna North-West Last election 52 seats, 26.91% 14 seats, 7.40% Seats won 18 17 Seat change 34 3 Popular vote 491,328 464,980 Percentage 10.01% 9.47% Swing 16.90% 2.53%
Chancellor before election Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP Elected Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

Wolfgang Schüssel
ÖVP

Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002, 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 result was a victory for the ÖVP, which won 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966. It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which had lost almost two-thirds of its seats. Voter turnout was 84.3%.

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