Austrian legislative election 2019

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The Austrian legislative election of 2019 was a snap parliamentary election that reshaped the country’s political landscape, leading to significant gains for the Greens and the formation of a new coalition government under Sebastian Kurz.

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instanceOf legislative election
snap election
causeOfSnapElection Ibiza affair
collapse of ÖVP–FPÖ coalition
coalitionAgreementFocus climate policy
migration policy
coalitionPartnersAfterElection Austrian People’s Party
The Greens – The Green Alternative
country Austria
electionDate 2019-09-29
electoralSystem proportional representation
electoralThreshold 4%
governmentFormedAfterElection Second Kurz government
greenParty The Greens – The Green Alternative
greenPartyAbbreviation Greens
greenPartyLeader Werner Kogler NERFINISHED
greenPartySeats 26
greenPartyVoteShare 13.9%
largestParty Austrian People’s Party
largestPartyAbbreviation ÖVP
largestPartyLeader Sebastian Kurz
largestPartySeats 71
largestPartyVoteShare 37.5%
liberalParty NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
liberalPartyAbbreviation NEOS
liberalPartyLeader Beate Meinl-Reisinger
liberalPartySeats 15
liberalPartyVoteShare 8.1%
mainIssue corruption scandal involving FPÖ leadership
nextElection Austrian legislative election 2024
parliamentElected National Council of Austria
postElectionChancellor Sebastian Kurz
postElectionCoalition ÖVP–Greens coalition
previousElection Austrian legislative election 2017
secondLargestParty Social Democratic Party of Austria
secondLargestPartyAbbreviation SPÖ
secondLargestPartyLeader Pamela Rendi-Wagner
secondLargestPartySeats 40
secondLargestPartyVoteShare 21.2%
significance ended participation of FPÖ in federal government
first federal-level ÖVP–Greens coalition in Austria
marked strong gains for the Greens
thirdLargestParty Freedom Party of Austria
thirdLargestPartyAbbreviation FPÖ
thirdLargestPartyLeader Norbert Hofer
thirdLargestPartySeats 31
thirdLargestPartyVoteShare 16.2%
totalSeatsContested 183
voterTurnout 75.6%
voterTurnoutComparedTo2017 increased
year 2019

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The Greens – The Green Alternative participatedIn Austrian legislative election 2019