Austria 1996 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Austrian People's Party won 7 of 21 seats with 29.6% of the vote; 67.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian People's Party | 7 | 29.6 | 1,124,921 |
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 6 | 29.1 | 1,105,910 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 6 | 27.5 | 1,044,604 |
| The Greens | 1 | 6.8 | 258,250 |
| Liberal Forum | 1 | 4.3 | 161,583 |
| Citizens' Initiative for the retention of neutrality | 0 | 1.3 | 48,600 |
Votes by party
- Austrian People's Party 1,124,921
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,105,910
- Freedom Party of Austria 1,044,604
- The Greens 258,250
- Liberal Forum 161,583
- Citizens' Initiative for the retention of neutrality 48,600
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
67.7% of the 5,800,377 registered voters cast a ballot (3,928,538 ballots). 3,794,145 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Austrian People's Party29.6% of votes33.3% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria29.1% of votes28.6% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria27.5% of votes28.6% of seats
- The Greens6.8% of votes4.8% of seats
- Liberal Forum4.3% of votes4.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Austrian People's Party led Social Democratic Party of Austria by 0.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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