Austria 2006 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 68 of 183 seats with 35.3% of the vote; 78.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.8 points on 2002.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 68 | −1 | 35.3 | −1.2 | 1,663,986 |
| Austrian People's Party | 66 | −13 | 34.3 | −8.0 | 1,616,493 |
| The Greens | 21 | +4 | 11.1 | +1.6 | 520,130 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 21 | +3 | 11.0 | +1.0 | 519,598 |
| Alliance for the Future of Austria | 7 | 4.1 | 193,539 | ||
| Hans-Peter Martin's List | 0 | 2.8 | 131,688 | ||
| Communist Party of Austria | 0 | 1.0 | 47,578 |
± is the change against the Austria 2002 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,663,986
- Austrian People's Party 1,616,493
- The Greens 520,130
- Freedom Party of Austria 519,598
- Alliance for the Future of Austria 193,539
- Hans-Peter Martin's List 131,688
- Communist Party of Austria 47,578
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
78.5% of the 6,107,892 registered voters cast a ballot (4,793,780 ballots), down 5.8 points on 2002. 4,708,281 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria35.3% of votes37.2% of seats
- Austrian People's Party34.3% of votes36.1% of seats
- The Greens11.1% of votes11.5% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria11.0% of votes11.5% of seats
- Alliance for the Future of Austria4.1% of votes3.8% of seats
- Hans-Peter Martin's List2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 1.0 point 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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