Austria 2008 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 57 of 183 seats with 29.3% of the vote; 78.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.3 points on 2006.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 57 | −11 | 29.3 | −6.0 | 1,430,206 |
| Austrian People's Party | 51 | −15 | 26.0 | −8.3 | 1,269,656 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 34 | +13 | 17.5 | +6.5 | 857,029 |
| Alliance for the Future of Austria | 21 | +14 | 10.7 | +6.6 | 522,933 |
| The Greens | 20 | −1 | 10.4 | −0.7 | 509,936 |
| Liberal Forum | 0 | 2.1 | 102,249 | ||
| Citizens' Forum Austria | 0 | 1.8 | 86,194 |
± is the change against the Austria 2006 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Austria 1,430,206
- Austrian People's Party 1,269,656
- Freedom Party of Austria 857,029
- Alliance for the Future of Austria 522,933
- The Greens 509,936
- Liberal Forum 102,249
- Citizens' Forum Austria 86,194
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
78.8% of the 6,333,109 registered voters cast a ballot (4,990,952 ballots), up 0.3 points on 2006. 4,887,309 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Austria29.3% of votes31.1% of seats
- Austrian People's Party26.0% of votes27.9% of seats
- Freedom Party of Austria17.5% of votes18.6% of seats
- Alliance for the Future of Austria10.7% of votes11.5% of seats
- The Greens10.4% of votes10.9% of seats
- Liberal Forum2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.8 by votes and 4.3 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 3.3 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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