Social Democratic Party of Austria

As of 5 October 2026, Social Democratic Party of Austria's latest result in our data is 21.2% of the vote and 40 seats in the Austria 2019 legislative election; its highest share in our data, since 1945, came in 1979, with 51.0% of the vote.

Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs
Austria
29 elections in our data, 1945 to 2019

Social Democratic Party of Austria, share of the vote at national parliament elections

Every result

Election	Share %	Seats
Austria 2019 legislative election	21.2	40 of 183
Austria 2017 legislative election	26.9	52 of 183
Austria 2013 legislative election	26.8	52 of 183
Austria 2008 legislative election	29.3	57 of 183
Austria 2006 legislative election	35.3	68 of 183
Austria 2002 legislative election	36.5	69 of 183
Austria 1999 legislative election	33.2	65 of 183
Austria 1995 legislative election	38.1	71 of 183
Austria 1994 legislative election	34.9	65 of 183
Austria 1990 legislative election	42.8	80 of 183
Austria 1986 legislative election	43.1	80 of 183
Austria 1983 legislative election	47.6	90 of 183
Austria 1979 legislative election	51.0	95 of 183
Austria 1975 legislative election	50.4	93 of 183
Austria 1971 legislative election	50.0	93 of 183
Austria 1970 legislative election	48.4	81 of 165
Austria 1966 legislative election	42.6	74 of 165
Austria 1962 legislative election	44.0	76 of 165
Austria 1959 legislative election	44.8	78 of 165
Austria 1956 legislative election	43.0	74 of 165
Austria 1953 legislative election	42.1	73 of 165
Austria 1949 legislative election	38.7	67 of 165
Austria 1945 legislative election	44.6	76 of 165

European Parliament

Election	Share %	Seats
Austria 2019 European Parliament election	23.9	5
Austria 2014 European Parliament election	24.1	5
Austria 2009 European Parliament election	23.7	4
Austria 2004 European Parliament election	33.3	7
Austria 1999 European Parliament election	31.7	7
Austria 1996 European Parliament election	29.1	6

Other parties in Austria

Sources and licence

ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Party Facts, Version 2023 (Bederke, Döring and Regel), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal

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Social Democratic Party of Austria

Share of the vote

Every result

European Parliament

Other parties in Austria

Sources and licence