Austrian legislative election, 1986
- SPÖ: 80
- GREEN: 8
- Freedom Party: 18
- ÖVP: 77
The parliamentary elections on November 23, 1986 was the 17th general election in the history of Austria. Strongest party was the Social Democratic Party of Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, but lost votes and seats. The ÖVP by Alois Mock, who took second place, losing votes and seats. The Freedom Party, which took as top candidates for the first time with Jörg Haider, finished third and almost doubled their share of the vote compared to the last election. Once at the parliamentary elections in 1983, neither the United Greens of Austria, nor the Alternative List of Austria made the jump over the four- percent barrier, abolished 1986, the Green Alternative with top candidate Freda Meissner-Blau first time the collection in the National Council.
Were entitled to vote 5,461,414 people. The turnout was 88.85 percent (1983: 91.29 ).
Background
The year 1986 was marked by major political upheavals. On June 8, 1986 Kurt Waldheim was elected on the second ballot as a candidate of the People's Party with a majority of 53.9 % to the presidency. The election was a broad public debate about Waldheim's past ahead during the time of National Socialism, which became known as the " Waldheim Affair " in the recent history of the country. Chancellor Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ ) occurred in the wake of Waldheim election returns as Chancellor Franz Vranitzky and recommended as his successor. This accepted and at first continued (see also Federal Government Vranitzky I), the coalition government with the FPÖ.
On September 13, 1986, Jörg Haider, with the support of the German national wing of the FPÖ, elected at a party congress in Innsbruck, in a crucial vote on the new party chairman. Haider released the - many FPÖ officials as too liberal force - from Party Chairman, Trade Minister and Vice Chancellor Norbert Steger as chairman of the FPÖ. After deselection Stegers Vranitzky ended the coalition with the FPÖ and called new elections.
Final result
N.k. = Not a candidate
Follow
After the election, the SPÖ and ÖVP agreed to the formation of a grand coalition, the Freedom Party had in the opposition. Vranitzky ( SPÖ) remained Chancellor, Alois Mock (ÖVP ) was Vice- Chancellor and Foreign Minister (see also Federal Government Vranitzky II).
In addition to strong gains for the Freedom Party and the Green Party in first-time collection of the Austrian National Council attracted great media attention. The external appearance of the Greens deputy interior was not up to the rest of the deputies. Instead of suit and tie the deputies wore normal street clothes. Initially, the Greens sat heavily on activism. She initially refused to appoint a parliamentary club chairman or chairwoman, and found instead a straw doll to vote. Worldwide attention was given an action by Andreas Wabl who unfurled a swastika flag on the podium of the National Council in protest against the Federal President Kurt Waldheim.
In the following years had diplomatic tasks that actually was responsible to the President, are increasingly adopted by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky due to the international ban Kurt Waldheim. He was able to normalize the relationship both to the U.S. that Waldheim had put on the "watch list" in April 1987, as well as to Israel, which had withdrawn its ambassador after the election of Waldheim.