Austrian legislative election, 1994
- SPÖ: 65
- GREEN: 13
- LIF: 11
- Freedom Party: 42
- ÖVP: 52
The parliamentary elections on October 9, 1994 was the 19th general election in the history of the Republic of Austria. Strongest party was strong despite loss of votes among the SPÖ Chancellor Franz Vranitzky. As mentioned in the last election, the ÖVP lost under Erhard Busek votes and mandates and was the second largest party.
From the loss of the government parties SPÖ and ÖVP benefited the FPÖ, which adds won with Jörg Haider as a top candidate votes and mandates. Fourth largest party, the Green Alternative to Madeleine Petrovic, who was also to gain votes and mandates. At his first appearance at a national election the Liberal Forum by Heide Schmidt made the jump over the four- percent threshold and became only the fifth largest party.
5.774 million people were eligible to vote. The turnout fell compared to the last general election on 80.24 percent ( 1990: 83.58 ).
Background
The four years of federal government Vranitzky IV were characterized by an increasingly xenophobic and historical revisionist opposition course of the FPÖ.
After a motion of censure of ÖVP and SPÖ lost Haider 1991, the Office of Carinthia's right, which he has held since 1989. The reason for the no-confidence motion was a statement Haider in a debate on unemployment in the Carinthian parliament on 13 June 1991: "Well, that has not been given in the Third Reich, because in the Third Reich they have made proper employment policy, which is not even your government in Vienna brings together. This must be said again. " (Quoted by Czernin 2000, p 31)
The project initiated by the FPÖ and implemented in January 1993 anti-foreigner referendum " Austria First" was of 416 531 (7.35 % of the electorate ) signed Austrians. In return, attended the January 23, 1993 250000-300000 people at SOS fellow human being organized " sea of lights " in part to protest against the FPÖ referendum. Another consequence of the anti-foreigner referendum was the cleavage of the FPÖ. Heide Schmidt, Klara Motter, Friedhelm Frischenschlager, Hans Helmut Moser and Thomas Barmüller left the party and founded on 4 February 1993 the Liberal Forum, which thus stood for election for the first time.
On 3 December 1993, a series of attacks began with xenophobia. It was not until the end of 1997 the culprit Franz Fuchs could be taken.
After the candidate the last election, Norbert Gugerbauer, had resigned, the Freedom Party nominated again Jörg Haider and campaigned under the text " You are against him because he is for you." This is of interest since almost 15 years later, the identical spell was reused during the Parliamentary elections 2008 from the FPÖ.
The Socialist Party of Austria ( SPÖ), named in 1991 into Social Democratic Party of Austria. The Greens have also changed their party name, since amendments to the Articles in 1993 is her name The Greens - The Green Alternative ( Green ).
Final result
N.k. = Not a candidate
Follow
After the election, the SPÖ and ÖVP continued the existing since 1986 grand coalition. Vranitzky ( SPÖ) remained Chancellor. The Office of the Vice Chancellor Erhard Busek held still (ÖVP ). The federal government Vranitzky IV took on 29 November 1994 on their work. For the first time in the second republic reached SPÖ and ÖVP together less than two -thirds of the National Council mandates and could therefore decide no more constitutional amendments.