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Federal President: Alexander Van der Bellen (GR�NE) Federal Chancellor: Christian Stocker (�VP) Governing parties: �VP, SP�, NEOS
Legislative elections: National Council, 5-year term, 183 seats, 4% threshold, party-list PR:

  2024 2019 2017 2013
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ)  
Freedom Party of Austria
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
28,8 57 16,2 31 26,0 51 20,5 40
Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP)  
Austrian People's Party
Christian democracy
Conservatism
26,3 51 37,5 71 31,5 62 24,0 47
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ)  
Social Democratic Party of Austria
Social democracy  21,1 41 21,2 40 26,9 52 26,8 52
Das Neue �sterreich und Liberales Forum (NEOS)  
The New Austria and Liberal Forum
Liberalism  9,1 18 8,1 15 5,3 10 5,0 9
Die Grünen-Die Gr�ne Alternative (GRÜNE)  
The Greens-The Green Alternative
Green politics  8,2 16 13,9 26 3,8 - 12,4 24
Kommunistische Partei �sterreichs-KP� Plus (KP�)  
Communist Party of Austria-KP� Plus (a)
Democratic socialism
Communism
2,4 - 0,7 - 0,8 - 1,0 -
Jetzt-Liste Pilz (JETZT)
Now-List Pilz
Green politics
Left-wing populism
- - 1,9 - 4,4 8 - -
Team Stronach f�r �sterreich (TS)
Team Stronach for Austria
Conservative liberalism   
Euroscepticism 
- - - - - - 5,7 11
Others 4,1 -  0,5 - 1,3 - 4,6 -
Total - 183 - 183 - 183 - 183
Turnout 74,9 75,6 79,5 74,9

� 2024 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Bundesministerium f�r Inneres (www.bmi.gv.at).  For full coverage, click here (1945-present). Note: 2013: Communist Party of Austria (KP�).