Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p197 after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) emerged as the largest party, winning 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966.Nohlen & Stöver, pp219-220 It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which lost almost two-thirds of its seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p179 Voter turnout was 84%.Nohlen & Stöver, p217
This was the only election between 1970 and 2013 which saw the ÖVP emerge as the largest party, and the only election in that time period which saw the Social Democratic Party fail to win the most seats.
Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council. Name Ideology Leader 1999 result Votes (%) Seats SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria Social democracy Alfred Gusenbauer 33.2% FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Herbert Haupt 26.9% ÖVP Austrian People's Party Christian democracy Wolfgang Schüssel 26.9% GRÜNE The Greens Green politics Alexander Van der Bellen 7.4%
Results
Results by state State ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Grüne Others 42.4 45.8 6.4 4.7 0.7 30.5 38.3 23.6 6.2 1.4 47.8 36.8 6.9 7.2 1.3 42.6 37.0 10.4 8.7 1.3 46.7 30.8 10.7 10.4 1.4 44.6 37.0 9.6 7.0 1.8 51.9 24.5 10.0 11.6 2.0 49.2 20.1 13.0 14.5 3.2 30.7 43.8 8.0 15.1 2.4 42.3 36.5 10.0 9.5 1.7 Source: Austrian Interior Ministry
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