Election of the Federal President in Austria in 1998

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Winner of the 1998 federal presidential election: Thomas Klestil

The election of the federal president in Austria in 1998 , the tenth popular election of an Austrian head of state , took place on April 19, 1998. Five candidates ran.

The previous incumbent, Thomas Klestil , was confirmed in his office in the first ballot. This made him the fourth Federal President to begin a second term. Since he died on July 6, 2004 just two days before his elected successor Heinz Fischer was sworn in, he became the fifth Federal President to die in office.

Starting position

The previous Federal President, Thomas Klestil , ran for a new election, as the constitution allowed. His opponents were:

Candidates and results of the ballot

candidate valid votes proportion of
Thomas Klestil 2,644,034 63.4%
Gertraud Knoll 566,551 13.6%
Heide Schmidt 464.625 11.1%
Richard Lugner 413.066 9.9%
Karl Walter Nowak 81,043 1.9%

Out of 5,848,584 eligible voters, 4,351,272 cast their votes, resulting in a voter turnout of 74.4%. 181,953 votes were considered invalid, which corresponds to 4.18% of the votes cast.

Swearing in

Thomas Klestil was sworn in again on July 8, 1998 before the Federal Assembly.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Federal Ministry of the Interior: [1]