State election in Lower Austria 1998
The state elections in Lower Austria in 1998 took place on March 22nd. A total of seven parties tried to win the 56 seats in the Lower Austrian state parliament . The ÖVP , SPÖ , FPÖ , the Liberal Forum , the Greens , and the KPÖ ran in all 21 constituencies.
The BGÖ ( civil green Austria for a nuclear-free Austria quickly overcome genetic engineering - preserve nature ), as well as the LPW ( list Pepi Wagner ) were new candidates in all constituencies. In the constituency of Krems, L. ZÖCH ( Reason for Lower Austria - Dr. Wolfgang Zöch ) stood.
The ranking on the ballot paper was inconsistent.
Of the 1,473,813 residents on the reporting date, 1,291,108 were eligible to vote.
| Political party | Results 1998 | Results 1993 | Differences | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| total | 928.932 | 71.95% | 958.843 | 75.54% | + 21,717 | + 1.71% | |||
| Invalid | 24,234 | 25,679 | - 1,445 | ||||||
| Valid | 904.698 | 97.39% | 933.164 | 97.32% | −28,466 | +0.07% | |||
| ÖVP | 405,900 | 44.87% | 27 | 412.730 | 44.23% | 26th | - 6,830 | + 0.64% | + 1 |
| SPÖ | 274.980 | 30.39% | 18th | 316,516 | 33.92% | 20th | - 41,536 | - 3.53% | - 2nd |
| FPÖ | 145,514 | 16.08% | 9 | 112,433 | 12.05% | 7th | + 33,081 | + 4.03% | + 2 |
| LIF | 19,279 | 2.13% | 0 | 47,773 | 5.12% | 3 | - 28,494 | - 2.99% | - 3 |
| GREEN | 40,639 | 4.49% | 2 | 29,589 | 3.17% | 0 | + 11,050 | + 1.32% | + 2 |
| BGÖ | 5,208 | 0.58% | 0 | - | -% | - | + 5,208 | + 0.58% | +/- 0 |
| LPW | 7,060 | 0.78% | 0 | - | -% | - | + 7,060 | + 0.78% | +/- 0 |
| KPÖ | 5,811 | 0.64% | 0 | 2,170 | 0.23% | 0 | + 3,641 | + 0.41% | +/- 0 |
| L.ZÖCH | 307 | 0.03% | 0 | - | -% | - | + 307 | + 0.03% | +/- 0 |
