National Council election in Austria 2013

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2008

2013

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g Electoral alliance from NEOS and Liberal Forum . It is considered a start-up, in 2008 the LIF reached 2.09%.
Distribution of seats at the beginning of the legislative period
      
A total of 183 seats

The 25th National Council election in Austria took place on September 29, 2013. After the legislative period of the National Council was extended from four to five years, which came into force in 2007 , the National Council was elected for the first time five years after the previous election. There is a minimum threshold of four percent .

The party with the strongest votes was the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) with Werner Faymann as the top candidate, which had to accept a loss of votes compared to the 2008 election. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) came second again, also with losses . Both parties achieved their worst result in the history of the Second Republic in this election. Together, the two previous governing parties, the SPÖ and ÖVP, have 99 out of 183 seats and thus still have the majority of seats in the National Council. The FPÖ and the Greens won additional mandates. The Alliance Future Austria (BZÖ) did not manage to return to the National Council with 3.5%, but the NEOS moved in again . The Stronach (FRANK) team had not yet run in the last election , but was represented in the National Council before the new elections were made by MPs.

A total of six parties were elected to the National Council.

Starting position

The parliamentary elections in 2008 came early because the ÖVP had terminated the grand coalition with the SPÖ on July 7, 2008 . The SPÖ received 29.26% (after 35.34%), the ÖVP 25.98 (after 34.33%). The FPÖ received 17.54% (after 11.03), the BZÖ 10.70% (after 4.11). SPÖ and ÖVP continued their coalition; Werner Faymann (SPÖ) became the new Federal Chancellor .

For the 2013 election, the government originally aimed to reduce the size of the National Council from 183 to 165 mandataries as part of an austerity package, but did not succeed in doing so.

In 2013 groundbreaking decisions were made, this year ended some long-term Austrian and EU-Community structural measures such as the Austrian Stability Program 2008-2013, the Common Agricultural Policy (GAP 2008-2013, according to Luxembourg resolutions 2003) and LEADER (IV. EU funding period 2007 –2013) and thus the Rural Development 2007–2013 program or the organization and financing of the health care system (2008–2013). In the context of the financial crisis from 2007 and the euro crisis, all of these programs have largely receded into the background politically.

For the first time in a National Council election, there was an upper limit on election campaign costs, which in total could not exceed EUR 7 million per party. The start of the deadline on July 9th turned out to be relatively late; According to research by the press , several waves of posters and election campaigns had previously taken place.

Requirements for a candidacy

For the nationwide candidacy of a party, a total of 2,600 valid declarations of support from citizens entitled to vote or the support of three members of the National Council are required.

For the nationwide candidacy of a party, valid declarations of support were required to the following extent:

Lists

Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)

Werner Faymann during the "Chancellor Tour" (August 2013)

The Social Democratic Party of Austria ran again with Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann as the top candidate. As in 2006, the SPÖ's campaign leader was the now former Defense Minister Norbert Darabos .

On August 3, 2013, the SPÖ set their federal list for the National Council election. The list was created using the zip fastener method. Werner Faymann is first on the list, followed by Minister for Women Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek and Wolfgang Katzian , the chairman of the Social Democratic Union. Also at the top of the list are the President of the National Council , Barbara Prammer , the leader of the young generation in the SPÖ, Katharina Kucharowits , and club chairman Josef Cap .

The core of the SPÖ election program are the topics of affordable housing, fair wages and fairness of distribution. As in 2008, a coalition with the Freedom Party of Austria was ruled out, but every other option was left open.

Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)

Michael Spindelegger, top candidate of the ÖVP (2013)

The Austrian People's Party elected Michael Spindelegger as its top candidate. For the election campaign, the ÖVP worked with the Berlin agency Butter , which had already helped Gerhard Schröder and Klaus Wowereit to win elections.

In addition to Spindelegger, the former managing director of Raiffeisen Holding Niederösterreich Michaela Steinacker , State Secretary for Integration Sebastian Kurz , ÖVP General Secretary Hannes Rauch and the head of the Young People's Party Salzburg Asdin El Habbassi were among the first on the list .

Central points of the ÖVP election campaign were the tax relief of the middle class and rejection of new taxes, the unleashing (i.e. liberalization) of the economy and the adherence to budget discipline.

Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)

Heinz-Christian Strache, top candidate of the FPÖ (2012)

As in 2006 and 2008, the FPÖ ran with Heinz-Christian Strache as the top candidate. In addition, General Secretary Herbert Kickl , Dagmar Belakowitsch-Jenewein , Harald Stefan and Barbara Rosenkranz were at the top of the federal list .

In the election campaign, the FPÖ focused on issues such as asylum fraud , halving EU membership fees and securing pensions. The motto of the FPÖ for the 2013 election campaign was charity. In this context, the term “inländer-friendly” was also used, which the Research Center for Austrian German chose as the unthinkable word of the year due to its veiled meaning “xenophobic”.

BZÖ - List Josef Bucher (BZÖ)

The Alliance for the Future of Austria was represented at the head by Josef Bucher . This caused a sensation in the media, as he put well-known politicians such as Ewald Stadler , Gerald Grosz and Stefan Petzner on the almost hopeless list places and competed with a largely unknown team.

For the first time since it was founded, the BZÖ relied less on right-wing populist demands such as a ban on immigration and more on an economically liberal course. So one example, were flat tax of 44 percent and a constitutionally fixed tax rate required.

The Greens - The Green Alternative (GREEN)

Candidates and supporters at the Green election campaign (August 2013)

After Alexander Van der Bellen announced his resignation as party leader in 2008, Eva Glawischnig stood for the first time as the top candidate of the Greens . Martin Radjaby , who among other things worked for the radio station Hitradio Ö3 , was responsible for the design of the election campaigns . The Greens ran with 894 candidates and thus with the largest federal list. In addition to Glawischnig, Peter Pilz , Gabriela Moser and Werner Kogler were on the top list.

In addition to environmental and transport issues, the Greens mainly focused on the fight against corruption. The requirement that the establishment of a committee of inquiry should become minority rights in the National Council was therefore set as a coalition condition.

Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)

For the Austrian Communist Party came Mirko Messner as a top candidate. Central themes of his election campaign were distributive justice , the 30-hour working week and the socialization of banks.

NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum (NEOS)

The party chairman Matthias Strolz at the NEOS event There is another way! The party! in May 2013.

The NEOS competed in an electoral alliance with the LIF . For the election campaign, it was decided to have a dual leadership with Matthias Strolz and Angelika Mlinar . In addition, Hans-Peter Haselsteiner , industrialist and former member of the National Council, was presented as a candidate for ministerial.

The main concerns of the NEOS were the reduction of the tax rate, the reform of the education and pension system and a commitment to the European Union.

Pirate Party of Austria (PIRATE)

The pirates competed with Mario Wieser . The central demands were an end to the surveillance state , the introduction of an unconditional basic income for everyone and the introduction of a basic democracy .

The Stronach team for Austria (FRANK)

Frank Stronach, top candidate of the Stronach team (2008)

The Stronach team , with party founder Frank Stronach, ran as the top candidate. Kathrin Nachbaur was presented as second in the list , the former ORF General Director Monika Lindner was formally placed behind, but distanced herself from the party before the election.

In the election campaign, Stronach relied primarily on EU skepticism , the demand for national euros and the introduction of a flat tax .

Other parties

CPÖ - Christian Party of Austria (in Burgenland, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg)
WANDL - The Change (in Vienna and Upper Austria)
EUAUS - EU exit party (in Vorarlberg)
M - men's party (in Vorarlberg)
SLP - Socialist Left Party (in Vienna)

Survey

When asked which party the Austrians would vote for would be the National Council election next Sunday, they replied as follows:

July to September 2013

(Note: The statistical fluctuation range (deviation) is between 3 and 5%.)

Institute date SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ GREEN Stronach BZÖ KPÖ PIRATE NEOS Others
OGM 07/07/2013 27% 24% 19% 15% 8th % 3% n / A n / A n / A 4%
Market 07/07/2013 26% 24% 19% 16% 8th % 2% 1 % 2% n / A 2%
Karmasin 07/13/2013 28% 25% 18% 15% 7% 3% n / A n / A n / A n / A
Gallup 07/13/2013 27% 24% 18% 15% 8th % 2% n / A 2% n / A 3%
Market 07/19/2013 25% 24% 19% 15% 9% 3% n / A n / A n / A 5%
Spectra 07/20/2013 25-29% 22-26% 17-19% 13-15% 9-11% 1-3% n / A n / A n / A 4-6%
IMAS 07/21/2013 26-28% 24-26% 18-20% 12-14% 9-11% 2-3% n / A n / A n / A 3-4%
Karmasin 07/26/2013 27% 25% 19% 14% 9% 2% 1 % 1 % 2% n / A
Gallup 07/28/2013 27% 25% 18% 15% 8th % 2% n / A 1 % n / A 4%
Opinion room 08/08/2013 25% 24% 20% 13% 9% 2% n / A n / A 3% 4%
Gallup 08/09/2013 28% 25% 17% 16% 8th % 2% 1 % 1 % 2% n / A
Karmasin 08/10/2013 28% 25% 18% 16% 7% 3% n / A n / A n / A n / A
IMAS 08/10/2013 26-28% 24-26% 19-21% 12-14% 8-10% 2-4% n / A n / A n / A 2-4%
Market 08/15/2013 26% 24% 18% 15% 9% 3% 1 % 1 % 2% 1 %
Karmasin 08/22/2013 28% 25% 20% 15% 7% 1 % 1 % 1 % 2% n / A
Gallup 08/23/2013 28% 24% 18% 15% 9% 2% 1 % 1 % 2% n / A
Spectra 08/24/2013 25-29% 23-27% 18-20% 13-15% 6-8% 2-4% n / A n / A n / A 4-6%
Opinion room 08/29/2013 27% 24% 19% 14% 8th % 2% 2% n / A 3% 1 %
Gallup 08/30/2013 28% 23% 19% 15% 9% 2% 1 % 1 % 2% n / A
Market 08/30/2013 26% 22% 19% 16% 9% 3% n / A n / A 2% n / A
Karmasin 08/31/2013 28% 24% 20% 15% 7% 2% n / A n / A 1 % n / A
OGM 08/31/2013 27% 24% 20% 15% 7% 3% n / A 1 % 2% 1 %
Gallup 06.09.2013 28% 24% 19% 15% 8th % 2% 1 % 1 % 2% n / A
Gallup 09/12/2013 28% 25% 20% 15% 7% 1 % n / A 1 % 3% n / A
Karmasin 13.09.2013 28% 25% 20% 15% 6% 2% n / A n / A 3% 1 %
Spectra 13.09.2013 26% 23% 20% 13% 9% 4% n / A n / A n / A n / A
Market 09/15/2013 26% 22% 20% 15% 9% 3% 1 % 1 % 2% 1 %
Hajek 09/19/2013 27% 23% 20% 15% 7% 3% n / A 1 % 3% n / A
Opinion room 09/20/2013 28% 24% 19% 15% 7% 2% n / A n / A 4% 1 %
Gallup 09/20/2013 27% 23% 20% 14% 7% 2% 1 % 1 % 3% n / A
Karmasin 09/20/2013 27% 23% 21% 14% 7% 2% 1 % 1 % 3% n / A
Gallup 09/20/2013 27% 23% 21% 14% 6% 3% n / A n / A 4% 2%
OGM 09/21/2013 27% 22% 21% 14% 6% 4% 1 % 1 % 4% n / A
Gallup 23.09.2013 27% 23% 21% 14% 6% 3% 1 % 1 % 4% n / A

NRW 2013 - 15 Aug 2013.jpg

Bottom line

Result by parties

Eligible voters 6.384.308
Votes cast 4,782,410
voter turnout 74.91%
Valid votes 4,692,907
invalid votes 89.503
Proportion of invalid votes 1.87%
Political party be right percent Seats
SPÖ 1,258,605 26.82 52
ÖVP 1,125,876 23.99 47
FPÖ 962.313 20.51 40
GREEN 582,657 12.42 24
FRANK 268,679 5.73 11
NEOS 232.946 4.96 9
BZÖ 165.746 3.53
KPÖ 48.175 1.03
PIRATE 36,265 0.77
CPÖ 6,647 0.14
WANDL 3,051 0.07
SLP 947 0.02
EUAUS 510 0.01
M. 490 0.01

Result by federal state

(Figures in%)

state SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ GREEN FRANK NEOS BZÖ KPÖ Others
SalzburgState of SalzburgBurgenlandBurgenland Burgenland 37.3 26.8 17.4 6.8 5.9 2.8 2.0 0.5 0.7
SalzburgState of SalzburgCarinthiaCarinthia Carinthia 32.4 15.2 17.9 11.8 6.9 3.7 10.8 0.6 0.7
SalzburgState of SalzburgNiederosterreichLower Austria Lower AustriaSalzburgState of Salzburg 27.6 30.6 18.8 9.6 4.7 4.5 2.7 0.8 0.7
SalzburgState of SalzburgOberosterreichUpper Austria Upper Austria 27.2 25.4 21.4 12.2 4.8 3.4 3.5 0.7 1.4
SalzburgState of SalzburgSalzburgState of Salzburg Salzburg 23.0 26.7 21.2 14.8 5.2 4.6 3.2 0.6 0.7
SalzburgState of SalzburgStyriaStyria Styria 23.8 20.9 24.0 10.6 10.0 3.9 3.9 1.8 1.1
SalzburgState of SalzburgTyrolTyrol (state) Tyrol 18.3 32.3 19.4 15.2 5.6 4.9 3.0 0.7 0.7
SalzburgState of SalzburgVorarlbergVorarlberg Vorarlberg 13.1 26.3 20.2 17.0 5.3 13.1 2.4 0.5 2.0
SalzburgState of SalzburgViennaVienna Vienna 31.6 14.5 20.6 16.4 3.9 7.6 2.4 1.7 1.3
SalzburgState of SalzburgAustria Austria 26.8 24.0 20.5 12.4 5.7 5.0 3.5 1.0 1.0

Graphic representation

Country results in the 2013 National Council election based on the final result (with voting cards and postal votes)
Constituency results in the 2013 National Council election based on the final result (with voting cards and postal votes)
District results in the National Council election 2013 based on the final result (with voting cards and postal votes)
Municipal results in the National Council election 2013 according to the preliminary final result (without voting cards and postal votes)

Election campaign costs

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The Stronach team clearly exceeded the upper limit for election campaign costs at EUR 10.7 million (this corresponds to around EUR 37 per vote), although the information was only calculated according to the list price. The SPÖ with 7.1 million EUR could therefore remain below that after deducting the discounts. According to the courier , the FPÖ (EUR 3.5 million or EUR 3.6 per voter) and KPÖ (EUR 0.07 million or EUR 1.5 per voter) can point to the most efficient use of funds. With 25.8 million euros, almost 80 percent of the advertising expenditure of all parties was registered in September.

consequences

Party politics

BZÖ alliance chairman Josef Bucher announced his resignation after the disappointing election result of his party and the departure of this party from the National Council. He was succeeded by Gerald Grosz .

Coalition negotiations

Coalitions
Parties Seats
Absolute majority (from 92 seats)
       SPÖ, ÖVP 99
         ÖVP, FPÖ, FRANK 98
Total seats 183

Federal President Heinz Fischer gave the top candidate and then Federal Chancellor, Werner Faymann, the government mandate on October 9th. This strictly ruled out a coalition with the FPÖ. SPÖ Federal Managing Director Norbert Darabos also ruled out a member survey on the new coalition with the ÖVP that was sought and preferred by Faymann and Fischer. For the People's Party, however, the continuation of the grand coalition was not a natural step; it demanded that the SPÖ put an end to the “standstill and paralysis”. The third strongest force, the FPÖ, excluded coalitions like in 1999. FPÖ chairman Strache was not averse to the possibility of the other two-party coalition between red and blue, but the SPÖ under Faymann excluded them. A coalition between ÖVP, FPÖ and Team Stronach ultimately fails due to the instability of the latter. Due to a considerable budget deficit and a lack of agreement on many issues, the risk of the red-black coalition talks being broken off increased. The ÖVP brought a new austerity package into play, which the SPÖ rejected. Because of the disagreement, VP chairman Spindelegger met Federal President Fischer on December 4th, who tried to urge the two parties to reach an agreement before Christmas. Since the negotiations were still concluded by mid-December, the federal government was appointed on December 16, 2013.

Trivia

The sentence, which alludes to the global surveillance and espionage affair that emerged in 2013, “I choose the NSA, they are at least interested in me!” Was chosen as saying of the year by the Research Center for Austrian German . It is an "ironic commentary on fictitious voting behavior in view of the current gap between politics and citizens".

literature

See also

Web links

Commons : National Council Election in Austria 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Coalition confirmed: Austria will vote on September 29th . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 19, 2017]).
  3. ^ National Council: New electoral law decided . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 19, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Backbenchers revolt against downsizing of NR. Retrieved August 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Top government still hopes for NR reduction , DerStandard.at , November 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ Federal Ministry of Finance : Austrian Stability Program for the years 2009 to 2013 (PDF; 408 kB) , report, Vienna, January 26, 2010; Parliamentary materials . III-52 dB; Communiqué of the budget committee , both parlament.gv.at
  7. ^ Ministry of Life : Common Agricultural Policy ( Memento of November 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Public Debate on the CAP after 2013 , European Commission, ec.europa.eu, 2010
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  9. ↑ parlament.gv.at: Priorities of the program planning "Rural Development 2007-2013" . 1361 / M-BR / 2004
  10. ↑ Federal Law Gazette I No. 101/2007 : Federal law to adapt legal provisions to the agreement according to Art. 15a B-VG on the organization and financing of the health care system for the years 2008 to 2013 (organization and financing of the health care system). (On the agreement between the federal government and the states; parliamentary materials )
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  18. ^ Kurier.at: Which ministers should stay and which should go
  19. ↑ derstandard.at: Survey: Justice is fading as an election topic
  20. ↑ profil.at: Survey: SPÖ still in first place, FPÖ stagnating in third place
  21. ↑ Österreich.at: 1st summer survey: Greens always stronger
  22. ↑ derstandard.at: Spindelegger is ahead of Faymann, SPÖ only has a narrow lead over ÖVP
  23. ↑ vorarlbergernachrichten.at: SPÖ keeps ahead of ÖVP
  24. ↑ krone.at: National Council election in autumn: That's how strong the parties are today
  25. ↑ heute.at: SPÖ loses 2% and Stronach gains 2% ( memento from July 26, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
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  28. ↑ oesterreich.at: SP moves away, Greens increase
  29. ↑ profil.at: Start of the election campaign
  30. ↑ krone.at: majority for red-black, FPÖ clearly in front of the Greens
  31. ↑ derstandard.at: Spindelegger closes in on the chancellor question
  32. ↑ heute.at: Strache with 20 percent SP holds the lead over VP
  33. ^ Oesterreich.at: Survey: Chancellor gains, ÖVP loses
  34. ↑ nachrichten.at: Spindelegger's ÖVP is approaching the SPÖ
  35. ↑ neuwal.com: Election survey Austria
  36. ^ Oesterreich.at: ÖVP continues to slide - SPO clearly number 1
  37. ↑ derstandard.at: Faymann's official bonus begins to take effect
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  39. ↑ OGM.at: Sunday question NRW 13 - August
  40. ↑ oeterreich.at: Poll: SPÖ remains first
  41. ↑ oeterreich.at: Latest survey: It's getting tight
  42. ↑ profil.at: Survey: SPÖ still in first place, Stronach loses, FPÖ gains
  43. ↑ kleinezeitung.at SPÖ and ÖVP do not achieve 50 percent in the survey
  44. ↑ derstandard.at: Good mood, but only fourth place for Greens for now
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  50. ↑ kurier.at: Government majority of red and black is wobbling
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