2008 Austrian Legislative Election
28 September 2008 · Five parties and an Ibiza video · 183 seats, 92 for a majority
Social Democratic Party of Austria finished first with 57 of 183 seats on 29.3% of the vote. Turnout 78.8%. Werner Faymann replaced Alfred Gusenbauer.
Chancellor before
Alfred Gusenbauer
SPÖ
Chancellor after
Werner Faymann
SPÖ
Largest force
Social Democratic Party of Austria
57 of 183 seats
Turnout
78.8%
The result
| Share of the National Council | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | — | 57 | -11 | 1 430 206 | 29.3% | — | |
| Austrian People's Party | — | 51 | -15 | 1 269 656 | 26.0% | — | |
| Freedom Party of Austria | — | 34 | +13 | 857 029 | 17.5% | — | |
| Alliance for the Future of Austria | — | 21 | +14 | 522 933 | 10.7% | — | |
| The Greens | — | 20 | -1 | 509 936 | 10.4% | — | |
| Liberal Forum | — | 0 | 0 | 102 249 | 2.1% | — | |
| Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol | — | 0 | — | 86 194 | 1.8% | — | |
| Communist Party of Austria | — | 0 | 0 | 37 362 | 0.8% | — | |
| Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria | — | 0 | — | 35 718 | 0.7% | — | |
| The Christians | — | 0 | — | 31 080 | 0.6% | — | |
| Animal Rights Party | — | 0 | — | 2 224 | 0.1% | — | |
| Left | — | 0 | 0 | 2 138 | 0.0% | — | |
| List Karlheinz Klement | — | 0 | — | 347 | 0.0% | — | |
| List Strong | — | 0 | 0 | 237 | 0.0% | — |