List of political parties in Austria

This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 1,100 registered political parties,[1] only few are known to the larger public. Since the 1980s, four parties have consistently received enough votes to get seats in the national parliament.

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Party membership of parties in Austria, since 1945. Since 1986, the socialdemocratic party has started a quick decline in membership.

Parties represented in Parliament or the European Parliament

There are five parties represented in the National Council. Three of the parties in the National Council are also represented in the Federal Council. Four of the five parties in the National Council are represented in the European Parliament.

Logo Name Abbr. Ideology Chairmen NR BR MEP
Government
Austrian People's Party,
Österreichische Volkspartei		 ÖVP Liberal conservatism,
Christian democracy		 Karl Nehammer
71 / 183
25 / 61
7 / 19
The Greens – The Green Alternative,
Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative		 GRÜNE Green politics Werner Kogler
26 / 183
5 / 61
3 / 19
Opposition
Social Democratic Party of Austria,
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs		 SPÖ Social democracy Andreas Babler
40 / 183
19 / 61
5 / 19
Freedom Party of Austria,
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs		 FPÖ National conservatism,
Right-wing populism		 Herbert Kickl
30 / 183
11 / 61
3 / 19
NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum,
NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum		 NEOS Liberalism,
Economic liberalism		 Beate Meinl-Reisinger
15 / 183
1 / 61
1 / 19

Parties represented in state parliaments
PercentageVorarlbergViennaUpper AustriaTyrol (state)StyriaSalzburg (state)Lower AustriaCarinthia (state)Burgenland
  • Citizens' Forum Austria (Bürgerforum Österreich, FRITZ)
  • Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ)
  • MFG – Austria People – Freedom – Fundamental Rights (MFG – Österreich Menschen – Freiheit – Grundrechte, MFG)
  • Team Carinthia (Team Kärnten, TK)

Minor parties
  • Team HC Strache – Alliance for Austria (Team HC Strache – Allianz für Österreich, HC)
  • Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ)
  • Black-Yellow Alliance (Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz, SGA)
  • The Beer Party (Die Bierpartei, BIER)
  • Christian Party of Austria (Christliche Partei Österreichs, CPÖ)
  • The Change (Der Wandel)
  • Enotna Lista (Unity List, EL)
  • My Vote Counts! (Meine Stimme g!lt, G!LT)
  • Neutral Free Austria Federation (Bündnis Neutrales Freies Österreich, NFÖ)
  • Party of Labour of Austria (Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA)
  • Pirate Party of Austria (Piratenpartei Österreichs, PPÖ)
  • Socialist Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei, SLP)
  • The Social Liberals (Die Sozialliberalen, SoL)
  • Volt Austria (Volt Österreich)

Major historical parties

Minor historical parties
  • Communist Initiative (Kommunistische Initiative, 2004–2013)
  • Communist League of Austria (Kommunistischer Bund Österreichs, KBÖ, 1976–1980)
  • Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party in the Republic of Austria (Czech: Československá sociálně demokratická strana dělnická v republice Rakoúské, 1919–1934)
  • Freedom Party in Carinthia (Die Freiheitlichen in Kärnten, FPK, 2009–2013)
  • German-National Party (Deutsche Nationalpartei, 1891–1920)
  • Jewish National Party (Jüdische Nationale Partei, 1892–1930)
  • League of Democratic Socialists (Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten, BDS, 1959)
  • Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum, LiF, 1993–2014)
  • Marxist–Leninist Party of Austria (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Österreichs, MLPÖ, 1967–2006)
  • The Democrats (Die Demokraten, 1991–2002)
  • The Independents (Die Unabhängigen, DU, 1998–1999)
  • Union of Revolutionary Workers of Austria (Marxist-Leninist) (Vereinigung Revolutionärer Arbeiter Österreichs (Marxisten-Leninisten), VRAÖ, 1968–2005)

See also

Further reading
  • Müller, Wolfgang; Franz Fallend (November 2004). "Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From Multipolar to Bipolar System". West European Politics. 27 (5): 801–835. doi:10.1080/0140238042000283319. S2CID 154550537.

References
  1. "BMI" (PDF).
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