List of political parties in Austria
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This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 700 registered political parties, 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.
The parties
Parties represented in Parliament or the European Parliament
There are six parties represented in the National Council.
Five of the parties in the National Council (all but the NEOS) are also represented in the Federal Council.
Five of the six parties in the National Council (all but Team Stronach) are represented in the European Parliament.
| Logo | Name | Abbr. | Ideology | Leader | NR | BR | MEP | |
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| Link to logo | Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs |
SPÖ | Social democracy | Christian Kern | 52 | 22 | 5 | |
| Link to logo | Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei |
ÖVP | Conservatism, Christian democracy |
Reinhold Mitterlehner | 47 | 25 | 5 | |
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Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs |
FPÖ | Right-wing populism, National conservatism |
Heinz-Christian Strache | 40 | 9 | 4 | |
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The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative |
GRÜNE | Green politics, Social progressivism |
Eva Glawischnig | 24 | 4 | 3 | |
| Link to logo | Team Stronach Team Stronach |
Stronach | Euroscepticism, Economic liberalism |
Frank Stronach | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
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NEOS – The New Austria NEOS – Das Neue Österreich |
NEOS | Liberalism | Matthias Strolz | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
Parties represented in state parliaments
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- Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich) (BZÖ)
- Citizens' Forum Austria (Bürgerforum Österreich)(FRITZ)
- Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) (KPÖ)
- Forward Tyrol (Vorwärts Tirol)
- List Burgenland (Liste Burgenland) (LBL))
Minor parties
- Animal Rights Party (Tierrechtspartei) (TRP)
- Black-Yellow Alliance (Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz) (SGA)
- Christian Electoral Community (Christliche Wählergemeinschaft) (CWG)
- Christian Party of Austria (Christliche Partei Österreichs) (CPÖ)
- Enotna Lista (Unity List) (EL)
- EU Exit Party (EU-Austrittspartei) (EUAUS)
- Left (Linke) (LINKE)
- Neutral Free Austria Federation (Bündnis Neutrales Freies Österreich) (NFÖ)
- Party of Labour of Austria (PdA)
- Pirate Party of Austria (Piratenpartei Österreichs) (PPÖ)
- Save Austria (Rettet Österreich) (RETTÖ)
- Socialist Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei) (SLP)
- The Social Liberals (Die Sozialliberalen) (SoL)
Major historical parties
- Christian Social Party (Christlichsoziale Partei) (CS) (1893–1933)
- Country League (Landbund) (1918–1934)
- Greater German People's Party (Großdeutsche Volkspartei) (GDVP) (1918–1934)
- National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) (NSDAP) (1919–1945)
- Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front) (VF) (1933–1938)
- Federation of Independents (Verband der Unabhängigen) (VdU) (1949–1955)
- Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs) (SDAPÖ) (1888–1934), predecessor of today's SPÖ
Minor historical parties
- Communist Initiative (2004–2013)
- Communist League of Austria (Kommunistischer Bund Österreichs) (KBÖ) (1976–1980)
- Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party in the Republic of Austria
- Freedomites in Carinthia (2009–2013
- German National Party (Deutsche Nationalpartei) 1891
- Jewish National Party
- League of Democratic Socialists (Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten) (BDS)
- Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum) (LiF)
- Marxist-Leninist Party of Austria (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Österreichs) (MLPÖ)
- The Democrats (Die Demokraten)
- The Independents (Die Unabhängigen) (DU)
- Union of Revolutionary Workers of Austria (Marxist-Leninist) (Vereinigung Revolutionärer Arbeiter Österreichs (Marxisten-Leninisten)) (VRAÖ))
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.
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