1996 European Parliament election in Austria
The federal government was a "grand coalition" of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and the Christian Democratic Party (ÖVP) and was led by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky.At the last national election in 1995, the parties obtained the following results: SPÖ: 38.1%, ÖVP: 28.3%, FPÖ: 21.9%, Liberals: 5.5% and Greens: 4.8%.The seats are shared out on the basis of the percentage of the votes obtained by each list.The following political parties entered lists for the European elections on 13 October 1996: The ÖVP won a plurality of nationwide votes, winning five federal states out of nine.The ÖVP recorded their best results in Vorarlberg, the country's westernmost and second-smallest state.
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