1986 Austrian legislative election

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183 seats in the National Council of Austria 92 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Franz Vranitzky Alois Mock Party SPÖ ÖVP Last election 47.65%, 90 seats 43.22%, 81 seats Seats won 80 77 Seat change 10 4 Popular vote 2,092,024 2,003,663 Percentage 43.12% 41.29% Swing 4.53 pp 1.93 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jörg Haider Freda Meissner-Blau Party FPÖ Greens Last election 4.98%, 12 seats – Seats won 18 8 Seat change 6 New Popular vote 472,205 234,028 Percentage 9.73% 4.82% Swing 4.75 pp New
Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. States are shaded according to the first-place party.
Chancellor before election Franz Vranitzky SPÖ Elected Chancellor Franz Vranitzky SPÖ

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 23 November 1986.^[1] They were called by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of the Socialist Party (SPÖ), as he was not prepared to continue the coalition government with new Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Jörg Haider, who had ousted Norbert Steger at the party convention.

The SPÖ won the most seats, and formed a grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), as neither were willing to work with Haider. The Green Alternative won eight seats, marking the first time a party other than the SPÖ, ÖVP and FPÖ had entered parliament since 1959 election. Voter turnout was 90%.^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party of Austria	2,092,024	43.12	80	–10
	Austrian People's Party	2,003,663	41.29	77	–4
	Freedom Party of Austria	472,205	9.73	18	+6
	Green Alternative–Freda Meissner-Blau List	234,028	4.82	8	New
	Communist Party of Austria	35,104	0.72	0	0
	Action List – I've Had Enough	8,100	0.17	0	New
	Green Alternatives – Democratic List	6,005	0.12	0	New
	Carinthian Greens–VGÖ–VÖGA–Independent Councillors	1,059	0.02	0	0
Total		4,852,188	100.00	183	0
Valid votes		4,852,188	98.22
Invalid/blank votes		88,110	1.78
Total votes		4,940,298	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,461,414	90.46
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

State	SPÖ	ÖVP	FPÖ	GRÜNE	Others
Burgenland	49.0	42.8	5.4	2.5	0.3
Carinthia	47.2	27.2	20.9	3.8	0.9
Lower Austria	42.4	47.3	6.1	3.6	0.6
Upper Austria	42.0	41.5	11.0	4.9	0.6
Salzburg	36.7	40.9	15.9	5.9	0.5
Styria	44.1	41.0	9.9	4.1	0.9
Tyrol	29.2	53.2	11.3	5.8	0.6
Vorarlberg	25.5	53.1	11.9	8.8	0.7
Vienna	52.4	33.2	5.8	6.1	2.6
Austria	43.1	41.3	9.7	4.8	1.0
Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)[3]