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Election 2019: Five Parties Make Their Entry into the Austrian National Council
Five political parties will be represented in the newly elected Austrian National Council. In addition to ÖVP, SPÖ, FPÖ and NEOS, the Greens - after a two-year forced break - have also rejoined the House. The Liste JETZT, on the other hand, failed, as did the other small parties, at the 4% hurdle.
The election also met with great interest abroad. A total of around 900 media representatives were accredited for the media centre. / Picture: © Parlamentsdirektion / Matthias Weinlich
The Austrian People's Party once again became the strongest party.
It gained 37.5% of the votes and will thus receive 71 mandates (+9). This is followed by the Social Democrats (SPÖ) with 21.2% of the votes and 40 mandates (-12) and the Freedom Party (FPÖ) with 16.2% of the votes and 31 mandates (-20).
The Greens achieved their best result to date with 13.9% of the…
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