List of political parties in Austria

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{{Politics of Austria}}

This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 1,100 registered political parties,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmi.gv.at/405/files/Parteienverzeichnis_gemaess_1_Abs_4_PartG_20191015.pdf|title = BMI}} 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

[[File:Mitgliederzahl parteien Österreichs - Party membership of parties in Austria.png|thumb|Party membership of parties in Austria, since 1945.

Since 1986, the social democratic 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. All of the parties in the National Council are also represented in the Federal Council and all of the five parties in the National Council are represented in the European Parliament.

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! colspan=2 | Logo

! Name

! {{tooltip|Abbr.|Abbreviation}}

! Ideology

!Position

!European Party

!European Group

! Leader

! National Council Seats

! Federal Council Seats

!Landtag Seats

! MEPs

colspan="13" |Government
style="background-color: {{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}" |

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| Austrian People's Party,
{{lang|de|Österreichische Volkspartei}}

| ÖVP

| {{Ubl|Liberal conservatism|Christian democracy}}

|Centre-right

|EPP

|EPP

| Christian Stocker

|{{Composition bar|51|183|{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|25|61|{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|146|440|{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|5|20|{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}" |

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| Social Democratic Party of Austria,
{{lang|de|Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs}}

| SPÖ

| {{Ubl|Social democracy|Pro-Europeanism}}

|Centre-left

|PES

|S&D

| Andreas Babler

|{{Composition bar|41|183|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}}}

|{{Composition bar|19|61|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}}}

|{{Composition bar|132|440|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}}}

|{{Composition bar|5|20|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}}}

style="background-color: {{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}}" |

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| NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum,
{{lang|de|NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum}}

| NEOS

| {{Ubl|Liberalism|Economic liberalism}}

|Centre

|ALDE

|RE

| Beate Meinl-Reisinger

|{{Composition bar|18|183|{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}}}}

|{{Composition bar|1|61|{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}}}}

|{{Composition bar|20|440|{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}}}}

|{{Composition bar|2|20|{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}}}}

colspan="13" |Opposition
style="background-color: {{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}" |

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| Freedom Party of Austria,
{{lang|de|Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs }}

| FPÖ

| {{Ubl|Right-wing populism|National conservatism}}

|Far-right

|Patriots.eu

|PfE

| Herbert Kickl

|{{Composition bar|57|183|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}}}

|{{Composition bar|11|61|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}}}

|{{Composition bar|84|440|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}}}

|{{Composition bar|6|20|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}}}

style="background-color: {{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}" |

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| The Greens – The Green Alternative,
{{lang|de|Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative}}

| GRÜNE

| {{Ubl|Green politics|Eco-feminism|Pro-Europeanism}}

|Centre-left to left-wing

|EGP

|G/EFA

| Werner Kogler

|{{Composition bar|16|183|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}}}

|{{Composition bar|5|61|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}}}

|{{Composition bar|45|440|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}}}

|{{Composition bar|2|20|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}}}

=Parties represented in state parliaments=

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! colspan=2 | Logo

! Name

! {{tooltip|Abbr.|Abbreviation}}

! Ideology

!Position

!European Party

! Leader

! Landtag Seats

style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Austria}}" |

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| Communist Party of Austria
{{lang|de|Kommunistische Partei Österreichs}}

| KPÖ

| {{Ubl|Communism|Socialism|Marxism}}

|Far-left

|PEL

| Günther Hopfgartner

|{{Composition bar|6|440|{{party color|Communist Party of Austria}}}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Team Carinthia}}" |

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| Team Carinthia
{{lang|de|Team Kärnten}}

| TK

| {{Ubl|Regionalism|Populism}}

|Right-wing

|EAFD

| Gerhard Köfer

|{{Composition bar|5|440|{{party color|Team Carinthia}}}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Citizens' Forum Austria}}" |

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| Citizens' Forum Austria
{{lang|de|Bürgerforum Österreich }}

| FRITZ

| {{Ubl|Regionalism|Decentralization|Anti-corruption}}

|Centre

|EDP

| Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider

|{{Composition bar|3|440|{{party color|Citizens' Forum Austria}}}}

style="background-color: {{party color|MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights}}" |

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| MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights
{{lang|de|MFG Österreich – Menschen Freiheit Grundrechte

}}

| MFG

| {{Ubl|Vaccine hesitancy|Anti-lockdown}}

|Right-wing to far-right

|None

| Michael Brunner

|{{Composition bar|3|440|{{party color|MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights}}}}

= Parties which ran in the [[2024 Austrian legislative election|2024 legislative election]] and/or the [[2024 European Parliament election in Austria|2024 European elections]] =

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! colspan=2 | Logo

! Name

! {{tooltip|Abbr.|Abbreviation}}

! Ideology

!Position

!European Party

! Leader

style="background-color: {{party color|The Beer Party (Austria)}}" |

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| The Beer Party,
{{lang|de|Die Bierpartei}}

| BIER

| {{Ubl|Social liberalism|Political satire}}

|Centre

|None

|Dominik Wlazny

style="background-color: {{party color|Madeleine Petrovic List}}" |

| 60px

| Madeleine Petrovic List,
{{lang|de|Liste Madeleine Petrovic}}

| LMP

| {{Ubl|Green politics|Anti-vaccination}}

|Centre-left

| None

| Madeleine Petrovic

style="background-color: {{party color|Der Wandel}}" |

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| Change,
{{lang|de|Der Wandel }}

| KEINE

| {{Ubl|Post-capitalism|Pro-Europeanism|Progressivism}}

|Left-wing

|DiEM25

| Fayad Mulla

style="background-color: {{party color|Gaza List}}" |

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| Gaza List,
{{lang|de|Liste Gaza: Stimmen gegen den Völkermord}}

| GAZA

| {{Ubl|Palestinianism

}

|Far-left

|None

| Astrid Wagner

|-

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic – Neutral – Authentic}}" |

|

|Democratic – Neutral – Authentic,
{{lang|de|Demokratisch – Neutral – Authentisch}}

|DNA

|{{Ubl|Anti-lockdown|Anti-vaccination}}

|Right-wing

|ECR

|Maria Hubmer-Mogg

|-

|}

=Minor parties=

=Major historical parties=

=Minor historical parties=

See also

Further reading

  • {{cite journal

| last = Müller

| first = Wolfgang

|author2=Franz Fallend

|date= November 2004

| title = Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From Multipolar to Bipolar System

| journal = West European Politics

| volume = 27

| issue = 5

| pages = 801–835

| doi = 10.1080/0140238042000283319

| s2cid = 154550537

}}

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