2002 Austrian legislative election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002,<ref>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p197 Template:ISBN</ref> after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) emerged as the largest party, winning 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, pp219-220</ref> It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which lost almost two-thirds of its seats.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p179</ref> Voter turnout was 84%.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p217</ref>

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council.

Name			Ideology	Leader	1999 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria Template:Small	Social democracy	File:Alfred Gusenbauer 26.10.2008 (cropped).jpg Alfred Gusenbauer	33.2%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	FPÖ	Freedom Party of Austria Template:Small	Right-wing populism Euroscepticism	File:Silver - replace this image male cropped.png Herbert Haupt	26.9%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	ÖVP	Austrian People's Party Template:Small	Christian democracy	File:W Schuessel7.jpg Wolfgang Schüssel	26.9%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	GRÜNE	The Greens Template:Small	Green politics	File:Alexander Van der Bellen1.jpg Alexander Van der Bellen	7.4%	Template:Composition bar

Results

Results by state

State	ÖVP	SPÖ	FPÖ	Grüne	Others
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Template:Flag	42.4	45.8	6.4	4.7	0.7
Template:Flag	30.5	38.3	23.6	6.2	1.4
Template:Flag	47.8	36.8	6.9	7.2	1.3
Template:Flag	42.6	37.0	10.4	8.7	1.3
Template:Flag	46.7	30.8	10.7	10.4	1.4
Template:Flag	44.6	37.0	9.6	7.0	1.8
Template:Flag	51.9	24.5	10.0	11.6	2.0
Template:Flag	49.2	20.1	13.0	14.5	3.2
Template:Flag	30.7	43.8	8.0	15.1	2.4
Template:Flag	42.3	36.5	10.0	9.5	1.7
Source: Austrian Interior Ministry

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