List of political parties in Austria

This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 1,100 registered political parties,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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

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.

Logo		Name	Template:Tooltip	Ideology	Position	European Party	European Group	Leader	National Council Seats	Federal Council Seats	Landtag Seats	MEPs
Government
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Austrian People's Party, Template:Lang	ÖVP	Template:Ubl	Centre-right	EPP	EPP	Christian Stocker	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Social Democratic Party of Austria, Template:Lang	SPÖ	Template:Ubl	Centre-left	PES	S&D	Andreas Babler	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum, Template:Lang	NEOS	Template:Ubl	Centre	ALDE	RE	Beate Meinl-Reisinger	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
Opposition
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Freedom Party of Austria, Template:Lang	FPÖ	Template:Ubl	Right wing to Far - right	Patriots.eu	PfE	Herbert Kickl	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		The Greens – The Green Alternative, Template:Lang	GRÜNE	Template:Ubl	Centre-left to left-wing	EGP	G/EFA	Werner Kogler	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar

Parties represented in state parliaments

Logo		Name	Template:Tooltip	Ideology	Position	European Party	Leader	Landtag Seats
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Communist Party of Austria Template:Lang	KPÖ	Template:Ubl	Far-left	PEL	Günther Hopfgartner	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Team Carinthia Template:Lang	TK	Template:Ubl	Right-wing	EAFD	Gerhard Köfer	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Citizens' Forum Austria Template:Lang	FRITZ	Template:Ubl	Centre	EDP	Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights Template:Lang	MFG	Template:Ubl	Right-wing to far-right	None	Michael Brunner	Template:Composition bar

Parties which ran in the 2024 legislative election and/or the 2024 European elections

Logo		Name	Template:Tooltip	Ideology	Position	European Party	Leader
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		The Beer Party, Template:Lang	BIER	Template:Ubl	Centre	None	Dominik Wlazny
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Madeleine Petrovic List, Template:Lang	LMP	Template:Ubl	Centre-left	None	Madeleine Petrovic
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Change, Template:Lang	KEINE	Template:Ubl	Left-wing	DiEM25	Fayad Mulla
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Gaza List, Template:Lang	GAZA	Template:Ubl	Far-left	None	Astrid Wagner
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Democratic – Neutral – Authentic, Template:Lang	DNA	Template:Ubl	Right-wing	ECR	Maria Hubmer-Mogg

Minor parties

• Team HC Strache – Alliance for Austria (Template:Lang, HC)
• Alliance for the Future of Austria (Template:Lang, BZÖ)
• Black-Yellow Alliance (Template:Lang, SGA)
• Christian Party of Austria (Template:Lang, CPÖ)
• Template:Lang (Template:Lang, EL)
• My Vote Counts! (Template:Lang, G!LT)
• Neutral Free Austria Federation (Template:Lang, NFÖ)
• Party of Labour of Austria (Template:Lang, PdA)
• Pirate Party of Austria (Template:Lang, PPÖ)
• Revolutionary Communist Party (Template:Lang, RKP)
• Socialist Left Party (Template:Lang, SLP)
• The Social Liberals (Template:Lang, SoL)
• Volt Austria (Template:Lang)

Major historical parties

• Christian Social Party (Template:Lang, CS, 1893–1933)
• Country League (Template:Lang, 1918–1934)
• Greater German People's Party (Template:Lang, GDVP, 1918–1934)
• JETZT - Pilz List (Template:Lang, JETZT, 2017–2020)
• National Socialist German Workers' Party (Template:Lang, NSDAP, 1919–1945)
• Fatherland Front (Template:Lang, VF, 1933–1938)
• Federation of Independents (Template:Lang, VdU, 1949–1955)
• Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (Template:Lang, SDAPÖ, 1888–1934), predecessor of today's SPÖ
• Team Stronach (2012–2017)

Minor historical parties

• Communist Initiative (Template:Lang, 2004–2013)
• Communist League of Austria (Template:Lang, KBÖ, 1976–1980)
• Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party in the Republic of Austria (Template:Langx, 1919–1934)
• Democratic Party of Austria (Template:Lang, 1945–1949)
• Free Party Salzburg (Template:Lang, FPS, 2015–2019)
• Freedom Party in Carinthia (Template:Lang, FPK, 2009–2013)
• German-National Party (Template:Lang, 1891–1920)
• Jewish National Party (Template:Lang, 1892–1930)
• League of Democratic Socialists (Template:Lang, BDS, 1959)
• Liberal Forum (Template:Lang, LiF, 1993–2014)
• Marxist–Leninist Party of Austria (Template:Lang, MLPÖ, 1967–2006)
• The Democrats (Template:Lang, 1991–2002)
• The Independents (Template:Lang, DU, 1998–1999)
• Union of Revolutionary Workers of Austria (Marxist-Leninist) (Template:Lang, VRAÖ, 1968–2005)

See also

• History of Austria
• Liberalism in Austria
• List of political parties by country
• Politics of Austria

Further reading

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