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November 25, 2002
Preliminary Results of the Austrian National Elections of November
24, 2002
Social Democrats 1,729,586 (36.90%, 69 seats)
Freedom Party 476,325 (10.16%, 19 seats)
Christian Democrats 1,981,213 (42.27%, 79 seats)
The Greens 419,957 (8.96%, 16 seats)
Communist Party 26,763 (0.57%, 0 seats)
Liberal Forum 45,568 (0.97%, 0 seats)
80.48% of the eligible voters participated in the elections. After
the count of the absentee ballots within a few days, the Ministry of
the Interior will announce the final results of the elections.
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