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	Austria POLITICAL PARTIES
		In the elections of 24 April 1983, dominated by economic issues, the SPÖ (with 47.8% of the vote) won 90 seats, down from 95 in 1979; the ÖVP (with 43.21%) 81; and the FPÖ (with 4.97%) 12.
		Following the election of Kurt Waldheim to the presidency in June 1986, Sinowatz resigned and was succeeded by Franz Vranitzky, a former finance minister.
		Following parliamentary elections on 23 November 1986, a new government was sworn in on 21 January 1987, with Vranitzky from the SPÖ as chancellor and Alois Mock, FPÖ chairman, as vice-chancellor and prime minister.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Austria-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html (831 words)

	The Ultimate Elections in Austria - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Elections in Austria gives information on election and election results in Austria.
		Austria elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
		Austria has a multi-party system, with two strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Elections_in_Austria (113 words)

	GENERAL ELECTIONS IN AUSTRIA,
		Austria is run with the "Proporzsystem", a code whereby the two main parties share the positions in the public sector equally.
		The general elections on 1st October next are the second since Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel caused a crisis within the EU by joining forces with the Liberal Party led by Jörg Haider in February 2000.
		The Alliance for the Future of Austria is adamant about being called "liberal", a term which is rejected by the Liberal Party which has had this name since its creation in 1956, the exclusive use of which it aims to keep.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/autriche/legislatives/default.htm (2796 words)

	Austria (09/06)
		The present boundaries of Austria, once the center of the Habsburg Empire that constituted the second-largest state in Europe, formed in accordance with the Treaty of St. Germain in 1919.
		Austria is active in the United Nations and experienced in UN peacekeeping efforts.
		Austria traditionally has been active in "bridge-building to the east," increasing contacts at all levels with eastern Europe and the states of the former Soviet Union.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3165.htm (3201 words)

	restless.: the austrian elections
		elections for the national council were held yesterday, 1 october 2006, in austria.
		the elections were held for the parliament, the legislative power of the republic of austria.
		Austria's Social Democrats scored a narrow upset victory over the ruling conservatives in a national election on Sunday that also brought a surge of rightist parties demanding a crackdown on immigrants.
	simone.nomadlife.org /2006/10/austrian-elections.aspx (348 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Austria - Elections to the Nationalrat
		The Parliament of the Republic of Austria is composed of a lower house, the Nationalrat or National Council, whose members are directly elected by universal adult suffrage, and an upper house, the Bundesrat or Federal Council, whose members are appointed by the legislatures of the Länder or states of Austria.
		For the distribution of constituency seats, the Hagenbach-Bischoff rule was replaced by the Hare method, in which the electoral quota is calculated by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of seats to be filled; unallocated seats continued to be apportioned by the d'Hondt rule.
		After the State Treaty of 1955 made Austria fully sovereign (as well as neutral), and Soviet troops withdrew from the eastern part of the country, the KPÖ's fortunes declined: in 1959 it lost the few seats it held in the National Council, and in subsequent elections it gradually lost most of its remaining support.
	electionresources.org /at (1598 words)

	general elections in austria
		Immediately the Union imposed unprecedented political sanctions on Austria in an attempt to isolate Jörg Haider's movement, the members of which were appointed to the posts of Vice Chancellor, Minister of Finance, Defence, Transport, Infrastructures, Social Affairs as well as Secretary of State for Health and Tourism.
		In 1986 the distribution of the vote dropped to 86% and reached 66% during the general elections in 1995.
		Austria is however one of the European Union's country's with the lowest birth rate, also this social policy led to an increase in ambulance fees and the taxation of daily compensation granted to people who have accidents.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/autriche/default.htm (1980 words)

	Austria brings forward elections to October 1 - Boston.com
		Austria brought forward general elections to October 1 on Wednesday, kick-starting a campaign which is set to focus on the parties' economic track records and may lead to acrimonious coalition negotiations.
		VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria brought forward general elections to October 1 on Wednesday, kick-starting a campaign which is set to focus on the parties' economic track records and may lead to acrimonious coalition negotiations.
		The elections take place against the backdrop of an economy set to grow faster than the European average this year, boosted by exports and trade with booming central and eastern Europe, for which Vienna has become a business and banking hub.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/07/12/austria_brings_forward_elections_to_october_1?mode=PF (453 words)

	National Council of Austria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For the purpose of National Council elections, Austria is divided into nine regional electoral districts corresponding to the nine states of Austria.
		Austria's federal constitution defines Austria to be a presidential democracy: the executive branch of government is supposed to be headed by the president and not to be answerable to the legislative branch.
		Austria accordingly functions as a parliamentary democracy: for all intents and purposes, the cabinet is subject to approval by the National Council, the President being little more than a figurehead.
	national-council-of-austria.iqnaut.net (1037 words)

	The Militant - Vol.63/No.36 - October 18, 1999 -- Ultrarightist gains in Austria elections
		Reflecting the growing polarization of politics in Austria the Greens also gained, rising from 4.8 percent in 1995 to 7.1 percent now, while the Liberal Forum fell from 5.5 percent to 2.9 percent and will not be seated in parliament.
		This puts Austria's military capacity and alliances, as well as the issue of refugees from the Yugoslav wars, at the top of the political agenda.
		Austria "was not a Nazi country before these elections and is not one after them," he stated.
	www.themilitant.com /1999/6336/633647.html (1019 words)

	Politics of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of the beginning of the twenty-first century, Austria's Second Republic presents itself as a stable federal republic with a written constitution, governed according to the principles of representative democracy and the rule of law.
		Aside from the fact that the states of Austria lack an independent judiciary on the one hand and that their autonomy is largely notional on the other hand, Austria's government structure is surprisingly similar to that of incomparably larger federal republics such as Germany or the United States.
		Austria's head of state is the Bundespräsident (Federal President), elected by popular vote for a term of six years and limited to two terms of office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Austria (2154 words)

	State elections in Austria - Landslide victory for right-wing extremists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1993 he initiated a referendum "Austria First!", which called for the rigorous expulsion of foreigners and asylum-seekers as part of a sweeping campaign against Austria's "überfremdung" (literally, "swamping with foreigners").
		The recent election victory in Kärnten was also surprising because just last year the FPÖ was in a deep crisis and Haider had only been able to cling onto the leadership with great difficulty.
		Despite certain exceptional circumstances in Austria, the election must be seen in the context of contemporary European and international relations.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/mar1999/aus-m13.shtml (1670 words)

	GENERAL ELECTIONS IN AUSTRIA,
		This election in which seven political parties have been given permission to participate is the second since Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (Popular Party, ÖVP) caused a crisis within the EU by joining forces with the Liberal Party (FPÖ) led by Jörg Haider in 2000.
		Finally the ecologists would like to end Austria's dependency on fossil fuels by 2050 and to do this they are proposing a development programme of alternative energies and the elaboration of a plan to go hand in hand with the necessary change in energy consumption habits over the next few years.
		According to the polls around half of the electorate is ready to vote for a different party from the one they voted for in the last general election on 24th November 2002.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/autriche/legislatives/default2.htm (1471 words)

	Austria Elections and Parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The outcome of the four parliamentary elections between 1955 and 1970 hinged on relatively small changes in the division of the votes.
		Prior to the 1966 election, the share of the vote received by the ÖVP fluctuated between 44 and 46 percent.
		Schärf, who had been chairman of the SPÖ since 1945, handily won the 1957 election and was reelected in 1963.
	www.country-studies.com /austria/elections-and-parties.html (397 words)

	AUSTRIA:THE 1999 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS' SANCTIONS
		Austria is a small country in central Europe with a population of approximately eight million.
		After the sanctions towards Austria were dropped on September 12, 2000, the EU Member States were left with the decision of whether to adopt new legislation outlining procedures to be taken to uphold common EU values.
		Austria asserted its status as a democratic nation with its own political and legal safeguards, and the report issued by the three “wise [*PG124]men” affirmed this contention.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/law/lwsch/journals/bciclr/25_1/04_TXT.htm (3707 words)

	Austria: Right win elections but significant vote for Socialists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The early general elections in Austria held on 24 November saw a huge victory for the conservative Peoples party (ÖVP) of chancellor Schüssel, getting 42,3 % and becoming the largest party for the first time since 1966.
		The election budget of the SLP was 1,500 euro, while the established parties spent up to 52 million euro.
		The result shows the lack of enthusiasm for the social democratic party and is an expression of the growing desire for a real alternative.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2002/12/07austria.html (274 words)

	Austria: Election shock for reformer Schüssel \| European Union Elections
		Pollsters were the biggest loser at the Austrian elections, as their pre-election day surveys were completely innacurate.
		It looks likely that Austria will follow the German example and could be led by a "grand" coalition of the Social-Democrats of Gusenbauer and the Christian-Democrats.
		A first analysis of the election results has indicated that Gusenbauer's SPÖ won the elections on issues such as social justice, education and health.
	www.euractiv.com /en/elections/austria-election-shock-reformer-schussel/article-158382 (300 words)

	Bundesministerium für Inneres - Elections Overview
		Austria is a democratic republic whose law emanates from the people.
		All elections are in accordance with the principles of universal, equal, direct, secret, free, and personal right to vote.
		In Austria, there is no need to apply for registration as all citizens with a permanent residence in the country are kept in a permanent register, maintained by the municipalities
	www.bmi.gv.at /wahlen/elections_overview.asp (329 words)

	Austria after the elections: Social democracy in crisis
		This was based on a policy of privatisations, cuts in public spending to reduce the national debt to qualify for European Monetary Union, flexibility of the labour market and the beginnings of a reform of the pensions system.
		In the election campaign the "spin doctors" in the SP headquarters gave the party the image of being the only political force capable of guaranteeing stability and the continuation of the "Austrian way".
		It cannot be excluded that sooner or later there will have to be new elections.
	www.marxist.com /Europe/austrianelections99.html (1216 words)

	Elections in Austria: The Haider Menace
		Although Austria's Constitution (1920/29) is still quite similar to the unlucky code of Weimar (1919), the postwar development of Austrian democracy has been characterized by surprising stability, thanks to the responsibility and collaboration of the two major parties, the Christian Democrat ÖVP and the Socialist SPÖ, which often governed the country in a grand coalition.
		With the recent elections of 3rd October 1999, however, the postwar era of Austrian politics could be turning.
		Winner of the elections was the opposition FPÖ led by Jörg Haider, the xenophobic enfant terrible of Austrian politics.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/european_politics/27263 (462 words)

	Austria's government resigns after losing election - iht,europe,Austria Elections - Europe - International Herald ...
		VIENNA, Austria Austria's government resigned Tuesday, two days after the center-right coalition lost parliamentary elections, but will remain in office until a new government is formed.
		Fischer is not expected to ask the winner to form a new government until the final results of Sunday's election are announced Monday.
		On Monday, Gusenbauer said he did not consider a coalition with the Freedom Party, which campaigned on an anti-immigrant platform, and the rightist Alliance for the Future of Austria as "reasonable" and acknowledged that forming a new government would not be easy.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/03/europe/EU_POL_Austria_Elections.php (522 words)

	euro\|topics - Press review - Archive - A grand coalition for Austria?
		Contradicting all election forecasts, the opposition Social Democrats under the leadership of Alfred Gusenbauer have won Austria's parliamentary elections.
		Reinhard Olt examines why right-wing extremists were able to win around 15 percent of the vote in the Austrian elections: "Telling themselves that the 'bogeyman of Islam' and the widespread feeling of discontent with alleged EU centralism guided many voters at the ballot won't be of any great consolation to the major parties.
		In Austria, too, the negotiations for the formation of a new government could go on for months, but in the end the country will have a functioning government.
	www.eurotopics.net /en/presseschau/archiv/archiv_dossier/DOSSIER10658 (654 words)

	Bundesministerium für Inneres - Elections Electoral Authorities
		The Federal Electoral Board is in charge of elections to the National Council, the European Parliament, the office of Federal President, referenda (“Volksabstimmung”), and public opinion polls (“Volksbefragung”).
		The number of members of a local election authority depends on whether or not a community is further divided into sub-areas (precinct electoral authorities) for the purpose of an election.
		If the election authority of the municipality functions as the local authority, the number of members is 9 plus one chairperson.
	www.bmi.gv.at /Wahlen/elections_authorities.asp (734 words)

	Austria gov't resigns after elections - NewsAlerts.com
		VIENNA, Austria - The head of the Social Democrats, which won the most seats in Austrian elections, said Monday he was considering inviting either the center-right People's Party or the leftist Greens to hold coalition talks.
		Austria's opposition Social Democrats won nationwide elections on Sunday, the government said, swinging the country to the center-left after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.
		The surprise winner of Austria's election is considering how to form a governing coalition, but says he has ruled out allying with the far-right.
	www.newsalerts.com /full/699/austria-gov-t-resigns-after-elections.html (597 words)

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