List of political parties in Austria

This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 700 registered political parties, 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

Parties represented in Parliament or the European Parliament

There are six parties represented in the National Council.

Five of the parties in the National Council (all but the NEOS) are also represented in the Federal Council.

Five of the six parties in the National Council (all but Team Stronach) are represented in the European Parliament.

Logo		Name	Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	NR	BR	MEP
	Link to logo	Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	SPÖ	Social democracy	Christian Kern	52	22	5
	Link to logo	Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei	ÖVP	Conservatism, Christian democracy	Reinhold Mitterlehner	47	25	5
		Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs	FPÖ	Right-wing populism, National conservatism	Heinz-Christian Strache	40	9	4
		The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative	GRÜNE	Green politics, Social progressivism	Eva Glawischnig	24	4	3
	Link to logo	Team Stronach Team Stronach	Stronach	Euroscepticism, Economic liberalism	Frank Stronach	11	1	0
		NEOS – The New Austria NEOS – Das Neue Österreich	NEOS	Liberalism	Matthias Strolz	9	0	1

Parties represented in state parliaments

• Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich) (BZÖ)
• Citizens' Forum Austria (Bürgerforum Österreich)(FRITZ)
• Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) (KPÖ)
• Forward Tyrol (Vorwärts Tirol)
• List Burgenland (Liste Burgenland) (LBL))

Minor parties

• Animal Rights Party (Tierrechtspartei) (TRP)
• Black-Yellow Alliance (Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz) (SGA)
• Christian Electoral Community (Christliche Wählergemeinschaft) (CWG)
• Christian Party of Austria (Christliche Partei Österreichs) (CPÖ)
• Enotna Lista (Unity List) (EL)
• EU Exit Party (EU-Austrittspartei) (EUAUS)
• Left (Linke) (LINKE)
• Neutral Free Austria Federation (Bündnis Neutrales Freies Österreich) (NFÖ)
• Party of Labour of Austria (PdA)
• Pirate Party of Austria (Piratenpartei Österreichs) (PPÖ)
• Save Austria (Rettet Österreich) (RETTÖ)
• Socialist Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei) (SLP)
• The Social Liberals (Die Sozialliberalen) (SoL)

Major historical parties

• Christian Social Party (Christlichsoziale Partei) (CS) (1893–1933)
• Country League (Landbund) (1918–1934)
• Greater German People's Party (Großdeutsche Volkspartei) (GDVP) (1918–1934)
• National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) (NSDAP) (1919–1945)
• Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front) (VF) (1933–1938)
• Federation of Independents (Verband der Unabhängigen) (VdU) (1949–1955)
• Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs) (SDAPÖ) (1888–1934), predecessor of today's SPÖ

Minor historical parties

• Communist Initiative (2004–2013)
• Communist League of Austria (Kommunistischer Bund Österreichs) (KBÖ) (1976–1980)
• Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party in the Republic of Austria
• Freedomites in Carinthia (2009–2013
• German National Party (Deutsche Nationalpartei) 1891
• Jewish National Party
• League of Democratic Socialists (Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten) (BDS)
• Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum) (LiF)
• Marxist-Leninist Party of Austria (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Österreichs) (MLPÖ)
• The Democrats (Die Demokraten)
• The Independents (Die Unabhängigen) (DU)
• Union of Revolutionary Workers of Austria (Marxist-Leninist) (Vereinigung Revolutionärer Arbeiter Österreichs (Marxisten-Leninisten)) (VRAÖ))

See also

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

Further reading

• Müller, Wolfgang; Franz Fallend (November 2004). "Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From Multipolar to Bipolar System". West European Politics. 27 (5): 801–835. doi:10.1080/0140238042000283319.