Austrian People's Party
Conservative political party in Austria
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| January 5 2025 | Christian Stocker becomes the Chair of the Austrian People's Party, assuming the highest leadership position within the party. |
| 2024 | Andreas Babler leads the party in the National Council election, winning 21.14% of votes and 1 seat, with government formation yet to be determined. |
| 2024 | Won 21.1% of votes in the Austrian legislative election, securing 40 of 183 seats in the National Council. |
| 2024 | The party participated in the European Parliament election, receiving 818,287 votes (23.22%) and maintaining their existing seat, ranking third. |
| 2024 | SPÖ wins just 21.1% in the Austrian legislative election, marking its worst result ever in the National Council. |
| 2023 | Continuing trend of reduced national support, with 21.2% in national elections and mixed regional performance, including a notable result in Carinthia at 38.9%. |
| 2023 | Andreas Babler succeeds Pamela Rendi-Wagner as the SPÖ chairperson |
| June 2023 | Andreas Babler became the party leader. |
| March 15 2023 | A heated party executive meeting leads to a call for a new party leadership election, with a surprise candidacy from Andreas Babler. |
| December 3 2021 | Karl Nehammer assumes the role of Chair of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) |
| October 23 2021 | The newly-elected state parliament convened, with Governor Thomas Stelzer re-elected by 41 out of 55 votes. The ÖVP–FPÖ coalition government was confirmed, comprising 33 deputies, with additional cross-party support likely from the Greens and NEOS. |
| October 20 2021 | ÖVP and FPÖ successfully concluded coalition talks and announced their agreement to renew their coalition. The coalition contract was approved by both party committees on the same day, focusing on renewable energy, public transportation, research, economic development, and migration integration. |
| September 26 2021 | Upper Austrian state election held to elect members of the Landtag. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remained the largest party with small gains. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) suffered losses, dropping from 31% to 20% of votes. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) maintained third place with 19% and 11 seats. The Greens improved to over 12%. NEOS entered the Landtag for the first time with 4%, and the anti-vaccination MFG party unexpectedly won 3 seats with 6% of the vote. |
| 2020 | Stefan Kaineder becomes State Councillor of Upper Austria |
| 2020 | The party maintains its reduced national support while seeing variations in regional election results, including a strong performance in Burgenland at 49.9%. |
| 2020 | In the Vienna state election, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) increased its vote share to 41.6%, while the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) doubled its vote share to 20.4%. |
| January 2020 | SPÖ regains absolute majority in the Burgenland state election, with Hans Peter Doskozil becoming Governor. |
| 2019 | Stefan Kaineder becomes Spokesman of The Greens Upper Austria |
| 2019 | Andreas Schieder led the party in the European Parliament election, receiving 903,151 votes (23.89%) and maintaining their existing seat. |
| 2019 | Pamela Rendi-Wagner leads the party, winning 21.18% of votes and losing 12 seats, continuing in opposition. |
| 2019 | Electoral support declines to 21.2% nationally, indicating challenges for the Social Democratic Party of Austria. |
| 2019 | In the Vorarlberg state election, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) received 9.5% of the vote, which was a 0.7% increase from the previous election. The conservative ÖVP, led by governor Markus Wallner, won approximately 45% of the votes. |
| 2019 | SPÖ loses 12 seats in the Austrian legislative election, shrinking to 21.2% of the vote. |
| 2018 | In the Tyrolean state election, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) received 17.3% of votes, losing to the conservative ÖVP led by Governor Günther Platter, who won 44.3% of the total vote. |
| 2018 | Pamela Rendi-Wagner becomes the SPÖ chairperson |
| 2017 | Became the primary opposition to ÖVP governments. |
| 2017 | The party sees a slight national electoral recovery, increasing to 26.9% in national elections. |
| 2017 | Christian Kern leads the party in the National Council election, winning 26.86% of votes, moving into opposition. |
| May 15 2017 | Sebastian Kurz becomes Chair of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), serving through multiple Chancellors including Christian Kern (SPÖ), Brigitte Bierlein (Independent), and himself |
| April 6 2017 | Josef Pühringer resigned after 22 years in office, and Thomas Stelzer succeeded him as Governor. Stelzer was elected by the Landtag with 51 of 55 votes. |
| 2016 | Birgit Gerstorfer becomes Chairwoman of SPÖ Upper Austria |
| 2016 | Birgit Gerstorfer becomes State Councillor of Upper Austria |
| 2016 | Rudolf Hundstorfer ran for presidency, placing fourth with only 11.3% of votes. |
| 2016 | Christian Kern replaces Werner Faymann as SPÖ chairperson |
| 2015 | Manfred Haimbuchner becomes Deputy Governor of Upper Austria |
| 2015 | In the state election, the ÖVP and SPÖ suffered major losses to the FPÖ, which doubled its vote share to 30% and became the second largest party. Following this result, the ÖVP signed a working agreement with the FPÖ. |
| 2015 | Party experiences shifts in regional support, with notable changes in provincial election results, particularly in Lower Austria and Vienna. |
| 2015 | In the State elections, the SPÖ lost the governorship of Styria to the ÖVP, with Hermann Schützenhöfer becoming the new governor (Landeshauptmann). |
| 2015 | SPÖ enters an unusual coalition with the FPÖ in Burgenland. |
| 2014 | Eugen Freund led the party in the European Parliament election, receiving 680,180 votes (24.09%) and losing 1 seat. |
| November 8 2014 | Reinhold Mitterlehner becomes Chair of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), serving during the Chancellorships of Werner Faymann and Christian Kern of SPÖ |
| 2013 | The SPÖ lost its majority to the ÖVP in the state elections. Subsequently, Wilfried Haslauer jun. from the ÖVP became the governor (Landeshauptmann). |
| 2013 | The party sees a notable electoral performance, achieving 26.8% at the national level and maintaining strong regional results across multiple provinces. |
| May 20 2011 | Michael Spindelegger takes over as Chair of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), during Werner Faymann's SPÖ Chancellorship |
| 2010 | Heinz Fischer won the presidential election with 79.3% of votes. |
| 2010 | Social Democratic Party of Austria maintains significant regional support, with strong performances in European Union elections (23.7%) and various provincial elections. |
| 2010 | SPÖ loses its absolute majority in the Burgenland state election. |
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