Austrian People's Party
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The Austrian People's Party (German : Österreichische Volkspartei , shortenend to ÖVP ) is one of the biggest parties in Austria . It was founded in 1945. Its name roughly translates to Austrian People's party. It has about 630,000 members. Its views are often center-right. This means it often has conservative views on the matters at hand. Many of its voters are Catholics . It is against moderate socialism , which is embodied by the other big party, the SPÖ .
Former Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel is a member of this party. Former Minister of the Interior Liese Prokop (died 2006) was also a member.
Leaders of the party
Leopold Kunschak (1945-1945)Leopold Figl (1945-1952)Julius Raab (1952-1960)Alfons Gorbach (1960-1963)Josef Klaus (1963-1970)Hermann Withalm (1970-1971)Karl Schleinzer (1971-1975)Josef Taus (1975-1979)Alois Mock (1979-1989)Josef Riegler (1989-1991)Erhard Busek (1991-1995)Wolfgang Schüssel (1995-2007)Wilhelm Molterer (2007-2008)Josef Pröll (2008-2011)Michael Spindelegger (2011- 2014)Reinhold Mitterlehner (2014 - 2017)Sebastian Kurz (2017 -) [ 1]
Election results
National Council
National Council of Austria
Election year
# of total votes
% of overall vote
# of seats
Government
1945
1,602,227 (1st )
49.8%
85 (1st )
ÖVP-SPÖ-KPÖ Majority
1949
1,846,581 (1st )
44.0%
77 (1st )
ÖVP-SPÖ Majority
1953
1,781,777 (2nd)
41.3%
74 (1st )
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
1956
1,999,986 (1st )
46.0
82 (1st )
ÖVP-SPÖ Majority
1959
1,928,043 (2nd)
44.2%
79 (1st )
ÖVP-SPÖ Majority
1962
2,024,501 (1st )
45.4%
81 (1st )
ÖVP-SPÖ Majority
1966
2,191,109 (1st )
48.3%
85 (1st )
ÖVP Majority
1970
2,051,012 (2nd)
44.7%
78 (2nd)
in opposition
1971
1,964,713 (2nd)
43.1%
80 (2nd)
in opposition
1975
1,981,291 (2nd)
42.9%
80 (2nd)
in opposition
1979
1,981,739 (2nd)
41.9%
77 (2nd)
in opposition
1983
2,097,808 (2nd)
43.2%
81 (2nd)
in opposition
1986
2,003,663 (2nd)
41.3%
77 (2nd)
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
1990
1,508,600 (2nd)
32.1%
60 (2nd)
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
1994
1,281,846 (2nd)
27.7%
52 (2nd)
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
1995
1,370,510 (2nd)
28.3%
52 (2nd)
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
1999
1,243,672 (3rd)
26.9%
52 (2nd)
ÖVP-FPÖ Majority
2002
2,076,833 (1st )
42.3%
79 (1st )
ÖVP-FPÖ Majority
2006
1,616,493 (2nd)
34.3%
66 (2nd)
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
2008
1,269,656 (2nd)
26.0%
51 (2nd)
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
2013
1,125,876 (2nd)
24.0%
47 (2nd)
SPÖ-ÖVP Majority
2017
1,341,930 (1st)
31.4%
62 (1st)
ÖVP-FPÖ Majority
European Parliament
European Parliament
Election year
# of total votes
% of overall vote
# of seats
1996
1,124,921 (1st )
29.7%
7
1999
859,175 (2nd)
30.7%
7
2004
817,716 (2nd)
32.7%
6
2009
858,921 (1st )
30.0%
6
2014
761,896 (1st )
27.0%
5
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