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total voters: 7,868,079
total votes: 6,396,812

2010 Danish General Election

First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Laugesson Lars Hesselboe Birgitte Nyborg Party Labour Liberal Moderates Seats before 47 48 16 Seats after 35 32 31 Seat change 10 12 15   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Svend Åge Saltum Yvonne Kjær Amir Diwan Party Freedom New Right Greens Seats before 25 19 16 Seats after 29 25 17 Seat change 4 6 1   Seventh party   Leader Anne Lindenkrone Party Solidarity Seats before 4 Seats after 6 Seat change 2

Elected Prime Minister TBD

Party		Votes	%
	CDU	331,067	42.58
	SPD	265,516	34.15
	GRU	74,472	9.58
	LEF	50,132	6.45
	FDP	36,953	4.75
	DVU	6,354	0.82
	OTH	13,037	1.68
Total		777,531	100.00

Party		Votes	%
	SPD	580,422	54.14
	CDU	200,700	18.72
	PDS	200,628	18.72
	DVU	0	0.00
	GRU	31,033	2.89
	FDP	23,541	2.20
	OTH	35,685	3.33
Total		1,072,009	100.00

Austria 2024

2024 Austrian legislative election

21 August 2024
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	81.3% ( 5.7pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Herbert Kickl Andreas Babler Karl Nehammer Party FPÖ SPÖ ÖVP Last election 16.2%, 31 seats 21.2%, 40 seats 37.5%, 71 seats Seats won 50 44 38 Seat change 19 4 33 Popular vote 1,669,568 1,464,870 1,266,569 Percentage 26.1% 22.9% 19.8% Swing 10.1pp 1.7pp 17.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Werner Kogler Beate Meinl-Reisinger Dominik Wlazny Party Greens NEOS BIER Last election 13.9%, 26 seats 8.1%, 15 seats 0.1%, 0 seats Seats won 19 19 13 Seat change 7 4 13 Popular vote 652,475 646,078 441,380 Percentage 10.2% 10.1% 6.9% Swing 3.7pp 2.0pp 6.8pp
Chancellor before election Karl Nehammer ÖVP Chancellor after election Andreas Babler SPÖ

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Freedom Party of Austria	1,669,568	26.14	9.97	50	19
	Social Democratic Party of Austria	1,464,870	22.94	1.76	44	4
	Austrian People's Party	1,266,569	19.83	17.63	38	33
	The Greens – The Green Alternative	652,475	10.22	3.68	19	7
	NEOS	646,078	10.12	2.02	19	4
	BIER	441,380	6.91	6.81	13	13
	KPÖ Plus	236,043	3.70	3.01	0
	Others	10,025	0.16		–	–
Total		6,387,008	100.00	–	183	–
Valid votes		6,387,008	99.85
Invalid/blank votes		9,804	0.15
Total votes		6,396,812	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,868,079	81.30

Aftermath

The incumbent ÖVP-Greens government lost its majority, and a massive upset occurred with the Freedom Party of Austria being the party with the largest share of seats in the National Council. An unprecedented turn of events saw the formerly satirical Beer Party gain a shocking 13 seats in the Council, leading to speculation as to whether or not they may be part of the cabinet to provide a centre-left majority.

Following Beer Party leader's Dominik Wlazny's most recent bid for President being far more serious than satirical, as was his party's first run for the National Council in the 2019 election, his party's platform had become one of civil libertarianism, drug liberalisation, and social liberalism, placing it on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum for the 2024 election.

SPÖ leader Andreas Babler ruled out both a coalition with Kickl's FPÖ and a potential confidence and supply agreement, stating, "Kickl is a man who has no respect for rule of law and European values, I refuse to support him for the role of Chancellor." Shortly after, Greens leader Werner Kogler echoed Babler's sentiment, saying, "I don't believe there is any compromise that can be made with Kickl to allow me to support him as the leader of our country, his anti-environmentalist stances among many other issues disqualifies him from co-operating with the Greens.

President Alexander Van der Bellen appointed Herbert Kickl as the formateur, surprising the populace who'd assumed his overt criticism of Kickl and the FPÖ in the past would have stopped him from doing so.

Government formation

Kickl began by approaching the ÖVP, suggesting a repeat of the coalition following the 2017 election, but with the junior and senior partner positions reversed. Nehammer was hesitant to draw up any conclusive coalition agreements, claiming that he doesn't want to be part of a minority government, suggesting to Kickl to approach NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger about the possibility of forming a majority in the National Council.

Meinl-Resinger was brought into coalition talks the following week, and negotiations began between the 3 parties. Meinl-Reisinger strongly advocated for strengthening Austria's ties to the EU, while Kickl was firmly against it, sticking to his campaign promise of Austria withdrawing from the Eurozone. Nehammer tried to find an even compromise that all three parties could agree upon, but failed, with NEOS leaving the coalition talks only 2 weeks after they began. Nehammer subsequently broke off negotiations as well, his desire to have a majority in the National Council being the stated reason.

Kickl informed Van der Bellen that he was unable to form government, and recommended Nehammer for the position in his place. This was frowned upon as Babler of the SPÖ had more seats than Nehammer's ÖVP, leading to speculation that Kickl's recommendation was out of spite for Babler, due to the remarks he made about Kickl after the election.

Van der Bellen opted to appoint Babler as the next formateur, against the recommendation of Kickl.

Coalition talks re-opened with the SPÖ approaching the Greens and NEOS, to discuss a potential centre-left minority government with support from the Beer Party. NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger was hesitant to ally solely with left-wing parties, instead suggesting a grand coalition with SPÖ, NEOS, and the ÖVP.

Discussion began with the three parties despite Meinl-Reisinger's concerns, and preliminary agreements were drawn up. However, Meinl-Reisinger was still reluctant to form a minority cabinet, especially with only left-wing parties, so in a controversial move, Babler added Wlazny to the negotiations, discussing a majority cabinet, alleviating Meinl-Reisinger's concerns about a minority government, whilst providing another party closer to the centre to the discussions.

The second round of negotiations were a success, with a centre-left majority coalition being formed. Babler presented his government to President Van der Bellen and was sworn in as Chancellor, with Meinl-Reisinger being his pick for Vice-Chancellor.