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1998 Austrian presidential election

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1998 Austrian presidential election

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Nominee Thomas Klestil Gertraud Knoll [de]
Party Independent (ÖVP) Independent (Greens)
Popular vote 2,644,034 566,551
Percentage 63.42% 13.59%

 
Nominee Heide Schmidt Richard Lugner
Party LiF DU
Home state Vienna Vienna
Popular vote 464,625 413,066
Percentage 11.14% 9.91%


President before election

Thomas Klestil
Independent (ÖVP)

President-Elect

Thomas Klestil
Independent (ÖVP)

Presidential elections were held in Austria on 19 April 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the incumbent, President Thomas Klestil, who sought re-election as an independent candidate. The Austrian People's Party, who had originally put him up in 1992, reluctantly supported him again, while the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the Austrian Freedom Party did not propose any competing candidates. Klestil's competitors were Heide Schmidt, leader of the Liberal Forum, Gertraud Knoll, the former Lutheran superintendent of Burgenland (supported by the Greens), socialite Richard Lugner and Karl Walter Nowak.

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Thomas KlestilIndependent (ÖVP)2,644,03463.42
Gertraud Knoll [de]Independent (Greens)566,55113.59
Heide SchmidtLiberal Forum464,62511.14
Richard LugnerThe Independents413,0669.91
Karl Walter Nowak [de]Independent81,0431.94
Total4,169,319100.00
Valid votes4,169,31995.82
Invalid/blank votes181,9534.18
Total votes4,351,272100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,848,58474.40
Source: Ministry of Interior

By state

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State Klestil Knoll Schmidt Lugner Nowak Electorate Votes Valid votes Invalid votes
Burgenland 114,377 31,499 12,127 12,285 1,950 214,827 181,099 172,238 8,861
Lower Austria 591,163 110,350 84,058 87,964 15,869 1,136,258 929,330 889,404 39,926
Vienna 347,453 98,427 121,502 94,759 11,600 1,116,014 699,299 673,741 25,558
Carinthia 194,802 38,639 24,314 28,493 4,153 425,185 305,195 290,401 14,794
Styria 425,966 70,763 54,456 54,454 12,524 915,471 640,995 618,163 22,832
Upper Austria 461,139 107,460 65,867 55,146 14,444 989,228 733,913 704,056 29,857
Salzburg 164,498 34,743 27,219 13,829 4,930 355,521 255,476 245,219 10,257
Tirol 217,490 41,178 40,328 45,079 8,508 467,615 369,823 352,583 17,240
Vorarlberg 110,023 26,908 28,613 19,401 6,740 228,465 203,790 191,685 12,105
Source: European Election Database Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine

References

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