| Country: | Austria |
| Flag Year: | state |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Austrian presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Austrian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | 19 April 1998 |
| Image1: | Thomas_Klestil_1.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Thomas Klestil |
| Party1: | Independent (ÖVP) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,644,034 |
| Percentage1: | 63.42% |
| Color1: | 000000 |
| Nominee2: | Gertraud Knoll |
| Party2: | Independent (Greens) |
| Popular Vote2: | 566,551 |
| Percentage2: | 13.59% |
| Color2: | 6BA325 |
| Image4: | Heide Schmidt Wien2008.jpg |
| Nominee4: | Heide Schmidt |
| Party4: | Liberal Forum |
| Home State4: | Vienna |
| Popular Vote4: | 464,625 |
| Percentage4: | 11.14% |
| Image5: | Gassenhuber lugner (cropped).jpg |
| Party5: | The Independents (Austria) |
| Home State5: | Vienna |
| Popular Vote5: | 413,066 |
| Percentage5: | 9.91% |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | President-Elect |
| Before Election: | Thomas Klestil |
| Before Party: | Independent (ÖVP) |
| After Election: | Thomas Klestil |
| After Party: | 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.
| 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 |
| 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 |