| Country: | Austria |
| Flag Year: | state |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Austrian legislative election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Austrian legislative election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | All 183 seats in the National Council |
| Majority Seats: | 92 |
| Election Date: | 17 December 1995 |
| Turnout: | 85.98% (4.04 pp) |
| Image1: | SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation 52 (7534272276) (cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | Franz Vranitzky |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| Last Election1: | 34.92%, 65 seats |
| Seats1: | 71 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,843,474 |
| Percentage1: | 38.06% |
| Swing1: | 3.14 pp |
| Leader2: | Wolfgang Schüssel |
| Party2: | Austrian People's Party |
| Last Election2: | 27.67%, 52 seats |
| Seats2: | 52 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,370,510 |
| Percentage2: | 28.29% |
| Swing2: | 0.62 pp |
| Image3: | Haider, Jörg (cropped).jpg |
| Leader3: | Jörg Haider |
| Party3: | Freedom Party of Austria |
| Last Election3: | 22.50%, 42 seats |
| Seats3: | 41 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,060,377 |
| Percentage3: | 21.89% |
| Swing3: | 0.61 pp |
| Image4: | Heide Schmidt Wien2008 (cropped).jpg |
| Leader4: | Heide Schmidt |
| Party4: | Liberal Forum |
| Last Election4: | 5.97%, 11 seats |
| Seats4: | 10 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 267,026 |
| Percentage4: | 5.51% |
| Swing4: | 0.46 pp |
| Image5: | Madeleine Petrovic Sankt Poelten 20080911.jpg |
| Leader5: | Madeleine Petrovic |
| Party5: | The Greens (Austria) |
| Last Election5: | 7.31%, 13 seats |
| Seats5: | 9 |
| Seat Change5: | 4 |
| Popular Vote5: | 233,208 |
| Percentage5: | 4.81% |
| Swing5: | 2.50 pp |
| Chancellor | |
| Before Election: | Franz Vranitzky |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| After Election: | Franz Vranitzky |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995 to elect the 20th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.[1] The snap election was called after the collapse of the grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) due to a dispute regarding the national budget. The SPÖ made small gains primarily at the expense of minor parties, while the ÖVP remained stable. The grand coalition was subsequently renegotiated.
The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.
| Name | Ideology | Leader | 1994 result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| SPÖ | Social Democratic Party of Austria | Social democracy | Franz Vranitzky | 34.9% | |||
| ÖVP | Austrian People's Party | Christian democracy | Wolfgang Schüssel | 27.7% | |||
| FPÖ | Freedom Party of Austria | Right-wing populism Euroscepticism | Jörg Haider | 22.5% | |||
| GRÜNE | The Greens | Green politics | Madeleine Petrovic | 7.3% | |||
| LiF | Liberal Forum | Liberalism | Heide Schmidt | 6.0% | |||
| State | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | LiF | Grüne | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.6 | 31.9 | 16.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |
| 40.8 | 18.5 | 32.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | |
| 37.9 | 34.5 | 17.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | |
| 38.1 | 29.5 | 21.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 1.3 | |
| 32.6 | 29.1 | 25.4 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 1.2 | |
| 39.7 | 29.5 | 21.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.4 | |
| 27.3 | 31.3 | 27.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 1.8 | |
| 22.9 | 34.1 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 1.2 | |
| 44.0 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.8 | |
| 38.1 | 28.3 | 21.9 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 1.4 | |
| Source: Austrian Interior Ministry |