Countries / Europe
AUT
Elections in Austria
federal parliamentary republic
Next election
next Austrian presidential election - 1 January 2028
CS
Christian Stocker live
Head of government - Austrian People's Party
In office since
3 March 2025
Party
Austrian People's Party
Head of state
Alexander Van der Bellen
Region
Europe
Next election
next Austrian presidential election
1 January 2028
Government
federal parliamentary republic
Capital
Vienna
Population
8 979 894
Country facts
Legislature
Austrian Parliament
Established
1918
Currency
euro
Official language
German
Capital
Vienna
Region
Europe
Area
83,878 km2
Election history
15 October 2017parliamentary
Austrian legislative election
turnout 80.0%
4 December 2016presidential
Austrian presidential election
won: Alexander Van der Bellen · turnout 68.5%
29 September 2013parliamentary
Austrian legislative election
turnout 74.9%
25 April 2010presidential
Austrian presidential election
won: Heinz Fischer · turnout 53.6%
28 September 2008parliamentary
Austrian legislative election
turnout 78.8%
Presidential winner & turnout from Wikidata; parliamentary winners omitted (Wikidata data unreliable).
Power transferspeacefulcontestedirregular
2025 - Alexander Schallenberg Christian Stocker
peaceful - no coup recorded
2025 - Karl Nehammer Alexander Schallenberg
peaceful - no coup recorded
2021 - Alexander Schallenberg Karl Nehammer
peaceful - no coup recorded
2021 - Sebastian Kurz Alexander Schallenberg
peaceful - no coup recorded
2020 - Brigitte Bierlein Sebastian Kurz
peaceful - no coup recorded
2019 - Hartwig Löger Brigitte Bierlein
peaceful - no coup recorded
Classification: Powell & Thyne Coup d'Etat Dataset, where available.
Profile from Wikidata - updated 2026-06-16.