At Stake in this Election:        

• The Office of the Presidency of Austria 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN 

• Head of Government: Chancellor Karl NEHAMMER 

• Assembly: A bicameral Parliament with a 183 seat National Council (Nationalrat) and a 61 member Federal Council (Bundesrat) 

Electoral System: 

• The President of Austria is directly elected by universal voting-eligible suffrage. If no candidate receives more than 50% of votes in the first round, then the two candidates who received the highest share of votes participate in a second round. The President is elected to a six-year term. 

• The Federal Chancellor is appointed by the President. Generally, it is the leader of the majority party in the National Council.  

• The 183 members of the National Council (Nationalrat) is elected by party-list proportional representation with partially open lists. They are elected to a five-year term.  

• The 61 members of the Federal Council (Bundesrat) are elected according to proportional representation by each of the Austrian states' legislatures for 5- to 6-year terms. 

Main Candidates in this Election:  

• Dr. Michael BRUNNER  

• Party: MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights / MFG Österreich – Menschen Freiheit Grundrechte 

• Gerald GROSZ  

• Party: Independent 

• Dr. Walter ROSENKRANZ 

• Party: Freedom Party of Austria / Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs 

• Heinrich STAUDINGER 

• Party: Independent 

• Dr. Alexander VAN DER BELLEN 

• Party: Independent 

• Dr. Tassilo WALLENTIN 

• Party: Independent 

• Dr. Dominik WLAZNY 

• Party: Beer Party 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 8,913,088 (2022 est.)¹ 

• Registered Voters: 4,835,469 (2019)² 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 4,520,992 (2022 est.)³ 

• Is Austria a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 Jul 1980)⁴ 

• Has Austria ratified CEDAW: Yes (31 Mar 1982)⁵ 

• Gender Quota: No 

• Female Candidates in this election: No 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 75 out of 183 (41%) in the National Council; 25 out of 61 (41%) in the Federal Council⁶ 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 25 at 0.916 (2022)⁷ 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A 

Disability Data: 

• Is Austria a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 Mar 2007)⁸ 

• Has Austria ratified CRPD: Yes (26 Sep 2008)⁹ 

• Population with a disability: 1,299,833 (2022 est.)¹⁰ 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Austria: No 

 

1. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/austria/#people-and-society

2. https://www.idea.int/data-tools/country-view/53/40

3. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/austria/#people-and-society

4. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=10&Lang=en\

5. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=10&Lang=en\

6. https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=8&year=2022

7. https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/AUT

8. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=10&Lang=en\

9. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=10&Lang=en\

10. http://electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/?q=austria#tab