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National Election 2008

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Voter Transition Analysis

Data of the ORF/ISA/SORA election day survey show that the government lost mainly due to voter disappontment and protest. This is also reflected in voter transitions: 106.000 SPÖ voters and 116.000 ÖVP supporters abstained from the ballots in this election.

Protest vote against the government went to right-wing parties: The SPÖ lost mainly to the FPÖ (181.000) and less to the BZÖ (78.000).  The ÖVP lost mainly to the BZÖ (152.000) and in second place to the FPÖ (88.000).

Tabelle 1: Voter transitions between the national elections 2006 and 2008 in thousands (based upon preliminary results including prognosis of absentee ballots)

SPÖ '08

ÖVP '08

Greens '08

FPÖ '08

BZÖ
'08

Others. '08

NV. '08

Sum '06

SPÖ '06

1279

30

28

181

78

42

106

1744

ÖVP '06

51

1187

38

88

152

69

116

1701

Greens '06

19

18

378

11

10

65

45

545

FPÖ '06

23

6

6

431

42

16

21

544

BZÖ '06

9

6

4

25

145

3

9

202

Others '06

21

3

19

60

33

53

14

203

NV
'06

28

19

38

61

63

50

1135

1393

Sum '08

1430

1270

510

857

523

298

1446

6333

Example: 1,279.000 SPÖ voters from 2006 voted again for the SPÖ in 2008, 30.000 voted for the ÖVP, 28.000 for the Greens, etc.

Tabelle 2: Voter transitions between the national elections 2006 and 2008 in percent

SPÖ '08

ÖVP '08

Grüne '08

FPÖ '08

BZÖ
'08

Others '08

NV
'08

Sum '06

SPÖ '06

73%

2%

2%

10%

4%

2%

6%

100%

ÖVP '06

3%

70%

2%

5%

9%

4%

7%

100%

Greens '06

4%

3%

69%

2%

2%

12%

8%

100%

FPÖ '06

4%

1%

1%

79%

8%

3%

4%

100%

BZÖ '06

4%

3%

2%

13%

72%

2%

5%

100%

Others
'06

11%

2%

9%

29%

16%

26%

7%

100%

NV
'06

2%

1%

3%

4%

5%

4%

81%

100%

Exemple:  73% of the SPÖ voters from 2006 voted again for the SPÖ in 2008, 2% voted for the ÖVP, 2% for the Greens, etc..