Despite numerous crises between 2019 and 2024, the campaign followed familiar patterns. Migration once again emerged as a central voter concern, and the FPÖ regained the voter base it had lost in 2019. For the first time, it became the largest party, yet remained excluded from government. After the longest and most complex government formation in the history of the Second Republic, the ÖVP, SPÖ, and NEOS agreed on the first three-party coalition since the immediate post-war period. The report underscores that long-standing political patterns persist, while forming stable governments in an increasingly polarised party system is becoming ever more difficult.
- Full study (Open Access): Scharrer, M. E., Gahn, C., Bernhard-Harrer, J., Stecker, M., & Partheymüller, J. (2025). From Crisis Governance to Electoral Normality and the Longest Coalition Negotiations: The 2024 Austrian Parliamentary Election. West European Politics. doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2535021.
