This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 700 registered parties, only few are known to a larger public; since the 1980s, four parties have consistently received enough votes to get seats in the national parliament.

The parties

Current parties

• Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich) (BZÖ)
• Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) (ÖVP)
• Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs) (FPÖ)
• The Greens-Green Alternative (Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative (Grüne))
• Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs) (SPÖ)

Current minor parties

• Democrats (Die Demokraten)
• Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) (KPÖ)
• Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum)
• Social Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei) (SLP)
• Social Liberals (Die Sozialliberalen)

Historical

• Christian Social Party (Christlichsoziale Partei) (CSP)
• Country League (Landbund)
• Patriotic Front (Vaterländische Front) (VF)
• Greater German People's Party (Großdeutsche Volkspartei) (GDVP)
• National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)
• Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs) (SDAPÖ, now SPÖ)
• Federation of Independents (Verband der Unabhängigen) (VdU)

External links of some other minor parties

• Yahoo Deutschland Parties directory Austria
• Autofahrerpartei official web site (Car Drivers' Party)
• Christliche Wählergemeinschaft official web site (Christian Voters'Community)
• Gruppe ArbeiterInnenstandpunkt official web site (Workers' Standpoint Group)
• Liste der EU-Opposition official web site (List of the EU-Opposition)
• Nationaldemokratischen Partei Österreichs official web site (National Democratic Party of Austria)
• Ökologische Linke official web site (Ecological Left)
• Österreichische Naturgesetzpartei official web site (Austrian Nautal Law Party)
• Partei der Hundefreunde Österreichs official web site (Dog Friends Party of Austria)
• Revolutionär Kommunistische Liga official web site (Revolutionary Communist League)

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• History of Austria
• Liberalism in Austria