Template:Austrian legislative election, 2008

 Summary of the 28 September 2008 National Council of Austria election results

Parties		Votes	+/−	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs)	1,316,091	−347,895	29.70	−5.64	58	−10
	Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei)	1,134,837	−481,656	25.61	−8.72	50	−16
	Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs)	797,993	+278,395	18.01	+6.97	35	+14
	BZÖ – Jörg Haider's List (BZÖ – Liste Jörg Haider)	486,397	+292,858	10.98	+6.87	21	+14
	The Greens – The Green Alternative (Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative)	433,810	−86,320	9.79	−1.26	19	−2
	Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum)	84,764	*	1.91	*	—	¶
	Citizens' Forum Austria Fritz Dinkhauser's List (Bürgerforum Österreich Liste Fritz Dinkhauser)	78,119	*	1.76	*	—	*
	Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs)	34,107	−13,471	0.77	−0.24	—	—
	Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria (Unabhängige Bürgerinitiative Rettet Österreich)	32,073	*	0.72	*	—	*
	The Christians (Die Christen)	27,993	*	0.63	*	—	*
	Left (Linke) [1]	1,898	† –359	0.04	† ±0.00	—	†
	Animal Rights Party earth–human–animals–nature (Tierrechtspartei earth–human–animals–nature) [2]	1,849	*	0.04	*	—	*
	Dipl.-Ing. Karlheinz Klement (Dipl.-Ing. Karlheinz Klement) [3]	317	*	0.01	*	—	*
	List Strong (Liste Stark) [3]	225	−87	0.01	±0.00	—	—
	Total (turnout 71.48%; –7.01%)	4,430,473	—	100.0	—	183	—
Notes: *       Did not contest the 2006 election. ¶      Did not contest the 2006 election on its own, but won a seat on the SPÖ's list. [1]      Contested the election only in Burgenland, Salzburg, Tyrol, Upper Austria and Vienna. †      Compared to the Socialist Left Party, which contested the 2006 election and was part of the Left in 2008 election. [2]      Contested the election only in Vienna. [3]      Contested the election only in Carinthia.
Source: BMI