Recent Elections
| Results of the last important elections | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Percentage of votes received |
| 2006 | Austria | 1.01% (+ 0.45%) |
| 2005 | Vienna | 1.47% (+ 0.83%) |
| 2005 | Styria | 6.32% (+ 5.31%) |
| 2004 | Europe | 0.78% (+-?) |
| 2004 | Carinthia | 0.6% (+-?) |
| 2003 | Upper Austria | 0.80% (+-?) |
| 2003 | Lower Austria | 0.77% (+-?) |
| 2004 | Tyrol | 0.70% (+-?) |
| 2002 | Austria | 0.56% (+ 0.08) |
In state elections the KPÖ ran for the last time in 1987 in Burgenland (0.56%), in Salzburg in 1989 (0.5%), and in Vorarlberg in 1989 (0.71%). After hitting an absolute low in most elections in the 1990s, the party gradually succeeded to recover to results similar to the 1980s. Since October 2, 2005, the KPÖ is once again represented with 4 seats in the Styrian state assembly. Because of this regional success and the resulting extensive media-coverage the party was able to profit in the following state election in Vienna on October 23, 2005, where it reached 1.47%. This doubling in votes was partly because the age of voting was lowered to 16 years for the first time. For the first time since 1991 the KPÖ had seats in the districts. On October 23, 2005 one mandate each was won in the districts of Leopoldstadt and Landstraße. In the remaining 21 districts mandates were narrowly missed. See also: Styria state election, 2005, Vienna state election, 2005
The KPÖ tried to build a leftist-alliance, similar to the Die Linkspartei. party in Germany, in time for the parliamentary elections in 2006. However this was not successful and the party ran alone.
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