Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remained the largest parties, but both suffered losses to minor parties. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) improved to 22.5% and The Greens won 7.3%. The Liberal Forum, a liberal splinter from the FPÖ, won 6.0% and entered the National Council on its first attempt. The incumbent grand coalition of the SPÖ and ÖVP was renewed.
Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 18th National Council.
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! rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Name
! rowspan="2"| Ideology
! rowspan="2"| Leader
! colspan="2"| 1990 result
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! Votes (%)
! Seats
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| style="text-align:center;"| SPÖ
| Social Democratic Party of Austria<br />
| Social democracy
| align=center| x75px<br />Franz Vranitzky
| style="text-align:center;"| 42.8%
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| style="text-align:center;"| ÖVP
| Austrian People's Party<br />
| Christian democracy
| align=center| x75px<br />Erhard Busek
| style="text-align:center;"| 32.1%
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| style="text-align:center;"| FPÖ
| Freedom Party of Austria<br />
| Right-wing populism<br />Euroscepticism
| align=center| x75px<br>Jörg Haider
| style="text-align:center;"| 16.6%
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| style="text-align:center;"| GRÜNE
| The Greens<br />
| Green politics
| align=center| x75px<br />Madeleine Petrovic
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.8%
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Results
Results by state
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! style="width:40px;"| ÖVP
! style="width:40px;"| FPÖ
! style="width:40px;"| GRÜNE
! style="width:40px;"| LIF
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| colspan=10 align=left| Source: Institute for Social Research and Consulting (SORA)
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