Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995, following the collapse of the grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and People's Party (ÖVP) due to disagreements over the national budget. The SPÖ made small gains, primarily at the expense of minor parties, while the ÖVP remained static. The grand coalition was renegotiated, and Franz Vranitzky continued serving as Chancellor.
Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Name
! rowspan="2"| Ideology
! rowspan="2"| Leader
! colspan="2"| 1994 result
|-
! Votes (%)
! Seats
|-
| style="background:;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| SPÖ
| Social Democratic Party of Austria<br />
| Social democracy
| align=center| x75px<br />Franz Vranitzky
| style="text-align:center;"| 34.9%
|
|-
| style="background:;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| ÖVP
| Austrian People's Party<br />
| Christian democracy
| align=center| x75px<br />Wolfgang Schüssel
| style="text-align:center;"| 27.7%
|
|-
| style="background:;"|
| 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;"| 22.5%
|
|-
| style="background:;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| GRÜNE
| The Greens<br />
| Green politics
| align=center| x75px<br />Madeleine Petrovic
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.3%
|
|-
| style="background:;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| LiF
| Liberal Forum<br />
| Liberalism
| align=center| x75px<br />Heide Schmidt
| style="text-align:center;"| 6.0%
|
|}
Results
Results by state
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:16px"
|- style="height:40px;"
! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"| State
! style="width:40px;"| SPÖ
! style="width:40px;"| ÖVP
! style="width:40px;"| FPÖ
! style="width:40px;"| LiF
! style="width:40px;"| Grüne
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others
|-
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 44.6 || 31.9 || 16.9 || 3.3 || 2.5 || 0.8
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 40.8 || 18.5 || 32.7 || 3.6 || 3.5 || 0.9
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 37.9 || 34.5 || 17.3 || 5.0 || 3.7 || 1.6
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 38.1 || 29.5 || 21.6 || 4.4 || 5.1 || 1.3
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 32.6 || 29.1 || 25.4 || 6.1 || 5.6 || 1.2
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 39.7 || 29.5 || 21.2 || 4.2 || 4.0 || 1.4
|-
| align=left| || 27.3 || bgcolor=#D9D9D9| 31.3 || 27.0 || 6.2 || 6.4 || 1.8
|-
| align=left| || 22.9 || bgcolor=#D9D9D9| 34.1 || 27.4 || 7.1 || 7.3 || 1.2
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 44.0 || 19.5 || 20.1 || 8.6 || 6.0 || 1.8
|-
| colspan=10 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|-
| align=left| || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| 38.1 || 28.3 || 21.9 || 5.5 || 4.8 || 1.4
|- class=sortbottom
| colspan=10 align=left| Source: Austrian Interior Ministry
|}