Christian Party of Austria
Christliche Partei Österreichs
LeaderAlfred Kuchar
Founded15 October 2005
IdeologyChristian right
Social conservatism
Euroscepticism
Conservatism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
ReligionChristianity
European affiliationEuropean Christian Political Movement
ColoursYellow
Slogan"Life. Values. Future."
National Council:
0 / 183
Federal Council:
0 / 62
European Parliament:
0 / 19
Website
www.christlicheparteioesterreichs.at

The Christian Party of Austria (German: Christliche Partei Österreichs, CPÖ; formerly the Christians – German: Die Christen) is a minor political party in Austria, founded on 15 October 2005.[1]

It changed its name under its new chairman Rudolf Gehring in late 2009, partially due to concerns by the Catholic Church over the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party.

History

The party was registered on 23 January 2006, and presented to the public on 27 September 2007, when it announced a popular initiative ("Volksbegehren") on the topic of children and families and that it would contest the 2008 election in Lower Austria.

In the 2008 parliamentary election, the party received 0.64% of the vote.

Rudolf Gehring, the party's chairman, announced he would run for president in the 2010 election. He received 5.44% of the vote for third place, the party's highest vote percentage in a national election to date.

Goals

The party is oriented mainly on Christian politics, advocating, for example:

Election results

National Council

National Council of Austria
Election year # of total votes  % of overall vote # of seats Government
2008 31,080 0.64%
0 / 183
 Extra-parliamentary
2013 6,647 0.14%
0 / 183
 Extra-parliamentary
2017 425 0.01%
0 / 183
 Extra-parliamentary
2019 260 0.00%
0 / 183
 Extra-parliamentary
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President

Election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes % Result Votes % Result
2010 Rudolf Gehring 171,668 5.43% 3rd place
2016 No candidate
2022 No candidate

State Parliaments

State Year Votes  % Seats ± Government
Burgenland 2015 699 0.38 (#7)
0 / 36
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Lower Austria 2008 8.537 0.84 (#6)
0 / 56
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Lower Austria 2013 841 0.09 (#8)
0 / 56
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Lower Austria 2018 584 0.06 (#6)
0 / 56
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Salzburg 2018 181 0.07 (#9)
0 / 36
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Styria 2010 4.762 0.72 (#7)
0 / 56
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Tyrol 2008 4.699 1.40 (#6)
0 / 36
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Upper Austria 2009 3.721 0.43 (#7)
0 / 56
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Upper Austria 2015 3.111 0.36 (#7)
0 / 56
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Upper Austria 2021 863 0.11 (#9)
0 / 56
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Vorarlberg 2014 833 0.49 (#7)
0 / 36
 N/A Extra-parliamentary
Vorarlberg 2019 426 0.26 (#11)
0 / 36
 N/A Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ Napieralski, Bartosz (2017). Political Catholicism and Euroscepticism : the deviant case of Poland in comparative perspective (1st ed.). New York. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-315-28167-4. OCLC 997475188.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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