Christian Party of Austria

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.^[2]

Christian Party of Austria Christliche Partei Österreichs
Leader	Alfred Kuchar
Founded	15 October 2005
Ideology	Christian right Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Christian fundamentalism[1]
European affiliation	European Christian Political Movement
Colours	Yellow
Slogan	"Life. Values. Future."
National Council:	0 / 183
Federal Council:	0 / 62
European Parliament:	0 / 19
Website
www.christlicheparteioesterreichs.at
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It changed its name under its new chairman Rudolf Gehring in late 2009, to avoid the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party.^{[citation needed]}

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:

• Revoking the recognition of same-sex unions
• Giving parents the right to vote for their children
• Maintaining Christian symbols in schools
• Outlawing (or maintaining the illegality of) abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research and artificial insemination
• Protection of the belief in a Creator God, stating that the importance of this belief "demands respect from other creeds and atheists"^{[citation needed]} as well
• A rejection of further EU centralization
• A rejection of illegal immigration

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. Jutta Berger (9 October 2019). "Vorarlberg vor der Wahl: Kleines Land mit großer Vielfalt". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
2. 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)

External links

• Official website (in German)