Coalition Negotiations Fail 96 Days After the National Election

The average time for the formation of a government after previous National Council elections of the Second Republic was 62.4 days until the swearing-in, this has already been exceeded since December 1. In the list of negotiation duration, the talks between Türkis, Rot and Pink would have ranked fifth with 96 days since the election on September 29, if a government had been formed by then.

New Record Duration Coalition Negotiations Within Reach

Therefore, the chances are good that the previous record duration from National Council election to government formation will be exceeded. This was previously at 129 days: After the election on November 18, 1962, an ÖVP-SPÖ government was not in place until March 27, 1963. For this new record, further negotiations would have to last another month and the government would not take office until February 6. To exceed the second longest government formation duration, it would have to drag on until February 1. Then the 124 days it took in 1999 until the (already parallel built) first black-blue government under Wolfgang Schüssel was sworn in would be surpassed. Previously, the long SPÖ-ÖVP negotiations failed on January 21 - after 110 days in 2000.

Coalition Negotiations Completed Five Years Ago on January 1

In the previous election in 2019, the vote also took place on September 29, the coalition negotiations were successfully completed on January 1, 2020, and the inauguration took place six days later. However, exploratory and coalition talks started earlier at that time. Eight days after the election, ÖVP leader Sebastian Kurz, as the then election winner, received the government formation mandate from Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. Nehammer, under whom the ÖVP slipped to second place in the National Council election, received the official mandate only 23 days after the election.

(APA/Red)

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