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title="de:Gertraud Knoll">de</a>]</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Independent (<a href="/wiki/Austrian_People%27s_Party" title="Austrian People's Party">ÖVP</a>) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Independent (<a href="/wiki/The_Greens_%E2%80%93_The_Green_Alternative" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greens – The Green Alternative">Greens</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>2,644,034</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">566,551 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>63.42%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFDC00;"><span class="notpageimage 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(Austria)">DU</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Home state </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">464,625 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">413,066 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11.14% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">9.91% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1998_Austrian_presidential_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/1998_Austrian_presidential_election.svg/300px-1998_Austrian_presidential_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="163" 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Austria">2019</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Austria" title="2024 European Parliament election in Austria">2024</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Austria" title="List of political parties in Austria">Political parties</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_neue_VP_tuerkis.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Logo_neue_VP_tuerkis.png/60px-Logo_neue_VP_tuerkis.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Logo_neue_VP_tuerkis.png/90px-Logo_neue_VP_tuerkis.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Logo_of_Freedom_Party_of_Austria.svg/60px-Logo_of_Freedom_Party_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Logo_of_Freedom_Party_of_Austria.svg/90px-Logo_of_Freedom_Party_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Logo_of_Freedom_Party_of_Austria.svg/120px-Logo_of_Freedom_Party_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Party_of_Austria" title="Freedom Party of Austria">Freedom Party</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Chairman: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Kickl" title="Herbert Kickl">Herbert Kickl</a></li></ul> <div style="background:#0056A2;height:1px;width:100%;margin:15px 0px 15px 0px;"></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Austrian_Greens_logo_2017.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Austrian_Greens_logo_2017.svg/60px-Austrian_Greens_logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Austrian_Greens_logo_2017.svg/90px-Austrian_Greens_logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Austrian_Greens_logo_2017.svg/120px-Austrian_Greens_logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Greens_(Austria)" title="The Greens (Austria)">Green Party</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spokesperson_of_the_Austrian_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party">Spokesman</a>: <a href="/wiki/Werner_Kogler" title="Werner Kogler">Werner Kogler</a></li></ul> <div style="background:#87B529;height:1px;width:100%;margin:15px 0px 15px 0px;"></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NEOS_%E2%80%93_Das_Neue_%C3%96sterreich_und_Liberales_Forum_2022_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/NEOS_%E2%80%93_Das_Neue_%C3%96sterreich_und_Liberales_Forum_2022_logo.svg/60px-NEOS_%E2%80%93_Das_Neue_%C3%96sterreich_und_Liberales_Forum_2022_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/NEOS_%E2%80%93_Das_Neue_%C3%96sterreich_und_Liberales_Forum_2022_logo.svg/90px-NEOS_%E2%80%93_Das_Neue_%C3%96sterreich_und_Liberales_Forum_2022_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/NEOS_%E2%80%93_Das_Neue_%C3%96sterreich_und_Liberales_Forum_2022_logo.svg/120px-NEOS_%E2%80%93_Das_Neue_%C3%96sterreich_und_Liberales_Forum_2022_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="212" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/NEOS_(Austria)" title="NEOS (Austria)">NEOS</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Chairwoman: <a href="/wiki/Beate_Meinl-Reisinger" title="Beate Meinl-Reisinger">Beate Meinl-Reisinger</a></li></ul> <div style="background:#CB1667;height:1px;width:100%;margin:15px 0px 15px 0px;"></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Austria">Federal states</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Burgenland_Wappen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Burgenland_Wappen.svg/30px-Burgenland_Wappen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Burgenland_Wappen.svg/45px-Burgenland_Wappen.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Steiermark_Wappen.svg/38px-Steiermark_Wappen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Steiermark_Wappen.svg/50px-Steiermark_Wappen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="402" data-file-height="670" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Styria" title="List of governors of Styria">Governor</a>: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Drexler" title="Christopher Drexler">Drexler</a> (ÖVP)</li></ul> <ul><li>Capital: <a href="/wiki/Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AUT_Tirol_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/AUT_Tirol_COA.svg/30px-AUT_Tirol_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/AUT_Tirol_COA.svg/45px-AUT_Tirol_COA.svg.png 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The <a href="/wiki/Austrian_People%27s_Party" title="Austrian People's Party">Austrian People's Party</a>, who had originally put him up in <a href="/wiki/1992_Austrian_presidential_election" title="1992 Austrian presidential election">1992</a>, reluctantly supported him again, while the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Social_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian Social Democratic Party">Austrian Social Democratic Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Freedom_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian Freedom Party">Austrian Freedom Party</a> did not propose any competing candidates. Klestil's competitors were <a href="/wiki/Heide_Schmidt" title="Heide Schmidt">Heide Schmidt</a>, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Forum" title="Liberal Forum">Liberal Forum</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gertraud_Knoll&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gertraud Knoll (page does not exist)">Gertraud Knoll</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church">Lutheran</a> <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_(ecclesiastical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent (ecclesiastical)">superintendent</a> of <a href="/wiki/Burgenland" title="Burgenland">Burgenland</a> (supported by the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian Green Party">Greens</a>), socialite <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lugner" title="Richard Lugner">Richard Lugner</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Walter_Nowak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karl Walter Nowak (page does not exist)">Karl Walter Nowak</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Austrian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#000000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil">Thomas Klestil</a></td><td>Independent (<a href="/wiki/Austrian_People%27s_Party" title="Austrian People's Party">ÖVP</a>)</td><td style="text-align:right">2,644,034</td><td style="text-align:right">63.42</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#87B529"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gertraud_Knoll&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gertraud Knoll (page does not exist)">Gertraud Knoll</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertraud_Knoll" class="extiw" title="de:Gertraud Knoll">de</a>]</span></td><td>Independent (<a href="/wiki/The_Greens_%E2%80%93_The_Green_Alternative" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greens – The Green Alternative">Greens</a>)</td><td style="text-align:right">566,551</td><td style="text-align:right">13.59</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFDC00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Heide_Schmidt" title="Heide Schmidt">Heide Schmidt</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Forum" title="Liberal Forum">Liberal Forum</a></td><td style="text-align:right">464,625</td><td style="text-align:right">11.14</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#C0C0C0"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Lugner" title="Richard Lugner">Richard Lugner</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Independents_(Austria)" title="The Independents (Austria)">The Independents</a></td><td style="text-align:right">413,066</td><td style="text-align:right">9.91</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Walter_Nowak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karl Walter Nowak (page does not exist)">Karl Walter Nowak</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Walter_Nowak" class="extiw" title="de:Karl Walter Nowak">de</a>]</span></td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">81,043</td><td style="text-align:right">1.94</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="3">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">4,169,319</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="5" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>4,169,319</td><td>95.82</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>181,953</td><td>4.18</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>4,351,272</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>5,848,584</td><td>74.40</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Bundespraesidentenwahlen/Bundespraesidentenwahl_1998/start.aspx">Ministry of Interior</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_state">By state</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Austrian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">State </th> <th align="left"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil">Klestil</a> </th> <th align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gertraud_Knoll&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gertraud Knoll (page does not exist)">Knoll</a> </th> <th align="left"><a href="/wiki/Heide_Schmidt" title="Heide Schmidt">Schmidt</a> </th> <th align="left"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Lugner" title="Richard Lugner">Lugner</a> </th> <th align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Nowak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karl Nowak (page does not exist)">Nowak</a> </th> <th align="left">Electorate </th> <th align="left">Votes </th> <th align="left">Valid votes </th> <th align="left">Invalid votes </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Burgenland" title="Burgenland">Burgenland</a></td> <td><b>114,377</b></td> <td>31,499</td> <td>12,127</td> <td>12,285</td> <td>1,950</td> <td>214,827</td> <td>181,099</td> <td>172,238</td> <td>8,861 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Austria" title="Lower Austria">Lower Austria</a></span></td> <td><b>591,163</b></td> <td>110,350</td> <td>84,058</td> <td>87,964</td> <td>15,869</td> <td>1,136,258</td> <td>929,330</td> <td>889,404</td> <td>39,926 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a></td> <td><b>347,453</b></td> <td>98,427</td> <td>121,502</td> <td>94,759</td> <td>11,600</td> <td>1,116,014</td> <td>699,299</td> <td>673,741</td> <td>25,558 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Carinthia" title="Carinthia">Carinthia</a></td> <td><b>194,802</b></td> <td>38,639</td> <td>24,314</td> <td>28,493</td> <td>4,153</td> <td>425,185</td> <td>305,195</td> <td>290,401</td> <td>14,794 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a></td> <td><b>425,966</b></td> <td>70,763</td> <td>54,456</td> <td>54,454</td> <td>12,524</td> <td>915,471</td> <td>640,995</td> <td>618,163</td> <td>22,832 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Austria" title="Upper Austria">Upper Austria</a></td> <td><b>461,139</b></td> <td>107,460</td> <td>65,867</td> <td>55,146</td> <td>14,444</td> <td>989,228</td> <td>733,913</td> <td>704,056</td> <td>29,857 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Salzburg_(state)" title="Salzburg (state)">Salzburg</a></td> <td><b>164,498</b></td> <td>34,743</td> <td>27,219</td> <td>13,829</td> <td>4,930</td> <td>355,521</td> <td>255,476</td> <td>245,219</td> <td>10,257 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tyrol_(state)" title="Tyrol (state)">Tirol</a></td> <td><b>217,490</b></td> <td>41,178</td> <td>40,328</td> <td>45,079</td> <td>8,508</td> <td>467,615</td> <td>369,823</td> <td>352,583</td> <td>17,240 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vorarlberg" title="Vorarlberg">Vorarlberg</a></td> <td><b>110,023</b></td> <td>26,908</td> <td>28,613</td> <td>19,401</td> <td>6,740</td> <td>228,465</td> <td>203,790</td> <td>191,685</td> <td>12,105 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" align="left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webview/index.jsp?study=http://129.177.90.166:80/obj/fStudy/FIREF1994_Display&node=0&mode=cube&v=2&cube=http://129.177.90.166:80/obj/fCube/FIREF1994_Display_C1&top=yes">European Election Database</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indirect elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_Austrian_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 Austrian presidential election (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_Austrian_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 Austrian presidential election (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_Austrian_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 Austrian presidential election (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_Austrian_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 Austrian presidential election (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a 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