Christian Party of Austria

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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 Party
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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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]

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

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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

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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

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National Council

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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

President

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

State Parliaments

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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

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

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Official website (in German)

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