Bayan babban zaben da aka gudanar a watan Oktoba 2006, Jam'iyyar Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) ta fito a matsayin jam'iyya mafi karfi, kuma Jam'iyyar Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) ta zo a karo na biyu, bayan da ta rasa kusan kashi 8% na zaben da ta gabata. Gaskiyar siyasa ta hana kowane daga cikin manyan jam'iyyun biyu daga kafa kawance tare da kananan jam'iyyun. A watan Janairun 2007 Jam'iyyar Jama'a da SPÖ sun kafa babban kawance tare da 'yan jam'iyyar social democrat Alfred Gusenbauer a matsayin Chancellor. Wannan kawancen ya rushe a watan Yunin 2008. Tambaya: Yaushe kawancen ya rushe?
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