The Independents (Austria)
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The Independents – Lugner's List (, DU) was a minor
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in
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, founded by the businessman Richard Lugner to contest the 1998 presidential election, where he received 9.9% of the vote. In the 1999 parliamentary election, the Independents received only 1.02%. In 2016, Lugner participated as an independent in the
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Defunct political parties in Austria Political parties established in 1998 {{austria-party-stub