2013 Carinthian state election

2013 Carinthian state election Carinthia state parliamentary 2009 Carinthian state election 2009 2018 Carinthian state election 2018 3 March 2013 All 36 seats in the Landtag of Carinthia 19 331,207 (75.1%) 6.6% Peter Kaiser Social Democratic Party of Austria 11 seats, 28.8% 14 3 120,396 37.1% 8.3% 150x150px Gerhard Dörfler Freedom Party in Carinthia 17 seats, 44.9% 6 11 54,634 16.8% 28.0% 150x150px Wolfgang Waldner Austrian People's Party 6 seats, 16.8% 2.4% 46,696 14.4% 1 5 150x150px Rolf Holub The Greens – The Green Alternative 2 seats, 5.1% 5 3 39,241 12.1% 6.9% 150x150px Gerhard Köfer Team Stronach Did not exist 4 4 36,256 11.2% New party 150x150px Josef Bucher Alliance for the Future of Austria Did not contest 2 2 20,745 6.4% 6.4% Governor Gerhard Dörfler Freedom Party in Carinthia Peter Kaiser Social Democratic Party of Austria The 2013 Carinthian state election was held on 3 March 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Carinthia. The election saw a massive shift in Carinthian politics, which had been dominated by the Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) and Governor Jörg Haider since the 1990s. After Haider's death in 2008, he was succeeded by Gerhard Dörfler. After winning the 2009 election, Dörfler's government suffered a string of scandals and the FPK's popularity plummeted. Ultimately, they suffered a catastrophic loss of 28 percentage points, the worst ever suffered by a party in post-war Austria. They finished on 16.8%, a distant second place behind the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), which won 37.1%. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) retained third place, but declined to 14.4%. Apart from the SPÖ, other beneficiaries of the FPK's collapse were The Greens, Team Stronach, and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), who each made significant gains.http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/austrian-right-wing-populists-collapse-in-carinthia-state-election-a-886762.html Tanking Support: Austrian Right-Wing Populists Lose Ground 4 March 2013 Der Spiegelhttp://www.ktn.gv.at/wahlen/lt2013/ Landtag election on 3 March 2013 Carinthian Government Background Prior to amendments made in 2017, the Carinthian constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, de Landesräten) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. As such, the government was a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualified for at least one state councillor.https://www.diepresse.com/5227708/karnten-schafft-den-proporz-ab Carinthia abolishes the Proporz 1 June 2017 Die Presse In 2005, then-Governor and former federal leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) Jörg Haider split from the party due to internal disputes, and founded the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). The Freedom Party in Carinthia, then the FPÖ's state branch and led by Haider, changed its allegiance and became the Carinthian branch of the BZÖ. The large majority of its leadership and structure followed, with only a small minority defecting to the FPÖ's new Carinthian branch. Shortly after the 2008 federal election, Haider was killed in a car accident. He was succeeded by Gerhard Dörfler, who became the new Governor of Carinthia and leader of the FPK. In the 2009 Carinthian state election, Dörfler led the party to a strong victory under the name "Freedom Party in Carinthia – BZÖ List Jörg Haider". The FPÖ's new state branch won 3.8%, failing to enter the Landtag. In December 2009, the FPK split from the BZÖ in protest of new federal leader Josef Bucher's policies, becoming an independent party operating in Carinthia.https://www.derstandard.at/story/1259282878742/bzoe-abspaltung-bucher-und-petzner-hoffen-bis-zuletzt Bucher and Petzner hope to the last 30 December 2009 Der Standardhttps://www.derstandard.at/story/1263705323847/reportage-das-ist-die-diktatur-des-sternhofs "That is the dictatorship of the Sternhof" 17 January 2010 Der Standard The party announced it would support the FPÖ on a national level, while the FPÖ's state branch would be dissolved. The FPÖ and FPK compared their new relationship to that of the CDU/CSU in Germany.https://www.derstandard.at/story/1259282055418/nachlese-fpoe-und-kaerntner-bzoe-fusionieren FPÖ and Carinthian BZÖ merge 16 December 2009 Der Standard The BZÖ subsequently founded a new Carinthian branch to compete with the FPK.https://www.derstandard.at/story/1263706348629/totentanz-ist-abgesagt-gruendungskonvent-des-kaerntner-bzoe Founding convention of the Carinthian BZÖ 30 January 2010 Der Standard Between 2009 and 2013, Dörfler's government suffered a string of scandals involving current and former government officials, including the late Haider. In January 2010, Vice Governor Uwe Scheuch was exposed for offering Austrian citizenship to a Russian investor in exchange for investments in Carinthia and donations to the then-BZÖ. Scheuch resigned from all political positions in mid-2012 and was found guilty in December.https://kaernten.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2563791/ Scheuch: Seven months and a fine 19 December 2012 ORF In July 2012, a government tax consultant was caught up in a corruption scandal involving the FPK and BZÖ, which led to an early election being scheduled for March 2013.https://www.derstandard.at/story/1362107115041/warum-die-kaerntner-ein-jahr-frueher-waehlen Why the Carinthians choose a year earlier 1 March 2013 Der Standard Electoral system The 36 seats of the Landtag of Carinthia are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between four multi-member constituencies. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.http://www.ktn.gv.at/wahlen/lt2013/LT2013_mandate.pdf LT2013_Mandate.pdf Carinthian Government 2020-08-07 2020-11-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20201122084551/http://www.ktn.gv.at/wahlen/lt2013/LT2013_mandate.pdf dead Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag. Name Ideology Leader 2009 result Votes (%) Seats Councillors FPK Freedom Party in CarinthiaDie Freiheitlichen in Kärnten Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Gerhard Dörfler 44.9% 17 36 Freedom Party of Austria 4 7 Freedom Party of Austria SPÖ Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs Social democracy Peter Kaiser 28.8% 11 36 Social Democratic Party of Austria 2 7 Social Democratic Party of Austria ÖVP Austrian People's PartyÖsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy Wolfgang Waldner 16.8% 6 36 Austrian People's Party 1 7 Austrian People's Party GRÜNE The Greens – The Green AlternativeDie Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative Green politics Rolf Holub 5.1% 2 36 The Greens – The Green Alternative In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, six parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. Team Stronach (TS) Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT) Livable Party of Austria (LPÖ) Social Alliance Carinthia (ASOK) List Strong (STARK) Results File:2013 Carinthian state election - composition chart.svgParty Votes % +/− Seats +/− Coun. State councillors +/− Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 120,396 37.13 +8.39 14 +3 3 +1 Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) 54,634 16.85 –28.04 6 –11 1 –3 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 46,696 14.40 –2.43 5 –1 1 ±0 The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 39,241 12.10 +6.95 5 +3 1 +1 Team Stronach (TS) 36,256 11.18 New 4 New 1 New Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) 20,745 6.40 New 2 New 0 New Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT) 3,199 0.99 New 0 New 0 New Livable Party of Austria (LPÖ) 1,881 0.58 New 0 New 0 New Social Alliance Carinthia (ASOK) 747 0.23 New 0 New 0 New List Strong (STARK) 488 0.15 +0.09 0 ±0 0 ±0 Invalid/blank votes 6,924 – – – – – – Total 331,207 100 – 36 0 7 0 Registered voters/turnout 440,748 75.15 –6.63 – – – – Source: Carinthian Government Popular vote #ddd 500px 400px SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 37.13 FPK Freedom Party of Austria 16.85 ÖVP Austrian People's Party 14.40 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 12.10 TS Team Stronach 11.18 BZÖ Alliance for the Future of Austria 6.40 Other #777777 1.94 Landtag seats #ddd 500px 400px SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 38.89 FPK Freedom Party of Austria 16.67 ÖVP Austrian People's Party 13.89 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 13.89 TS Team Stronach 11.11 BZÖ Alliance for the Future of Austria 5.56 Results by constituency Constituency SPÖ FPK ÖVP Grüne TS BZÖ Others Totalseats Turnout % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % Klagenfurt 40.0 3 12.4 1 13.3 1 16.5 1 9.8 6.1 2.0 6 74.9 Carinthia East 37.2 3 19.7 1 14.1 1 8.9 10.6 1 7.7 1.8 6 75.8 Villach 40.3 3 14.7 1 11.1 12.8 1 12.7 1 5.9 2.5 6 73.6 Carinthia West 30.7 2 20.6 1 19.1 1 10.2 12.1 1 5.7 1.7 5 76.0 Remaining seats 3 2 2 3 1 2 13 Total 37.1 14 16.8 6 14.4 5 12.1 5 11.1 4 6.4 2 1.9 36 75.1 Source: Carinthian Government https://web.archive.org/web/20201122084551/http://www.ktn.gv.at/wahlen/lt2013/LT2013_mandate.pdf 2020-11-22 References Category:State elections in Austria Category:2013 elections in Austria Category:March 2013 in Austria