2008 Lower Austrian state election

2008 Lower Austrian state election Lower Austria state parliamentary no 2003 Lower Austrian state election 2003 2013 Lower Austrian state election 2013 All 56 seats in the Landtag of Lower Austria29 seats needed for a majorityAll 9 seats in the state government 9 March 2008 1,033,695 (74.5%) 2.7% 150x150px Erwin Pröll Austrian People's Party 31 seats, 53.3% 31 0 549,510 54.4% 1.1% 150x150px Heidemaria Onodi Social Democratic Party of Austria 19 seats, 33.6% 15 4 257,770 25.5% 8.0% 150x150px Barbara Rosenkranz Freedom Party of Austria 2 seats, 4.5% 6 4 105,748 10.5% 6.0% 150x150px Madeleine Petrovic The Greens – The Green Alternative 4 seats, 7.2% 4 0 69,852 6.9% 0.3% Governor Erwin Pröll Austrian People's Party Erwin Pröll Austrian People's Party The 2008 Lower Austrian state election was held on 9 March 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Lower Austria. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) retained its majority. The major opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), suffered substantial losses. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) partially recovered from its 2003 losses, more than doubling its voteshare and tripling its number of seats.http://www.noe.gv.at/wahlen/L20081/Index.html State of Lower Austria – Landtag election 2008 Lower Austrian Government Background The Lower Austrian constitution mandates 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 is a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualify for at least one state councillor. After the 2003 election, the ÖVP had six councillors and the SPÖ three. Electoral system The 56 seats of the Landtag of Lower Austria are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between twenty-one 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 4 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.https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=LrNO&Gesetzesnummer=20000067 ROS - NÖ Landtag electoral law 1992 - State law for Lower Austria, version of 04.08.2020 Lower Austrian Government Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag. Name Ideology Leader 2003 result Votes (%) Seats Councillors ÖVP Austrian People's PartyÖsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy Erwin Pröll 53.3% 31 56 Austrian People's Party 6 9 Austrian People's Party SPÖ Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs Social democracy Heidemaria Onodi 33.6% 19 56 Social Democratic Party of Austria 3 9 Social Democratic Party of Austria GRÜNE The Greens – The Green AlternativeDie Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative Green politics Madeleine Petrovic 7.2% 4 56 The Greens – The Green Alternative FPÖ Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Österreichs Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Barbara Rosenkranz 4.5% 2 56 Freedom Party of Austria In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, five parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.http://www.noe.gv.at/wahlen/L20081/Parteien.html Parties Lower Austrian Government Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) The Christians (DCP) – on the ballot only in 20 constituencies Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) – on the ballot only in 17 constituencies List for our Lower Austria (LNÖ) – on the ballot only in 6 constituencies Animal Rights Party (TRP) – on the ballot only in Mödling Results centerParty Votes % +/− Seats +/− Coun. State councillors +/− Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 549,510 54.39 +1.10 31 ±0 6 ±0 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 257,770 25.51 –8.04 15 –4 2 –1 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 105,748 10.47 +5.98 6 +4 1 +1 The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 69,852 6.91 –0.31 4 ±0 0 ±0 Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 8,661 0.86 +0.09 0 ±0 0 ±0 The Christians (DCP) 8,537 0.84 New 0 New 0 New Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) 7,250 0.72 New 0 New 0 New List for our Lower Austria (LNÖ) 2,174 0.22 New 0 New 0 New Animal Rights Party (TRP) 854 0.08 New 0 New 0 New Invalid/blank votes 23,339 – – – – – – Total 1,033,695 100 – 56 0 9 0 Registered voters/turnout 1,387,368 74.51 +2.72 – – – –Source: Lower Austrian Government Popular vote #ddd 500px 400px ÖVP Austrian People's Party 54.39 SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 25.51 FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria 10.47 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 6.91 Other #777777 2.72 Landtag seats #ddd 500px 400px ÖVP Austrian People's Party 55.36 SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 25.00 FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria 10.71 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 7.14 Results by constituency Constituency ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Grüne Others Totalseats Turnout % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % Amstetten 58.6 3 22.7 1 10.1 6.0 2.6 4 79.1 Baden 47.2 2 29.1 1 12.8 7.9 3.0 3 70.2 Bruck an der Leitha 51.2 30.7 10.7 5.7 1.7 0 72.6 Gänserndorf 47.9 1 30.9 1 12.1 5.9 3.2 2 71.3 Gmünd 54.1 31.1 8.1 4.3 2.4 0 77.9 Hollabrunn 60.7 1 23.5 8.5 5.3 2.1 1 77.8 Horn 68.6 1 18.1 6.4 4.8 2.0 1 79.2 Korneuburg 56.0 1 22.0 10.8 8.7 2.5 1 73.0 Krems an der Donau 60.5 2 21.2 8.9 6.2 3.2 2 76.9 Lilienfeld 51.2 32.2 9.6 4.7 2.3 0 79.5 Melk 55.1 1 26.0 11.0 5.3 2.7 1 80.2 Mistelbach 60.5 2 22.4 9.5 5.5 2.2 2 78.0 Mödling 52.0 2 21.5 9.4 12.9 4.3 2 68.3 Neunkirchen 49.4 1 30.8 1 11.7 5.7 2.4 2 75.2 Sankt Pölten 49.4 2 28.4 1 11.6 7.4 3.2 3 75.6 Scheibbs 60.9 1 21.9 8.9 5.9 2.4 1 80.5 Tulln 58.4 1 22.4 9.7 7.1 2.3 1 75.7 Waidhofen an der Thaya 63.1 20.7 10.2 4.6 1.4 0 78.0 Wiener Neustadt 50.5 2 29.0 1 12.0 5.7 2.7 3 71.9 Vienna Surrounds 46.9 2 27.5 1 11.4 11.6 2.7 3 65.3 Zwettl 70.0 1 15.6 7.8 4.5 2.2 1 81.9 Remaining seats 5 8 6 4 23 Total 54.4 31 25.5 15 10.5 6 6.9 4 2.7 56 74.5 Source: Lower Austrian Government Preference votes Alongside votes for a party, voters were able to cast a preferential votes for a candidate on the party list. The ten candidates with the most preferential votes were as follows:http://www.noe.gv.at/wahlen/L20081/Kandidaten.html Candidates Lower Austrian Government Party Pos. Position on party list Candidate Votes % Candidate's votes as a percentage of all preferential votes cast for their party's list ÖVP 1 Erwin Pröll 303,022 91.2 SPÖ 1 Heidemaria Onodi 45,445 58.5 FPÖ 1 Barbara Rosenkranz 45,371 86.8 GRÜNE 1 Madeleine Petrovic 18,973 66.5 SPÖ 2 Emil Schabl 4,131 5.3 ÖVP 3 Wolfgang Sobotka 3,961 1.2 ÖVP 4 Josef Plank 3,748 1.1 ÖVP 2 Ernest Gabmann 2,695 0.8 ÖVP 30 Bettina Rausch 2,441 0.7 SPÖ 13 Josef Jahrmann 2,211 2.8 References Category:2008 elections in Austria Category:State elections in Austria Category:March 2008 in Europe