2015 Upper Austrian state election

2015 Upper Austrian state election Upper Austria state parliamentary no 2009 Upper Austrian state election 2009 2021 Upper Austrian state election 2021 All 56 seats in the Landtag of Upper Austria29 seats needed for a majorityAll 9 seats in the state government 27 September 2015 893,485 (81.6%) 1.3% Pühringer Josef BHO-7736.jpg 230 115 150 0 30 Josef Pühringer Austrian People's Party 28 seats, 46.8% 21 7 316,290 36.4% 10.4% ManfredHaimbuchner cropped.jpg 220 115 150 25 50 Manfred Haimbuchner Freedom Party of Austria 9 seats, 15.3% 18 9 263,985 30.4% 15.1% Reinhold Entholzer.jpg 130 115 150 0 15 Reinhold Entholzer Social Democratic Party of Austria 14 seats, 24.9% 11 3 159,753 18.4% 6.6% 150x150px Rudolf Anschober The Greens – The Green Alternative 5 seats, 9.2% 6 1 89,703 10.3% 1.1% Landtagswahlkarte Oberösterreich 2015.svg 300px Results by municipality. The lighter shade indicates a plurality; the darker shade indicates a majority. Governor Josef Pühringer Austrian People's Party Josef Pühringer Austrian People's Party The 2015 Upper Austrian state election was held on 27 September 2015 to elect the members of the Landtag of Upper Austria. The election saw major losses for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), the traditional major parties of Austrian politics. This was matched by huge gains for the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which doubled its vote share to 30% and overtook the SPÖ to become the second largest party. The Greens also made small gains, while the liberal NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) failed to enter the Landtag on its first attempt, taking 3.5%.https://orf.at/wahlergebnisse/ooe15/#ergebnisse/40000 Results - Election Upper Austria 2015 ORF Background The Upper 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. Despite this, parties still establish formal coalitions to organise cabinet positions and ensure a Landtag majority for legislative purposes. In the 2009 state election, the ÖVP consolidated its lead over the SPÖ, which suffered a huge loss of 13.4 percentage points. Meanwhile, the ÖVP came up one seat short of an absolute majority. The FPÖ also made substantial gains (6.9 points) and moved into third place ahead of the Greens. The ÖVP won five councillors, the SPÖ two, the FPÖ one, and the Greens one. The ÖVP formed a coalition with the Greens. Electoral system The 56 seats of the Landtag of Upper Austria are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between five 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=LrOO&Gesetzesnummer=10000538 RIS - Upper Austria Landtag election act Upper Austrian Government Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag. Name Ideology Leader 2009 result Votes (%) Seats Councillors ÖVP Austrian People's PartyÖsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy Josef Pühringer 46.8% 28 56 Austrian People's Party 5 9 Austrian People's Party SPÖ Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs Social democracy Reinhold Entholzer 24.9% 14 56 Social Democratic Party of Austria 2 9 Social Democratic Party of Austria FPÖ Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Österreichs Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Manfred Haimbuchner 15.3% 9 56 Freedom Party of Austria 1 9 Freedom Party of Austria GRÜNE The Greens – The Green AlternativeDie Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative Green politics Rudolf Anschober 9.2% 5 56 The Greens – The Green Alternative 1 9 The Greens – The Green Alternative In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, three parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) Christian Party of Austria (CPÖ) Results File:Landtag of Upper Austria 2015.svgParty Votes % +/− Seats +/− Coun. State councillors +/− Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 315,290 36.37 –10.39 21 –7 4 –1 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 263,985 30.36 +15.07 18 +9 3 +2 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 159,753 18.37 –6.57 11 –3 1 –1 The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 89,703 10.32 +1.14 6 +1 1 ±0 NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) 30,201 3.47 New 0 New 0 New Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 6,512 0.75 +0.19 0 ±0 0 ±0 Christian Party of Austria (CPÖ) 3,111 0.36 New 0 New 0 New Invalid/blank votes 23,930 – – – – – – Total 893,485 100 – 56 0 9 0 Registered voters/turnout 1,094,497 81.63 +1.28 – – – –Source: ORF Popular vote #ddd 500px 400px ÖVP Austrian People's Party 36.37 FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria 30.36 SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 18.37 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 10.32 NEOS NEOS – The New Austria 3.47 Other #777777 1.11 Landtag seats #ddd 500px 400px ÖVP Austrian People's Party 37.50 FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria 32.14 SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 19.64 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 10.71 Results by constituency Constituency ÖVP FPÖ SPÖ Grüne NEOS Others Totalseats Turnout % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % Linz and Surrounds 30.8 3 27.8 3 22.8 2 12.9 1 4.2 1.4 9 75.9 Innviertel 36.1 3 37.4 3 14.8 1 7.8 3.0 0.9 7 81.9 Hausruckviertel 36.3 5 32.9 4 16.9 2 9.8 1 3.1 1.0 12 83.0 Traunviertel 35.6 3 29.3 3 20.6 2 10.0 1 3.4 1.3 9 81.2 Mühlviertel 42.8 4 25.7 2 16.5 1 10.4 1 3.5 1.1 8 86.7 Remaining seats 3 3 3 2 0 11 Total 36.4 21 30.4 18 18.4 11 10.3 6 3.5 0 1.1 56 81.6 Source: Upper Austrian Government Aftermath The result was a major breakthrough for the FPÖ, not least of all because the party captured three state councillors. This put pressure on the ÖVP, which no longer held a majority in the state government. They declared they were not willing to form a coalition which would only have a one-seat majority in the state government, essentially ruling out any coalition with either the SPÖ or Greens alone.https://ooe.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2734449/ Coalition talks in the state house 30 September 2015 ORFhttps://www.diepresse.com/4832911/oo-puhringer-sieht-gesprachsfahigkeit-mit-allen-parteien Upper Austria: Pühringer sees "ability to talk" with all parties 30 September 2015 Die Presse The Greens pushed for a three-party coalition with the ÖVP and SPÖ, but Pühringer instead sought an agreement with the FPÖ. This was ultimately successful, though Pühringer distanced himself from the FPÖ, describing the situation as a "working agreement" rather than a coalition, stating that both parties were given great freedom to operate independently.https://ooe.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2738538/ Parliament met for the first session 23 October 2015 ORFhttps://ooe.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2737990/ ÖVP: Hummer loses in a fight vote 21 October 2015 ORF The coalition was condemned by SPÖ federal Chancellor Werner Faymann, but supported by ÖVP Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner.https://www.nachrichten.at/archivierte-artikel/wahl2015/Faymann-und-Mitterlehner-zu-Schwarz-Blau-in-OOE-gespalten;art174240,2007136 Faymann and Mitterlehner split into black and blue in Upper Austria 20 October 2015 Nachrichten.at The new government took office on 23 October. References Category:2015 elections in Austria Category:State elections in Austria Category:September 2015 in Austria Category:Upper Austria