2015 Styrian state election

2015 Styrian state election Styria state parliamentary 2010 Styrian state election 2010 2019 Styrian state election 2019 31 May 2015 All 48 seats in the Landtag of Styria 25 655,051 (67.9%) 1.6% 150x150px Franz Voves Social Democratic Party of Austria 23 seats, 38.3% 15 8 189,762 29.3% 9.0% 150x150px Hermann Schützenhöfer Austrian People's Party 22 seats, 37.2% 184,301 14 8 28.5% 8.7% 150x150px Mario Kunasek Freedom Party of Austria 6 seats, 10.7% 14 8 173,332 26.8% 16.1% 150x150px Lambert Schönleitner The Greens – The Green Alternative 3 seats, 5.6% 3 0 43,272 6.7% 1.1% 150x150px Claudia Klimt-Weithaler Communist Party of Austria 2 seats, 4.4% 2 0 27,339 4.2% 0.2% Landtagswahlkarte Steiermark 2015.svg 350px Results by municipality. Governor Franz Voves Social Democratic Party of Austria Hermann Schützenhöfer Austrian People's Party The 2015 Styrian state election was held on 31 May 2015 to elect the members of the Landtag of Styria. The election saw major losses for the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the two major parties, matched by huge gains for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The SPÖ finished first on 29.3% and 15 seats, just ahead of the ÖVP's 28.5% and 14 seats. The FPÖ placed a close third with 26.8%, and tied the ÖVP in seats.https://egov.stmk.gv.at/wahlen/LT2015/LT2015_60000.html Styria overall - final result 3 June 2015 Styrian Government Governor Franz Voves resigned after the election. The SPÖ and ÖVP renewed their coalition government, but during negotiations, it was unexpectedly announced that ÖVP leader Hermann Schützenhöfer would become Governor, despite his party being the smaller of the two.https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2715472/ Schützenhöfer becomes LH, Schickhofer follows Voves 10 June 2015 ORF The SPÖ claimed it was a necessary concession to prevent an ÖVP–FPÖ coalition; nonetheless, the announcement caused significant controversy. Schützenhöfer was sworn in on 15 June.https://orf.at/v2/stories/2283520/2283509/ "First should provide governor" 11 June 2015 ORF Background After the 2010 election, the SPÖ won a narrow victory over the ÖVP, and the two parties formed a coalition government. Prior to amendments made in 2011, the Styrian constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government 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 cabinet position. In November 2011, the Landtag voted to amend the constitution to remove this requirement. As such, the 2015 election was the first in post-war Styrian history in which conventional coalition formation could take place.https://www.diepresse.com/3883323/der-proporz-wird-zum-auslaufmodell Proporz is becoming obsolete 8 October 2014 Die Presse Electoral system The 48 seats of the Landtag of Styria are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. 38 of the seats are distributed between four multi-member constituencies. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must win at least one seat in a constituency directly. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with ten leveling 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.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11679987_74837604/48a5ebef/Tableau_2019_Mandatsverteilung.pdf Mandate distribution table Styrian Government Contesting parties Name Ideology Leader 2010 result Votes (%) Seats SPÖ Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs Social democracy Franz Voves 38.3% 23 48 Social Democratic Party of Austria ÖVP Austrian People's PartyÖsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy Hermann Schützenhöfer 37.2% 22 48 Austrian People's Party FPÖ Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Österreichs Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Mario Kunasek 10.7% 6 48 Freedom Party of Austria GRÜNE The Greens – The Green AlternativeDie Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative Green politics Lambert Schönleitner 5.6% 3 48 The Greens – The Green Alternative KPÖ Communist Party of AustriaKommunistische Partei Österreichs Communism Claudia Klimt-Weithaler 4.4% 2 48 Communist Party of Austria 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) Team Stronach (TEAM) Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT) Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Grüne KPÖ TS NEOS Others Lead 2015 state election 31 May 2015 – 29.3 28.5 26.8 6.7 4.2 1.7 2.6 0.2 0.8 OGM May 2015 503 31–32 28–29 21–22 6–7 5–6 1–2 3–4 1–2 2–4 Gallup 11–13 May 2015 400 31 29 21 8 5 2 4 2 2 Market 4–7 May 2015 398 33 31 17 7 5 1 5 1 2 OGM May 2015 ? 30 28 24 7 6 1 3 1 2 M+R March 2015 800 34 30 19.5 6.5 4.5 – 3 2 4 Gallup April 2015 300 31 29 20 8 4 – 5 2 2 Gallup March 2015 ? 32 29 20 8 4 – 5 2 3 meinungsraum.at January 2015 ? 30 28 21 10 3 1 6 1 2 2010 state election 26 September 2010 – 38.3 37.2 10.7 5.6 4.4 – – 3.9 1.1 Results File:2015 Styrian state election - composition chart.svgParty Votes % +/− Seats +/− Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 189,762 29.29 –8.97 15 –8 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 184,301 28.45 –8.74 14 –8 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 173,332 26.76 +16.10 14 +8 The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 43,272 6.68 +1.13 3 ±0 Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 27,339 4.22 –0.19 2 ±0 NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) 17,078 2.64 New 0 New Team Stronach (FRANK) 11,292 1.74 New 0 New Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT) 1,406 0.22 +0.22 0 ±0 Invalid/blank votes 7,269 – – – – Total 655,051 100 – 48 –8 Registered voters/turnout 964,665 67.90 –1.64 – –Source: Styrian Government Popular vote #ddd 500px 400px SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 29.29 ÖVP Austrian People's Party 28.45 FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria 26.76 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 6.68 KPÖ Communist Party of Austria 4.22 NEOS NEOS – The New Austria 2.64 Other #777777 1.96 Landtag seats #ddd 500px 400px SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria 31.25 ÖVP Austrian People's Party 29.17 FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria 29.17 GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative 6.25 KPÖ Communist Party of Austria 4.17 Results by constituency Constituency SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Grüne KPÖ Others Totalseats Turnout % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % S Seats % District 1 28.3 4 24.8 3 23.5 3 11.2 1 6.4 1 5.7 12 64.4 District 2 22.0 2 38.1 4 27.9 3 5.2 1.9 4.9 9 72.3 District 3 28.3 2 28.4 2 31.8 2 4.4 2.9 4.1 6 68.3 District 4 36.9 5 24.3 3 26.4 3 4.4 4.5 3.4 11 68.2 State seats 2 2 3 2 1 10 Total 29.3 15 28.5 14 26.8 14 6.7 3 4.2 2 4.6 48 67.9 Source: Styrian Government Aftermath Prior to the election, Governor Franz Voves stated he would resign if the SPÖ fell below 30% of vote share. As the party fell short of this target, albeit by less than one percentage points, Voves announced his resignation. He was replaced as party leader by Michael Schickhöfer. Formal coalition talks between the SPÖ and ÖVP proceeded. As the SPÖ was the larger party, it was naturally expected that they would retain the governorship. However, after several days of negotiations, the government announced that Voves would be succeeded by ÖVP leader Hermann Schützenhöfer. This was received poorly by opposition parties and the federal SPÖ alike, who criticised it as a breach of political convention. The Styrian SPÖ claimed it had been done to prevent the ÖVP from defecting and forming a coalition with the FPÖ. The government took office on 16 June. References Category:2015 elections in Austria Category:State elections in Austria Category:May 2015 in Europe