The election was a victory for the first-term Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) government under Jörg Haider, which repeated its strong performance from the previous election. This came despite difficulties on the federal level and recent defeats in other state elections, as well as a strong challenge from the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) lost almost half its voteshare, while The Greens won seats for the first time.
Prior to amendments made in 2017, the Carinthian constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, German: 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.[1]
In the 1999 state election, the FPÖ became the largest party in a state legislature for the first time in history, winning 42% of votes cast. FPÖ leader Jörg Haider became Governor.
Electoral systemedit
The 36 seats of the Landtag of Carinthia are elected via open listproportional 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.[2]
Contesting partiesedit
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.
2004, carinthian, state, election, held, march, 2004, elect, members, landtag, carinthia, 1999, march, 2004, 2009, seats, landtag, carinthia19, seats, needed, majorityturnout334, first, party, second, party, leader, jörg, haider, peter, ambrozyparty, fpö, spöl. The 2004 Carinthian state election was held on 7 March 2004 to elect the members of the Landtag of Carinthia 2004 Carinthian state election 1999 7 March 2004 2009 All 36 seats in the Landtag of Carinthia19 seats needed for a majorityTurnout334 431 78 6 1 9 First party Second party Leader Jorg Haider Peter AmbrozyParty FPO SPOLast election 16 seats 42 1 12 seats 32 9 Seats won 16 14Seat change 0 2Popular vote 139 479 126 325Percentage 42 4 38 4 Swing 0 4 5 6 Third party Fourth party Leader Elisabeth Scheucher Rolf HolubParty OVP GreensLast election 8 seats 20 7 0 seats 3 9 a Seats won 4 2Seat change 4 2Popular vote 38 256 22 053Percentage 11 6 6 7 Swing 9 1 2 8 Governor before electionJorg HaiderFPO Elected Governor Jorg HaiderFPOThe election was a victory for the first term Freedom Party of Austria FPO government under Jorg Haider which repeated its strong performance from the previous election This came despite difficulties on the federal level and recent defeats in other state elections as well as a strong challenge from the Social Democratic Party of Austria SPO The Austrian People s Party OVP lost almost half its voteshare while The Greens won seats for the first time Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral system 3 Contesting parties 4 Results 4 1 Results by constituency 5 Notes 6 ReferencesBackground editPrior to amendments made in 2017 the Carinthian constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government state councillors German Landesraten 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 1 In the 1999 state election the FPO became the largest party in a state legislature for the first time in history winning 42 of votes cast FPO leader Jorg Haider became Governor Electoral system editThe 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 2 Contesting parties editThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag Name Ideology Leader 1999 resultVotes Seats CouncillorsFPO Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Osterreichs Right wing populismEuroscepticism Jorg Haider 42 1 16 36 3 7SPO Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Osterreichs Social democracy Peter Ambrozy 32 9 12 36 3 7OVP Austrian People s PartyOsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy Elisabeth Scheucher 20 7 8 36 1 7In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag three parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot The Greens The Green Alternative GRUNE Communist Party of Austria KPO SAU Party SAU Results edit nbsp Party Votes Seats Coun Freedom Party of Austria FPO 139 479 42 43 0 37 16 0 3 0Social Democratic Party of Austria SPO 126 325 38 43 5 57 14 2 3 0Austrian People s Party OVP 38 256 11 64 9 10 4 4 1 0The Greens The Green Alternative GRUNE 22 053 6 71 2 78 2 2 0 0Communist Party of Austria KPO 1 951 0 59 0 18 0 0 0 0SAU Party SAU 635 0 19 New 0 New 0 NewInvalid blank votes 5 732 Total 334 431 100 36 0 7 0Registered voters turnout 425 304 78 63 1 87 Source Carinthian GovernmentPopular voteFPO 42 42 SPO 38 43 OVP 11 64 GRUNE 6 71 Other 0 78 Landtag seatsFPO 44 44 SPO 38 89 OVP 11 11 GRUNE 5 56 Results by constituency edit Constituency FPO SPO OVP Grune Others Totalseats Turnout S S S S Klagenfurt 41 7 4 35 8 3 10 7 1 11 1 1 0 7 9 76 9Carinthia East 42 6 4 39 4 4 12 6 1 4 8 0 6 9 80 2Villach 40 0 3 43 9 3 8 3 6 2 1 5 6 77 9Carinthia West 45 1 4 35 1 3 14 5 1 4 8 0 5 8 79 4Remaining seats 1 1 1 1 4Total 42 4 16 38 4 14 11 6 4 6 7 2 0 8 36 78 6Source Carinthian GovernmentNotes edit As part of the joint list Democracy 99 References edit Carinthia abolishes the Proporz Die Presse 1 June 2017 LT2013 Mandate pdf PDF Carinthian Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 Carinthian state election amp oldid 1189043606, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
