The governing Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) led by Mayor and GovernorMichael Häupl won a landslide victory, increasing its absolute majority by an additional three seats and winning just under half of the vote. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) suffered substantial losses, falling from second to fourth place. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) returned to second place for the first time since 1991. The Greens achieved their best-ever result, winning 14.6% of votes and becoming the third largest party in the Gemeinderat and Landtag.
The Viennese constitution mandates that cabinet positions in the city government (city councillors, German: Stadtsräten) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. The number of city councillors is voted upon by the Landtag after each election, and may legally vary between nine and fifteen. City councillors are divided into two groups – "senior" councillors, who hold a cabinet portfolio, and "non-executive" councillors who do not. Non-executive councillors may vote in cabinet meetings, but do not otherwise hold any government responsibility. In practice, parties seek to form a coalition which holds a majority in both the Landtag and city government. City councillors bound to the coalition become senior councillors, while the opposition are relegated to non-executive status.
In the 2001 state election, the SPÖ regained the absolute majority it had lost in 1996. The FPÖ suffered substantial losses, but remained the second largest party with 20% of the vote. The Greens also made gains, with the Liberal Forum lost its seats. The SPÖ won nine city councillors and formed government alone.
Electoral systemedit
The 100 seats of the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna are elected via open listproportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between eighteen 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.[1]
Contesting partiesedit
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.
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The 2005 Viennese state election was held on 23 October 2005 to elect the members of the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna 2005 Viennese state election 2001 23 October 2005 2010 All 100 seats in the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna51 seats needed for a majority All 14 seats in the state governmentTurnout694 515 60 8 5 8 First party Second party Leader Michael Haupl Johannes Hahn Party SPO OVP Last election 52 seats 46 9 16 seats 16 4 Seats won 55 18 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 333 611 127 531 Percentage 49 1 18 8 Swing 2 2 2 4 Third party Fourth party Leader Maria Vassilakou Heinz Christian Strache Party Greens FPO Last election 11 seats 12 4 21 seats 20 2 Seats won 14 13 Seat change 3 8 Popular vote 99 432 100 780 Percentage 14 6 14 8 Swing 2 2 5 3 Mayor and Governor before election Michael Haupl SPO Elected Mayor and Governor Michael Haupl SPO The governing Social Democratic Party of Austria SPO led by Mayor and Governor Michael Haupl won a landslide victory increasing its absolute majority by an additional three seats and winning just under half of the vote The Freedom Party of Austria FPO suffered substantial losses falling from second to fourth place The Austrian People s Party OVP returned to second place for the first time since 1991 The Greens achieved their best ever result winning 14 6 of votes and becoming the third largest party in the Gemeinderat and Landtag Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral system 3 Contesting parties 4 Results 4 1 Results by constituency 5 ReferencesBackground editThe Viennese constitution mandates that cabinet positions in the city government city councillors German Stadtsraten be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each this is known as Proporz The number of city councillors is voted upon by the Landtag after each election and may legally vary between nine and fifteen City councillors are divided into two groups senior councillors who hold a cabinet portfolio and non executive councillors who do not Non executive councillors may vote in cabinet meetings but do not otherwise hold any government responsibility In practice parties seek to form a coalition which holds a majority in both the Landtag and city government City councillors bound to the coalition become senior councillors while the opposition are relegated to non executive status In the 2001 state election the SPO regained the absolute majority it had lost in 1996 The FPO suffered substantial losses but remained the second largest party with 20 of the vote The Greens also made gains with the Liberal Forum lost its seats The SPO won nine city councillors and formed government alone Electoral system editThe 100 seats of the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna are elected via open list proportional representation in a two step process The seats are distributed between eighteen 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 1 Contesting parties editThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag Name Ideology Leader 2001 result Votes Seats Councillors SPO Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Osterreichs Social democracy Michael Haupl 46 9 52 100 9 15 FPO Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Osterreichs Right wing populismEuroscepticism Heinz Christian Strache 20 2 21 100 3 15 OVP Austrian People s PartyOsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy Johannes Hahn 16 4 16 100 2 15 GRUNE The Greens The Green AlternativeDie Grunen Die Grune Alternative Green politics Maria Vassilakou 12 4 11 100 1 15 In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag four parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot Communist Party of Austria KPO Alliance for the Future of Austria BZO Vienna Forum WIF on the ballot only in Donaustadt Socialist Left Party SLP on the ballot only in CentreResults edit nbsp Party Votes Seats Coun Social Democratic Party of Austria SPO 333 611 49 09 2 18 55 3 9 0 Austrian People s Party OVP 127 531 18 77 2 38 18 2 2 0 The Greens The Green Alternative GRUNE 99 432 14 63 2 18 14 3 2 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPO 100 780 14 83 5 33 13 8 1 2 Communist Party of Austria KPO 9 969 1 47 0 83 0 0 0 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZO 7 824 1 15 New 0 New 0 New Vienna Forum WIF 294 0 04 New 0 New 0 New Socialist Left Party SLP 124 0 02 0 01 0 0 0 0 Invalid blank votes 14 950 Total 694 515 100 100 0 14 1 Registered voters turnout 1 142 126 60 81 5 77 Source Viennese Government Popular vote SPO 49 09 OVP 18 77 FPO 14 83 GRUNE 14 63 Other 2 68 Gemeinderat and Landtag seats SPO 55 00 OVP 18 00 GRUNE 14 00 FPO 13 00 Results by constituency edit Constituency SPO OVP Grune FPO Others Totalseats Turnout S S S S Centre 37 9 3 25 0 2 23 6 2 10 6 2 9 7 59 6 Inner West 34 0 2 24 8 1 29 3 2 9 0 3 0 5 61 2 Leopoldstadt 49 9 2 15 1 17 8 1 14 1 3 0 3 59 0 Landstrasse 43 3 2 21 9 1 19 3 1 12 6 3 0 4 59 9 Favoriten 57 7 6 12 1 1 8 1 19 6 2 2 5 9 59 5 Simmering 60 8 3 10 6 7 4 18 8 1 2 4 4 60 0 Meidling 52 3 3 16 0 12 5 16 5 2 7 3 59 2 Hietzing 36 6 1 34 7 1 15 6 11 0 2 1 2 66 5 Penzing 45 8 2 21 6 1 15 2 14 8 2 6 3 61 9 Rudolfsheim Funfhaus 51 0 2 13 8 16 4 15 9 2 9 2 55 5 Ottakring 51 5 3 15 8 14 4 15 8 2 5 3 59 9 Hernals 42 5 1 22 4 17 7 14 9 2 5 1 60 2 Wahring 32 4 1 33 0 1 22 0 10 3 2 2 2 63 1 Dobling 38 1 1 33 5 1 14 8 11 7 2 0 2 63 7 Brigittenau 56 7 2 12 1 11 7 16 8 2 8 2 58 1 Floridsdorf 57 8 6 13 1 1 9 1 17 0 1 3 1 8 61 4 Donaustadt 57 8 6 13 1 1 9 9 1 16 4 1 2 9 9 61 8 Liesing 51 4 3 19 5 1 12 1 14 5 1 2 5 5 64 9 Remaining seats 6 6 7 7 26 Total 49 1 55 18 8 18 14 6 14 14 8 13 2 7 100 60 8 Source Viennese GovernmentReferences edit RIS Viennese Gemeinderat election act 1996 Viennese Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2005 Viennese state election amp oldid 1188698576, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
