The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) made gains but fell just short of an overall majority. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) suffered major losses, falling to just under a quarter of the vote, while the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) recovered some of the losses they had taken in the 2003 election. The ÖVP under GovernorJosef Pühringer subsequently renewed its working agreement with the Greens which had been signed after the previous election.
The Upper Austrian constitution mandates 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 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 2003 state election, the ÖVP maintained a small lead over the SPÖ, which achieved a strong swing in its favour while the FPÖ's support collapsed. The Greens achieved a respectable result of 9%, and crucially achieved balance of power in the state government. The ÖVP and SPÖ each won four councillors, while the Greens won one; the FPÖ failed to win any. The ÖVP signed a working coalition with the Greens, giving rise to the first ÖVP–Green government in Austria.
Electoral systemedit
The 56 seats of the Landtag of Upper Austria are elected via open listproportional 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.[1]
Contesting partiesedit
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.
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The 2009 Upper Austrian state election was held on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the Landtag of Upper Austria 2009 Upper Austrian state election 2003 27 September 2009 2015 All 56 seats in the Landtag of Upper Austria29 seats needed for a majority All 9 seats in the state governmentTurnout872 796 80 3 1 7 First party Second party Leader Josef Puhringer Erich Haider Party OVP SPO Last election 25 seats 43 4 22 seats 38 3 Seats won 28 14 Seat change 3 8 Popular vote 400 365 213 555 Percentage 46 8 24 9 Swing 3 3 13 4 Third party Fourth party Leader Manfred Haimbuchner Rudolf Anschober Party FPO Greens Last election 4 seats 8 4 5 seats 9 1 Seats won 9 5 Seat change 5 0 Popular vote 130 937 78 569 Percentage 15 3 9 2 Swing 6 9 0 1 Governor before election Josef Puhringer OVP Elected Governor Josef Puhringer OVP The Austrian People s Party OVP made gains but fell just short of an overall majority The Social Democratic Party of Austria SPO suffered major losses falling to just under a quarter of the vote while the Freedom Party of Austria FPO recovered some of the losses they had taken in the 2003 election The OVP under Governor Josef Puhringer subsequently renewed its working agreement with the Greens which had been signed after the previous election Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral system 3 Contesting parties 4 Results 4 1 Results by constituency 5 ReferencesBackground editThe Upper Austrian constitution mandates 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 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 2003 state election the OVP maintained a small lead over the SPO which achieved a strong swing in its favour while the FPO s support collapsed The Greens achieved a respectable result of 9 and crucially achieved balance of power in the state government The OVP and SPO each won four councillors while the Greens won one the FPO failed to win any The OVP signed a working coalition with the Greens giving rise to the first OVP Green government in Austria Electoral system editThe 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 1 Contesting parties editThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag Name Ideology Leader 2003 result Votes Seats Councillors OVP Austrian People s PartyOsterreichische Volkspartei Christian democracy Josef Puhringer 43 4 25 56 4 9 SPO Social Democratic Party of AustriaSozialdemokratische Partei Osterreichs Social democracy Erich Haider 38 3 22 56 4 9 GRUNE The Greens The Green AlternativeDie Grunen Die Grune Alternative Green politics Rudolf Anschober 9 1 5 56 1 9 FPO Freedom Party of AustriaFreiheitliche Partei Osterreichs Right wing populismEuroscepticism Manfred Haimbuchner 8 4 4 56 0 9 In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag three parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot Alliance for the Future of Austria BZO Communist Party of Austria KPO The Christians DC Results edit nbsp Party Votes Seats Coun Austrian People s Party OVP 400 365 46 76 3 34 28 3 5 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPO 213 555 24 94 13 39 14 8 2 2 Freedom Party of Austria FPO 130 937 15 29 6 89 9 5 1 1 The Greens The Green Alternative GRUNE 78 569 9 18 0 12 5 0 1 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZO 24 268 2 83 New 0 New 0 New Communist Party of Austria KPO 4 812 0 56 0 22 0 0 0 0 The Christians DC 3 721 0 43 New 0 New 0 New Invalid blank votes 16 569 Total 872 796 100 56 0 9 0 Registered voters turnout 1 086 310 80 35 1 70 Source Upper Austrian Government Popular vote OVP 46 76 SPO 24 94 FPO 15 29 GRUNE 9 18 Other 3 82 Landtag seats OVP 50 00 SPO 25 00 FPO 16 07 GRUNE 8 93 Results by constituency edit Constituency OVP SPO FPO Grune Others Totalseats Turnout S S S S Linz and Surrounds 38 6 4 31 2 3 15 1 1 11 4 1 3 8 9 74 0 Innviertel 50 6 4 19 6 1 18 9 1 7 0 4 0 6 81 1 Hausruckviertel 47 0 6 22 9 3 17 5 2 9 0 1 3 8 12 81 0 Traunviertel 45 6 4 27 8 2 13 4 1 8 8 4 5 7 80 1 Muhlviertel 52 7 6 22 7 2 12 0 1 9 2 1 3 5 10 86 6 Remaining seats 4 3 3 2 12 Total 46 8 28 24 9 14 15 3 9 9 2 5 3 8 56 80 3 Source Upper Austrian GovernmentReferences edit RIS Upper Austria Landtag election act Upper Austrian Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009 Upper Austrian state election amp oldid 1059668371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
