Municipal council elections in Styria 2015

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Majorities in the municipalities after the municipal council elections in Styria 2015 (excluding Graz)
Municipal elections 2015
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
42.72%
(-4.09  % p )
31.57%
(-5.42  % p )
13.86%
(+ 7.31  % p )
3.33%
(+1.21  % p )
1.53%
(+ 0.31  % p )
0.39%
( n.k. )
6.60%
(+0.88  % p )
Otherwise.
2010

2015

The results of the municipal council elections in Styria from 1970 to 2015 in comparison

The municipal council elections in Styria 2015 took place on March 22, 2015. The elections will take place in accordance with the provisions of the 2009 municipal electoral code as amended on September 26, 2014. The announcement for election was made on December 30, 2014 by means of the Styrian Law Gazette, 153rd ordinance by Governor Franz Voves . In the Styrian municipalities, the mayor is elected by the respective municipal council at the constituent meeting of the municipal council. The city of Graz , where the next municipal council election did not take place until 2017, was excluded from this election .

In the 2015 municipal council elections, a total of 5088 councilors were available for election in 286 municipalities. In the municipal council elections in 2010 there were 7507 councilors, which corresponds to a decrease of 32.2 percent.

The winner of the elections was the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which more than doubled its share of the vote with a gain of 7.31 percent. While in 2010 6.55 percent of FPÖ mandatars gave their vote, it was 13.86 percent in this election. The Greens were also able to look forward to small gains, with their share of the vote rising from 2.12 to 3.33 percent (plus 1.21 percent). The NEOS , which ran for the first time in 15 municipalities, managed only 0.39 percent and only 6 municipalities mandates. The two major parties, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), were the clear losers in the elections . The SPÖ fell from 37.72 to 31.57 percent, which corresponds to a minus of 5.42 percent, and lost especially in its traditional strongholds of Bruck an der Mur , Mürzzuschlag , Kapfenberg , Knittelfeld and Leoben . With a minus of 4.09 percent, the ÖVP also fell from 46.81 to 42.72 percent, but was largely able to maintain its absolute majorities in Eastern and Southern Styria. At just 73.36 percent, voter turnout continued to decline, reaching its lowest level in 2015.

Election calendar

At the meeting of the Styrian Landtag on December 18, 2014, the following election calendar was decided:

  • January 5, 2015 - deadline for election; that is 75 days before the election date,
  • January 12, 2015 - end of the deadline for the appointment of district returning officers and their deputies,
  • January 24, 2015 - notification of the preliminary number of eligible voters,
  • 26 January 2015 - constitution of the electoral authorities, edition of the electoral roll and handing over of copies to the parties,
  • January 30, 2015 - end of the objection period,
  • February 13, 2015 - at 1:00 p.m. end of the deadline for submitting the municipal election proposals to the municipal electoral authority,
  • February 16, 2015 - Completion of the electoral roll and registration of the final eligible voters,
  • February 19, 2015 - Finalization of the municipal election proposals by the municipal electoral authority,
  • March 1, 2015 - Determination of the voting time and the polling stations of the electoral district,
  • March 11, 2015 - Official election information sent out
  • March 13, 2015 - early voting ,
  • March 18, 2015 - End for written voting card applications
  • March 22, 2015 - End for verbal voting card applications
  • March 22, 2015 - Election Day
  • March 24, 2015 - latest date for the announcement of the election results
  • April 8, 2015 - End of the objection period at the state electoral authority

Starting position

Due to the structural reform of Styria , the number of municipalities was reduced from 539 to 287 municipalities (including Graz) on January 1, 2015, which corresponds to a dissolution of 252 municipalities. Three other municipalities were dissolved on January 1, 2014. The local political effects on the strength of the individual parties cannot yet be foreseen.

Government commissioners were appointed until the municipal councils were constituted in the new municipalities . The new mayors are then elected by the municipal councils during the constituent meetings.

While the Styrian People's Party or a list closely related to it only did not run in one municipality (Nestelbach im Ilztal) in the municipal council elections in 2010 , this was the case with the Austrian Social Democratic Party in 33 municipalities (Aug-Radisch, Bierbaum am Auersbach, Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel, Brodingberg , Dietersdorf am Gnasbach, Ebersdorf, Edelsgrub, Edelstauden, open land near Deutschlandsberg, Garanas, municipality of Modriach, Glojach, Gössenberg, Großwilfersdorf, Gschaid near Birkfeld, Gschnaidt, Hainersdorf, Hainsdorf in Schwarzautal, Johnsbach, Loipersdorf near Fürstenfeld, Mitterlabill, Poppendorf, Reichendorf Rinegg, Röthelstein, Schönberg-Lachtal, Schwarzau im Schwarzautal, Stein, Unterauersbach, Vornholz, Weinburg am Saßbach, Wielfresen and Zeutschach). The Freedom Party of Austria ran in 274 municipalities and the Greens in 86 municipalities. The Alliance for the Future of Austria competed in 54 municipalities and the Austrian Communist Party in 25 municipalities. In addition, a total of 130 lists of names and citizens were recorded in the municipal council elections in 2010.

Number of parishes

Graphic overview of the new municipalities created by the amalgamation. These are shown in green. There were no structural changes in the municipalities shown in white.
district 2010 2015 difference
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district 37 19th −18
Deutschlandsberg district 40 15th −25
Graz area 57 36 −21
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district 64 36 −28
Leibnitz district 48 29 −19
Leoben district 19th 16 - 03
Liezen district 51 29 −22
Murau district 34 14th −20
Murtal district 38 20th −18
District of Southeast Styria 74 26th −48
Voitsberg district 25th 15th −10
Weiz district 54 31 −23

Affected communities

The following municipalities were affected by the municipal structural reform, which came into force on January 1, 2015 (the previously independent municipalities in brackets) :

Nominations

In the 286 municipalities, a total of 1043 nominations were submitted, 574 fewer than in the 2010 municipal council election (1617 nominations). Both the SPÖ and the ÖVP run for elections in all municipalities. The FPÖ is running in 243 municipalities. The Greens stand for election in 87 municipalities, followed by the KPÖ in 29 municipalities and the first-time candidate NEOS, which are campaigning for votes in 15 municipalities. 97 lists round off the candidacies.

Number of nominations submitted per district
political district Number of
parishes		 List 1
SPÖ		 List 2
ÖVP		 List 3
FPÖ		 List 4
GREEN		 List 5
KPÖ		 Lists 6–10
NEOS other
lists
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag 019th 019th 019th 019th 06th 05 01 09
Deutschlandsberg 015th 015th 015th 013 02 01 00 06th
Graz area 036 036 036 032 25th 05 06th 20th
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld 036 036 036 028 07th 01 02 07th
Leibnitz 029 029 029 028 07th 00 02 12
Leoben 016 016 016 013 02 06th 01 06th
Liezen 029 029 029 022nd 05 01 00 13
Murau 014th 014th 014th 012 02 00 00 05
Murtal 020th 020th 020th 017th 04th 05 01 05
Southeast Styria 026th 026th 026th 019th 12 01 01 05
Voitsberg 015th 015th 015th 015th 04th 04th 00 06th
Wheat 031 031 031 025th 11 00 01 03
Styria as a whole 286 286 286 243 87 29 15th 97
proposed nominations 1043

Suffrage

Eligibility to vote

All men and women who have reached the age of 16 on the day of the election and who are Austrian citizenship or the citizenship of another member state of the European Union on the reference date, are not excluded from the right to vote and have their main residence in the municipality are actively eligible to vote.

The mayor has to put the electoral roll up for public inspection in a public office for five working days. Depending on the organizational and technical possibilities, this inspection can also be granted via a screen or terminal.

Eligible voters by district
political district Eligible voters of which from
other
EU countries
Men Women total
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag 41,358000 44,138000 85,496000 3,936000
Deutschlandsberg 025,275000 26,234000 51,509000 1,435000
Graz area 59,909000 62,723000 122,632000 5,398000
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld 37.508000 38,643000 76.151000 1,947000
Leibnitz 33,426000 34,550000 67,976000 2,708000
Leoben 25,220000 26,860000 52,080000 2,177000
Liezen 32,299000 34,789000 67,088000 3,934000
Murtal 30,034000 31,684000 61,718000 2,548000
Murau 11,988000 12,417000 24,405000 753000
Southeast Styria 35,811000 37,142000 72,953000 2,027000
Voitsberg 21,585000 22,847000 44,432000 1,140000
Wheat 36,788000 37,583000 74,371000 2,383000
Styria as a whole 391.201000 409.610000 800.811000 30,386000

eligibility

The passive voting age for the municipal council elections is 18 years of age, whereby the election day is also the key date.

The election proposals must be submitted to the municipal electoral authority by 5 p.m. on the 37th day before the election day. In municipalities up to 1000 inhabitants of at least five, in municipalities up to 3000 inhabitants of at least 10, in municipalities up to 5000 inhabitants of at least 15 and in municipalities with over 5000 inhabitants of at least 20 people who are entitled to vote in the electoral register in the municipality on the reference date are registered, be supported.

Community organs

Municipal council

In the municipalities of Styria, the municipal council consists of 9 members with up to 1,000 inhabitants, 15 over 1,000 inhabitants, 21 over 3,000 inhabitants, 25 over 5,000 inhabitants and 31 over 10,000 inhabitants.

Parish council

In Styria, in municipalities with up to 3,000 inhabitants, this consists of the mayor, the deputy mayor and the municipal treasurer. In communities with over 3,000 inhabitants, a second vice mayor and another board member are added. In communities with more than 10,000 inhabitants, there is a second vice mayor and three other board members.

The total number of community board members must be divided among the electoral parties represented in the community council according to the number of votes. This number of votes is determined by the number of votes received in the municipal council election.

mayor

In the municipalities of Styria, the mayor is elected by the municipal council. Any electoral party represented in the municipal council that is entitled to a seat on the municipal board can submit an election proposal. This person must have Austrian citizenship and be eligible for election to the municipal council, but does not have to belong to it.

The mayor takes up his position with the swearing in. Unless he resigns from his position, he remains so until a new mayor is sworn in.

Results

Country result

Styria Wappen.svg Political party GRW 2015
as of March 22, 2015 		GRW 2010 difference
be right % Mandates % be right % Mandates be right % Mandates
eligible to vote 800.811 - - - 793.469 - - +7,342 - -
submitted total 587,532 73.37 - - 612.092 77.15 - +50,354 −3.78 -
of which invalid 008,095 01.38 - - 0010,026 01.64 - - - -
of which valid 579,437 98.62 5088 - 602.066 98.36 *) - - -
of which accounted for  
Logo SPÖ.svg SPÖ and lists 182.910 31.57 1561 30.68 222.732 36.99 *) −39,822 −5.42 *)
ÖVP and lists 247,559 42.72 2472 48.58 281,842 46.81 *) −34.284 −4.09 *)
Logo of Freedom Party of Austria.svg FPÖ and lists 080,306 13.86 0604 11.87 039,451 6.55 *) +39.451 +7.31 *)
Green Logo.svg GREEN and lists 019,277 03.33 0110 02.16 012,782 2.12 *) + 06,495 +1.21 *)
KPÖ Logo.png KPÖ 008,839 01.53 0038 00.75 007,330 1.22 *) + 01,509 +0.31 *)
NEOS - The New Austria logo.svg NEOS 002,278 00.39 008th 00.16 not running + 02,278 +0.39 + 08
other lists 038,268 06.60 0295 05.80 034,461 5.72 *) + 03,807 +0.88 *)
LogoBZÖ.jpg BZÖ not running 003,467 00.58 *) - 03,467 −0.58 *)

*) In this fictitious comparison election, mandate comparisons are not possible in the overall evaluation and in the district evaluation due to the municipal mergers.

voter turnout

  • Participation in municipal council elections 1975–2015

The voter turnout continued to decline in 2015 and reached its lowest level to date at 73.36 percent. In 2010, 77.81 percent had gone to the ballot box.

Eligible voters since 1970
year 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Eligible voters 628.415 628.425 658.672 689.042 715.056 733.796 738.465 779.903 793.469 800.836
Turnout since 1970
year 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
voter turnout 89.17% 93.94% 93.07% 92.88% 91.77% 83.83% 79.97% 77.81% 77.33% 73.36%

The highest voter turnouts were in small communities. This was highest in Gasen (759 voters / 92.49 percent) followed by Miesenbach near Birkfeld (598 / 92.31), Pusterwald (409 / 89.98), Krakau (1257 / 89.66), Stanz im Mürz Valley ( 1,591 / 89.38), Tieschen (1,120 / 89.38), Schöder (832 / 89.30) and Mühlen (775 / 89.29).

Towns and market towns had the lowest turnouts. It was below 60 percent in Knittelfeld (10,455 / 52.43), Kalsdorf near Graz (4,981 / 54.29), Feldkirchen near Graz (4,698 / 56.07), Kapfenberg (18,890 / 57.16) and Leoben (20,420 / 57.65).

SPÖ and assigned lists

The clear loser in the municipal council elections was the SPÖ, which only achieved a share of 31.57 percent of the vote and thus fell 5.42 percent. In 2010 the SPÖ was able to book 36.99 percent for itself. It was particularly painful for the SPÖ that they were in their traditional strongholds, the Upper Styrian industrial cities of Bruck an der Mur (43.88 / −14.10 percent), Mürzzuschlag (42.27 / −8.26 percent), Kapfenberg (48, 40 / −7.48 percent), Knittelfeld (49.30 / −6.65 percent) and Leoben (48.74 / −4.11 percent) had to give the absolute majority. In the new “reform community” of St. Barbara im Mürz Valley , which was created by merging the industrial and mining towns of Veitsch , Wartberg and Mitterdorf , the SPÖ slipped from an extrapolated 62.75 percent to 45.30 percent.

Despite losses, the SPÖ has in Gralla (81.78 percent), Selzthal (80.25 percent), Haselsdorf-Tobelbad (73.24 percent), Frauental an der Laßnitz (72.50 percent), Rosental an der Kainach (70, 64 percent), Vordernberg (69.04 percent) or Niklasdorf (68.22 percent) still have large majorities. But there were also communities where the SPÖ was able to decisively expand its majorities. The highest profit for the SPÖ was in Grobming, where it increased by 23.07 to 51.98 percent and now has the absolute majority. There are also new absolute majorities for the SPÖ in Pöls-Oberkurzheim (+16.93 to 64.59 percent), Ratten (+14.92 to 59.75 percent), Trofaiach (+11.67 to 57.16 percent) , Rohrbach an der Lafnitz (+16.64 to 56.02 percent) and in Mureck (+17.65 to 51.83 percent). The SPÖ was also able to achieve double-digit profits in St. Georgen ob Judenburg (+18.13 percent), Miesenbach near Birkfeld (+16.46 percent), Nestelbach near Graz (+13.80 percent), Gaishorn am See (+13, 33 percent), St. Margarethen near Knittelfeld (+11.70 percent), Kitzeck im Sausal (+11.48 percent), Kainach near Voitsberg (+10.32 percent) and Seckau (+10.17 percent).

The SPÖ recorded the highest loss in Tillmitsch , where it fell from 64.06 to 21.18 percent and thus lost almost two thirds (−42.88 percent) of its votes. The SPÖ also lost two thirds in Jagerberg , where it now has only 14.37 instead of 36.09 percent (-21.72 percent). The SPÖ lost around half of its votes in Gratkorn (-33.88 to 33.56 percent), in Grundlsee (-32.86 to 24.68 percent), in Hart near Graz (-29.30 to 32.97 percent) ), in Geistthal-Södingberg (-28.34 to 33.53 percent), in Köflach (-25.59 to 33.88 percent), St. Radegund near Graz (-22.86 to 21.72 percent), in Sinabelkirchen (−22.50 to 32.22 percent), in Thal (−21.14 to 33.83 percent) and in Maria Lankowitz (−20.09 to 39.92 percent).

Almost 30% of the residents live under an SPÖ mayor.

ÖVP and assigned lists

The ÖVP lost a total of 4.09 percent. In municipalities without a merger, however, only 1.69 percent, whereas in merged communities 5.31 percent. Two thirds of the population (including Graz) is ruled by an ÖVP mayor.

FPÖ and assigned lists

The FPÖ was able to achieve its historically best result in the 2015 municipal council elections with 13.86 percent and 604 municipal council seats. This enabled them to more than double their share from 2010, where they achieved 6.55 percent, and also surpass the previous top result from 2000 (11.3 percent).

The FPÖ landed its greatest success in Neumarkt in Styria , where it overtook the previously ruling ÖVP with 46.60 percent. With the gain of 23.10 percent, it was able to almost double its share (previously 23.50 percent) and now has a relative majority in the municipal council with 12 mandates. The outstanding results also include the success in Sankt Stefan ob Stainz , where the FPÖ increased its share from just 1.63 percent by a remarkable 30.31 percent and is now 31.94 percent and has 7 seats on the municipal council. She achieved a similar success in Vorau , where she increased from 4.00 percent to 28.63 percent. In Bad Blumau the FPÖ increased from 7.90 to 30.16 percent and in Stadl-Predlitz from 5.79 to 26.65 percent. The success in Mürzzuschlag was also remarkable , where the FPÖ more than doubled its previous share of 14.78 percent (+15.67 percent) and now relegated the ÖVP to third place with 30.45 percent. The FPÖ also reached over 30 percent in Pusterwald (36.18 percent) and Kalwang (30.56 percent).

But there were also a few communities where the FPÖ suffered heavy losses. The biggest loss was for the blues in Gröbming , where they fell from 32.19 to 9.36 percent (-22.38 percent). In Turnau they fell from 22.36 to 8.61 percent (−13.75 percent) and in Teufenbach-Katsch from 15.23 to 8.45 percent (−6.78 percent). In Stanz im Mürz Valley the loss was only 3.07 percent, but they lost their only mandate. They are not on the municipal council in Ilz (2.61 percent), Lannach (3.64 percent), Gaishorn am See (4.26 percent), Übelbach (4.63 percent), Stanz im Mürz Valley (4.68 percent), Söchau (4.92 percent), Gralla (4.93 percent), Haus (5.37 percent), Unzmarkt-Frauenburg (5.37 percent), Frauental an der Laßnitz (5.40 percent) and Ratten (5.42 percent) Percent).

In the municipalities without a merger, the FPÖ achieved an increase of 4.66 percent, in those with a merger, however, an increase of 8.43 percent.

Green and assigned lists

KPÖ and assigned lists

NEOS and associated lists

The elections for the NEOS, which anyway only ran in 15 municipalities, were disappointing. While they achieved 3.85 percent in the National Council election, they had to make do with an average of 3.30 percent in the municipal council election. In comparison with the 2015 municipal council elections in other federal states, they performed worst in Styria. In Vorarlberg they reached 5.17 percent, in Lower Austria 4.15 percent and in Carinthia 3.82 percent. Above all in the larger cities such as Kapfenberg (2.58 percent), Leoben (2.00 percent) or Leibnitz (1.82 percent) they failed to make it onto the municipal council.

In total, the NEOS received only 2,278 votes and 8 mandates. NEOS had the greatest success in Kumberg , where they are the second strongest force behind the ÖVP with 15.76 percent and are represented with 3 mandates in the local council. In Stubenberg they achieved 7.43 percent and 1 mandate. There was also a mandate in Hartberg (5.16 percent), Hart near Graz (4.48 percent), Hitzendorf (3.84 percent) and Feldbach (3.59 percent). In Nestelbach near Graz , they missed their entry into the municipal council despite 5.02 percent.

Lists

Only 2.4% of Styrians have a list mayor.

Web links

Commons : Municipal elections in Styria 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State of Styria: preliminary result (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  2. ↑ a b State of Styria: election dates (accessed on January 8, 2014)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j State of Styria: Municipal election regulations 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF document, 602 kB; accessed on January 8, 2014)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.verwaltung.steiermark.at  
  4. ^ Province of Styria: State Law Gazette No. 153/2014 (Word document, 218 kB; accessed on January 8, 2014)
  5. ^ State of Styria: GRW 2010 - data - evaluations (Excel document, 86 kB; accessed on January 8, 2014)
  6. ^ Province of Styria: Election calendar (PDF document, 73 kB; accessed on January 8, 2014)
  7. ^ Province of Styria: GRW 2010 - campaigning parties per municipality (Excel document, 171 kB; accessed on January 8, 2015)
  8. ↑ State of Styria: GRW 2010 - overview of the number of campaigning parties, by district (Excel document, 171 kB; accessed on January 8, 2015)
  9. ↑ ORF-Styria: The Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  10. ^ ORF Styria: The Deutschlandsberg district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  11. ↑ ORF-Steiermark: The Graz-Umgebung district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  12. ^ ORF-Steiermark: The Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  13. ^ ORF-Styria: The Leibnitz district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  14. ^ ORF-Styria: The Leoben district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  15. ↑ ORF-Styria: The Liezen District (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  16. ^ ORF-Steiermark: The Murau district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  17. ↑ ORF-Styria: The Murtal district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  18. ↑ ORF-Steiermark: The district of Southeast Styria (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  19. ^ ORF-Styria: The Voitsberg district (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  20. ↑ ORF-Steiermark: The district of Weiz (accessed on January 8, 2015)
  21. ↑ State of Styria: Municipal elections 2015 - district overview of campaigning parties (Excel file; accessed on March 21, 2015)
  22. ^ Province of Styria: Basic election data (accessed on March 31, 2015)
  23. ↑ ORF Steiermark of March 23, 2015: Blue eye for "Reform partners" (accessed on March 24, 2015)
  24. ↑ a b c d Kleine Zeitung: Top-Flop (accessed on March 24, 2015)
  25. ↑ Die Presse from March 23, 2015: Styria election: damper for red-black (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  26. ↑ a b Kleine Zeitung of March 22, 2015: So far weakest NEOS performance (accessed on March 23, 2015)