State election in Burgenland 2000

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(Share of votes in%)

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

46.55
(+2.10)

35.33
(-0.73)

12.63
(-1.92)

5.49
(+3.00)

none
(-2.44)

Otherwise.

1996

2000

A total of 36 seats

SPÖ : 17
GREEN : 2
ÖVP : 13
FPÖ : 4

A total of 8 seats

SPÖ : 5
ÖVP : 3

The state election in Burgenland was carried out on December 3, 2000 and was the 19th state election in the state of Burgenland . The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) was able to expand its first place in this brought forward new election and hold the relative majority with 17 seats. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) suffered slight losses and lost one of its 14 seats to date. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) also lost votes and one of its original five mandates. The big winners of the election were Die Grünen Burgenland (GRÜNE), who gained 3 percentage points and entered the state parliament for the first time with 2 mandates.

The Parliament of the XVIII. The legislative period was constituted on December 28, 2000 and on that day elected the Niessl I state government under the new governor Hans Niessl , who succeeded the Stix II state government .

Results

Overall result

Final result of the state elections in 2000
	Results 2000			Results 1996			Differences
Eligible voters	226,752			219,950			+ 6,802
voter turnout	82.72%			81.52%			+ 1.20%
	be right	%	Mand.	be right	%	Mand.	be right	%	Mand.
Votes cast	187,577			179,303			+ 8,274
Invalid	4,303	2.29%		4,603	2.57%		- 300	- 0.28%
Valid	183.274	97.71%		174,700	97.43%		+ 8,574	+ 0.28%
Political party
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	85,313	46.55%	17th	77,656	44.45%	17th	+ 7,657	+ 2.10%	± 0
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)	64,750	35.33%	13	62.991	36.06%	14th	+ 1,759	- 0.73%	- 1
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)	23,154	12.63%	4th	25,426	14.55%	5	- 2,272	- 1.92%	- 1
The Greens - The Green Alternative (GREEN)	10,057	5.49%	2	4,352	2.49%	0	+ 5,705	+ 3.00%	+ 2
No longer running parties	not running			4,275	2.44%	0	- 4,275	- 2.44%	± 0
total	183.274	100.00%	36	174,700	100.00%	36	+ 8,574

Individual evidence

↑ Burgenland had six red and three black governors since 1945. In: vienna.at, Russmedia Digital GmbH. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .
^ Province of Burgenland

Web links

Province of Burgenland Municipal, regional and federal elections
State elections in Burgenland since 1945 All results at a glance on the online portal vol.at

[1] Burgenland had six red and three black governors since 1945. In: vienna.at, Russmedia Digital GmbH. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .

[2] Province of Burgenland