State election in Burgenland 2020

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2015

2020

Distribution of seats
    
A total of 36 seats

The election of the 36 members to the 22nd state parliament in Burgenland took place on January 26, 2020.

There were 250,181 eligible voters. The early election day was January 17, 2020. On this day, at least one polling station in every municipality in Burgenland was open for at least two hours.

After the " Ibiza Affair " became known in May 2019, Governor Hans Peter Doskozil announced an early election . Originally the election should have taken place in May 2020

With gains and almost 50% of the votes, the SPÖ achieved an absolute majority with 19 out of 36 mandates. The ÖVP remained the second strongest party with 11 mandates, the FPÖ received 4 mandates with losses, the Greens stayed with 2 mandates.

Starting position

After the " Ibiza Affair " became known in May 2019, Thomas Steiner , regional party leader of the ÖVP Burgenland , called for new elections parallel to the 2019 National Council election and at the same time ruled out a coalition with the FPÖ Burgenland. On May 19, 2019, Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) announced early elections, the date of which was to be determined with the FPÖ, finally it was January 26, 2020.

Originally, the election should have taken place in May 2020. The elections thus took place just four months before the actual election date. Both coalition parties were satisfied with red-blue. In August 2019, the Burgenland FPÖ boss even wanted the Burgenland SPÖ governor as Federal Chancellor.

The two governing parties SPÖ and FPÖ had a turbulent year 2019 at the federal level. Doskozil's goal was therefore a plus in the end result. The ÖVP Burgenland wanted to participate in government again. That is what the Greens wanted in a coalition with the SPÖ. For NEOS and LBL it was about entering the state parliament.

Electoral parties and candidates

The following six parties competed:

  • The SPÖ Burgenland entered with Governor Hans-Peter Doskozil under the name List Doskozil - SPÖ Burgenland . In a member survey, a clear majority of 49 percent was in favor of continuing the controversial red-blue coalition with freedom, 40 percent were for cooperation with the Greens and 19 percent for a government with the ÖVP.
  • The ÖVP Burgenland entered the race with the mayor of the state capital Eisenstadt , Thomas Steiner , as the top candidate. The election campaign through the seven districts started with the “Turquoise Truck Tour”. The ÖVP ran under the name Die Neue Volkspartei - Team Burgenland .
  • The FPÖ Burgenland again stood at the FPÖ's head of state with Deputy Governor Johann Tschürtz . At the beginning of June 2019, the FPÖ state party executive decided on him as the top candidate. The Freedom Party strived for gains and want to continue the SPÖ-FPÖ coalition.
  • The Green Burgenland competed with party leader Regina Petrik . On April 6, 2019, she was elected the top candidate of the Greens for the 2020 state elections. The Greens wanted to win at least one mandate and thus achieve club status. In addition, they wanted to move into the state government instead of the FPÖ.
  • The LBL started with Manfred Kölly , the mayor of Deutschkreutz , as the listener. The aim was to gain more mandates. In second place was Jörg Steiner, the former chairman of the BZÖ . In addition, some former freedom candidates ran for the other places, including the ex-office manager of Deputy Governor Tschürtz.
  • The NEOS Burgenland as a candidate of their federal organization with the support they wanted for "fresh air" care in the state parliament. The main themes of the pinks were transparency and control. The Pinkafelder councilor Eduard Posch was elected as the top candidate in December 2019.

The KPÖ did not run for office. She justified her decision with the too high hurdles and sees herself as an “activist party”. The CPÖ did not run either.

Survey

Sunday question

Institute date SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ GREEN LBL NEOS Otherwise.
Karmasin Research January 17, 2020 43% 32% 10% 9% 2% 3% 1 %
Hajek 01/01/2020 41-43% 31-33% 10-12% 7-9% 1-2% 4% 3-4%
BVZ 04/05/2017 43% 26% 17.5% 6.5% 4.5% 2.5% -
State election 2015 05/31/2015 41.9% 29.1% 15.0% 6.4% 4.8% 2.3% 0.4%

course

Survey values ​​averaged over monthly survey results, from the 2015 election to the 2020 election

Survey on the direct election of the governor

Institute date Hans Peter Doskozil ( SPÖ ) Thomas Steiner ( ÖVP ) Johann Tschürtz ( FPÖ ) Regina Petrik ( Greens ) Manfred Kölly ( LBL ) Don't know / no answer
Karmasin Research January 17, 2020 51.3% 23.1% 6.9% 4.7% - 14.0%
Hajek 01/01/2020 53% 13% 5% 3% - 26%
BVZ 04/29/2019 57% 8th % 6% 2% 1 % 26%

Result

Majorities in the municipalities of Burgenland

Of the 250,181 people entitled to vote, 187,497 (74.94%) cast their votes. The turnout was slightly lower than in the previous election in 2015 (76.04%). 1,997 votes (1.07%) were deemed invalid. The valid 185,500 votes were distributed among the parties as follows:

Election results and changes compared to the previous 2015 election
State Parliament of Burgenland 2015.svg
Political party be right percent Seats +/- percent +/- seats
SPÖ 92,634 49.94 19th +8.02 +4
ÖVP 56,726 30.58 11 +1.50 ± 0
FPÖ 18,161 9.79 4th −5.25 -2
GREEN 12,466 6.72 2 +0.29 ± 0
NEOS 3,177 1.71 - −0.62 ± 0
LBL 2,336 1.26 - −3.56 -2

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State election 2020: election result. Burgenland Government, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ 250,181 Burgenlanders are eligible to vote on January 26th. Retrieved January 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Early election day on January 17th. In: ORF.at . January 10, 2020, accessed January 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ orf.at: Early state elections in Bgld. Article dated May 19, 2019, accessed May 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Kurier.at: ÖVP calls for a new election in Burgenland at the same time as the National Council election . Article dated May 19, 2019, accessed May 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Doskozil prefers state elections to diepresse.com . Article dated May 19, 2019, accessed May 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ National Council election: Tschürtz wants red-blue with Doskozil and Hofer In: diekleinezeitung.at August 6, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ Petrik: "Red-Green or we are in opposition". December 23, 2019, accessed January 14, 2020 .
  9. ↑ derstandard.at: Burgenland election: The "List Doskozil" as a model for the Federal SPÖ? Article dated December 25, 2019, accessed December 27, 2019.
  10. ↑ Announcement of the state election proposals (PDF; 337 KB)
  11. ^ Province of Burgenland: District election proposals
  12. ↑ Burgenland in the election campaign Tuitsnatuits In: derstandard.at November 25, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  13. ↑ ÖVP goes on a turquoise truck tour In: bvz.at, November 22, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  14. ↑ orf.at: Tschürtz again FPÖ top candidate . Article dated June 2, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019.
  15. ↑ Tschürtz again FPÖ top candidate In: ORF .at, October 16, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  16. ↑ orf.at: Greens choose Petrik as the top candidate . Article dated April 6, 2019, accessed April 6, 2019.
  17. ↑ Green candidate list is fixed In: mein district.at, November 16, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  18. ↑ Burgenland election: Greens want to replace blue ones in government In: kurier.at, 6 January 2020, accessed on 7 January 2020.
  19. ↑ Kölly becomes LBL-Spitzenkandidat In: bvz.at, October 21, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  20. ↑ The candidates of the parties In: orf.at, December 23, 2019, accessed on January 7, 2020.
  21. ↑ NEOS Burgenland will compete in the 2020 state election In: OTS .at / Agencies, November 28, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  22. ↑ Posch as a NEOS top candidate. In: ORF.at . December 14, 2019, accessed December 15, 2019 .
  23. ↑ The candidates of the parties. December 23, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .
  24. ↑ State election: KPÖ does not run In: ORF .at, December 9, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019.
  25. ↑ Probably six parties on the ballot. December 20, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .
  26. ↑ a b Survey predicts tremor at Burgenland election , on heute.at
  27. ↑ a b orf.at: SPÖ survey: 53 percent for Doskozil
  28. ↑ Red-blue on the upswing, Niessl with top values , on bvz.at
  29. ↑ Doskozil with direct choice in front , on bvz.at