State election in Lower Austria 2013
The 2013 state elections in Lower Austria took place on March 3, 2013, parallel to the early state elections in Carinthia 2013 .
Parties
The following parties competed nationwide (leading candidates in brackets):
- ÖVP - Austrian People's Party ( Erwin Pröll )
- SPÖ - Social Democratic Party of Austria ( Josef Leitner )
- FPÖ - Freedom Party of Austria ( Barbara Rosenkranz )
- GREENS - The Greens - The Green Alternative ( Madeleine Petrovic )
- FRANK - Team Stronach ( Frank Stronach )
The following other parties competed in some of the 21 districts:
- KPÖ - Communist Party of Austria (Nikolaus Lackner, in 19 districts)
- MUT - the courageous citizens (Herbert Weinzettl, in 13 districts)
- CPÖ - Christian Party of Austria - Central Party ( Rudolf Gehring , in four districts)
- PIRATE - Pirate Party of Austria (Walter Bonhardi, in 1 constituency)
The Future of Austria Alliance, represented in the National Council , did not stand for election.
Starting position
In the state elections in Lower Austria in 2008 , the ÖVP was able to defend the absolute majority of votes gained in 2003 . The SPÖ lost massive votes, while the FPÖ was able to regain its previously lost club status. The Greens kept their result from 2003. The governor Erwin Pröll , who has ruled since 1992, was subsequently confirmed in office.
Most recently, the election campaign was mainly shaped by Frank Stronach's direct conflict with Governor Pröll.
Survey
| Institute | date | ÖVP | SPÖ | FPÖ | GREEN | Stronach | PIRATE | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup | 02/23/2013 | 49% | 23% | 11% | 7% | 8th % | k. A. | k. A. |
| Karmasin | 02/21/2013 | 48% | 23% | 11% | 8th % | 8th % | k. A. | k. A. |
| Market | 02/18/2013 | 46% | 25% | 11% | 8th % | 7% | k. A. | k. A. |
| Gallup | 02/15/2013 | 49% | 23% | 10% | 8th % | 8th % | k. A. | k. A. |
| Market | 02/08/2013 | 48% | 26% | 8th % | 8th % | 6% | k. A. | k. A. |
| OGM | 02/02/2013 | 51% | 21% | 11% | 7% | 7% | k. A. | 3% |
| Gallup | 01/27/2013 | 50% | 23% | 9% | 8th % | 8th % | k. A. | k. A. |
| Market | January 15, 2013 | 48% | 27% | 8th % | 8th % | 8th % | k. A. | 1 % |
| Gallup | 01/12/2013 | 48% | 24% | 8th % | 9% | 10% | k. A. | k. A. |
| Karmasin | 01/10/2013 | 49% | 25% | 9% | 8th % | 8th % | k. A. | k. A. |
| Econsult | 01/09/2013 | 48.9% | 28.1% | 8.3% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
Result
The ÖVP was able to defend its absolute majority in the 2013 state elections and, according to the official final result, achieved 50.79% of the votes and 30 seats (-1) with a minus of 3.6 percentage points. As in 2008, the SPÖ suffered losses and, after a minus of 3.54 percentage points, only achieved 21.57%. This is the SPÖ's worst result since 1945. 13 remaining mandates mean the loss of another two mandates; however, the two seats in the state government will be retained. Third place went to the Stronach team, which started for the first time. With 9.84% it achieved five mandates and one seat in the state government, which moved from the FPÖ to the Stronach team. The FPÖ slipped to fourth place with a loss of 2.26 percentage points, with four mandates now, two mandates and the seat in the state government were lost. The Greens gained 1.15 percentage points to 8.06%, but slipped to fifth place and remained unchanged with four mandates. The remaining groupings failed to enter the state parliament: KPÖ 0.77% (-0.09 percentage points), MUT citizens (new) 0.61%, CPÖMP 0.09% (-0.75 percentage points), pirates ( new) 0.06%. The parliamentary party BZÖ did not take part in the election. The opposition parties clearly missed their election goal - breaking the absolute majority of the ÖVP.
| Political party | Results 2013 | Results 2008 | Differences | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| total | 995.273 | 70.87% | 1,033,695 | 74.51% | - 38,422 | - 3.64% | |||
| Invalid | 19,527 | 23,339 | - 3,812 | ||||||
| Valid | 975.746 | 98.04% | 1,010,356 | 97.74% | - 34,610 | + 0.3% | |||
| ÖVP | 495,557 | 50.79% | 30th | 549.510 | 54.39% | 31 | - 53,953 | - 3.6% | - 1 |
| SPÖ | 210.504 | 21.57% | 13 | 257.770 | 25.51% | 15th | - 47,266 | - 3.94% | - 2nd |
| FRANK | 96.016 | 9.84% | 5 | nk | + 96.016 | + 9.84% | + 5 | ||
| FPÖ | 80.122 | 8.21% | 4th | 105,748 | 10.47% | 6th | - 25,626 | - 2.26% | - 2nd |
| GREEN | 78,678 | 8.06% | 4th | 69,852 | 6.91% | 4th | + 8,826 | + 1.15% | ± 0 |
| KPÖ | 7,559 | 0.77% | 8,861 | 0.86% | - 1,102 | - 0.09% | |||
| COURAGE | 5,968 | 0.61% | nk | + 5,968 | + 0.61% | ||||
| CPÖ | 841 | 0.09% | 8,537 | 0.84% | - 7,696 | - 0.75% | |||
| PIRATE | 501 | 0.05% | nk | + 501 | + 0.05% | ||||
Preferential votes
As in 2008 , Erwin Pröll's personality campaign was reflected in the large number of preferential votes cast for him . The governor received 267,842 preferential votes. Over 54% of the votes for the ÖVP were cast with a preferential vote for Pröll. Deputy Governor Josef Leitner received 39,706 votes in second place. In contrast to Pröll, this was only around 18.6% of the votes cast for the SPÖ. In third place, Frank Stronach received around 31% of the Frank votes with 29,728 votes (which seems strange due to the fact that he excluded his entry into the state parliament from the start) and thus just over the fourth-placed Barbara Rosenkranz with 29,099 votes, with around 36 , 4% of the FPÖ votes were also preferential votes for Rosenkranz. Madeleine Petrovic achieved fifth place or 25% of the votes for her party with 19,690 votes. The ranking of preferential votes thus also reflects the ranking of parties.
| space | Political party | Surname | be right |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ÖVP | Erwin Pröll | 267,842 |
| 2. | SPÖ | Josef Leitner | 39,706 |
| 3. | FRANK | Frank Stronach | 29,728 |
| 4th | FPÖ | Barbara Rosary | 29,099 |
| 5. | GREEN | Madeleine Petrovic | 19,690 |
| 6th | ÖVP | Stefan Pernkopf | 5,635 |
| 7th | ÖVP | Karl Wilfing | 4,579 |
| 8th. | ÖVP | Bettina Rausch | 3.118 |
| 9. | SPÖ | Heidemaria Onodi | 2,747 |
| 10. | FRANK | Ernest Gabmann jun. | 2,728 |
Web links
- Information on voting on the website of the Lower Austrian provincial government
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Standard Speculating has come to an end in Lower Austria
- ↑ 1,403,808 voters admitted to the Lower Austrian state election on March 3 , Vienna Online, January 30, 2013
- ↑ Stronach competes as the top candidate in Lower Austria , DiePresse.com , December 23, 2012. Accessed on December 23, 2012.
- ↑ KPÖ Lower Austria: press release on state elections , December 31, 2012
- ^ "Courageous citizens" present their program , Kurier, 23 November 2012
- ↑ Christian party wants to compete with Mitte party , NÖN, December 18, 2012
- ↑ Salzburg 24 Pirate Party will run four elections in Austria in 2013
- ↑ BZÖ does not take part in the Lower Austria election , DerStandard.at , January 10, 2013
- ↑ ÖVP comes to 49 percent in Lower Austria
- ↑ Erwin Pröll loses the absolute - only 48 percent
- ↑ ÖVP in Lower Austria currently without an absolute majority
- ↑ Pröll: Knapp at the absolute
- ↑ SPNÖ presents current election poll
- ^ ÖVP holds Absolute in Lower Austria
- ↑ Pröll is facing a new absolute majority
- ↑ Pröll threatens the loss of the Absolutes in Lower Austria
- ↑ Election year: poll shows earthquake
- ↑ Pröll may lose absolutes
- ↑ The absolute majority wobbles
- ^ Official election result on the website of the State of Lower Austria - accessed on March 8, 2013
