State election in Upper Austria 1997

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(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
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42.69%
(-2.51  % p )
27.03%
(-4.38  % p )
20.63%
(+ 2.90  % p )
5.78%
(+ 2.72  % p )
3.85%
(+1.25  % p )
Otherwise.
1991

1997

    
A total of 56 seats

The state elections in Upper Austria in 1997 took place on October 5, 1997, and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was able to maintain its top position. Nonetheless, the ÖVP lost 2.5 percentage points and one mandate, and with a 42.7% share of the vote, 25 out of 56 MPs. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) lost even more than the ÖVP, losing 4.4 percentage points and three mandates. For the SPÖ, a share of 27.0% of the vote and 16 seats meant the worst election result to date in a state election in Upper Austria in the Second Republic. One of the election winners, on the other hand, was the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which posted a plus of 2.9 percentage points and won an additional mandate. With 20.6%, the best result so far by the FPÖ Upper Austria, she provided twelve mandataries in the Upper Austrian state parliament for the first time. The second election winner was Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative , who entered the Upper Austrian state parliament for the first time with 5.8%. The Greens were able to gain 2.7 percentage points compared to 1991 and entered the state parliament with three mandataries. The six other parties that ran in 1997 clearly failed to make it into the state parliament, with the Liberal Forum achieving the best result of these lists with 2.1%.

The state parliament of the XXV. The legislative period was constituted on October 31, 1997 and subsequently elected the state government Pühringer II as the new Upper Austrian state government.

Results

Overall result

Final result of the 1997 state election
Results 1997 Results 1991 Differences
Eligible voters 973.750 948.245 + 25,505
voter turnout 81.05% 85.20% - 4.15%
be right % Mand. be right % Mand. be right % Mand.
Votes cast 789.202 807.890 - 18,688
Invalid 20,622 2.61%   16,315 2.02%   + 4,307 + 0.59%
Valid 768,580 97.39% 791.575 97.98%   - 22,995 - 0.59%
Political party
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 328.095 42.69% 25th 357.771 45.20% 26th - 29,676 - 2.51% - 1
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 207,781 27.03% 16 248,640 31.41% 19th - 40,859 - 4.38% - 3
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 158,555 20.63% 12 140.311 17.73% 11 + 18,244 + 2.90% + 1
The Greens - The Green Alternative (GREEN) 44,435 5.78% 3 24,250 3.06% 0 + 20,185 + 2.72% + 3
Liberal Forum (LIF) 16,021 2.08% 0 not running + 16,021 + 2.08% ± 0
Neutrals (neutrals) 6,247 0.81% 0 not running + 6,247 + 0.81% ± 0
Christian voter community (CWG) 2,957 0.38% 0 not running + 2,957 + 0.38% ± 0
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 2.156 0.28% 0 not running + 2,156 + 0.28% ± 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 1,454 0.19% 0 not running + 1,454 + 0.19% ± 0
Austrian Nature Law Party (ÖNP) 879 0.11% 0 not running + 879 + 0.11% ± 0
United Green Austria (VGÖ) not running 20,603 2.60% 0 - 20.603 - 2.60% ± 0
total 768,580 100.00% 56 791.575 100.00% 56 - 22,995

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State elections in Upper Austria. An overview of the state elections in Upper Austria from 1945 to 2009. KPÖ Upper Austria, accessed on August 24, 2014 .

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