State election in Upper Austria 2015
The state election in Upper Austria 2015 took place on September 27, 2015 at the same time as the municipal council and mayoral elections in 442 municipalities. 1,094,497 voters, including 560,763 women and 533,734 men, were entitled to vote in the state elections, and 1,155,000 in the municipal council and mayoral elections.
Starting position
A black-green coalition has ruled Upper Austria since the 2003 election . In the last state elections in 2009 , the SPÖ lost very significantly (−13.4 percentage points) and came up with the worst result in state elections in Upper Austria in the Second Republic . The FPÖ received 6.9 percentage points more, the ÖVP 3.4 percentage points more and the Greens 0.1 percentage points more; the latter two continued their collaboration.
Josef Pühringer , governor of Upper Austria since March 1995, announced before the 2015 election that he would not resign even if there were major losses; he wanted to remain governor.
Candidate parties
The following seven parties ran for election:
- List of Governor Dr. Josef Pühringer - ÖVP (ÖVP)
- Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
- Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)
- The Greens Upper Austria (GREEN)
- Neos - The New Austria (NEOS)
- Christian Party of Austria (CPÖ)
- Communist Party of Austria and the Independent Left (KPÖ)
Survey
When asked which party the Upper Austrians would vote for, the state elections would be next Sunday, the respondents answered as follows:
Sunday question
(Note: The statistical range of fluctuation (deviation) is between 3 and 5 percent.)
Institute | date | ÖVP | SPÖ | FPÖ | GREEN | NEOS | Others |
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OGM | 09/20/2015 | 36.5 | 17.5 | 31.5 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Gallup | 09/19/2015 | 37 | 19th | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
GMK | 09/17/2015 | 37 | 18th | 28 | 11 | 4th | 2 |
Market | 09/14/2015 | 40 | 19th | 26th | 10 | 4th | 1 |
Spectra | 09/12/2015 | 39 | 19th | 25th | 10 | 4th | 3 |
Unique research | 07.09.2015 | 38 | 18th | 27 | 12 | 4th | 1 |
IMAS | 04.09.2015 | 40 | 20th | 25th | 9 | 4th | 2 |
M & R | 08/31/2015 | 39 | 20th | 28 | 10 | 3 | n / A. |
Gallup | 08/22/2015 | 38 | 20th | 26th | 10 | 4th | 2 |
M & R | 08/04/2015 | 39-40 | 20-21 | 24-25 | 11-12 | 2-3 | n / A. |
IMAS | 07/05/2015 | 40 | 18th | 25th | 9 | 4th | 4th |
GMK | 07/02/2015 | 39 | 20th | 26th | 11 | 2 | 2 |
Spectra | 06/27/2015 | 39 | 19th | 23 | 11 | 4th | 4th |
M & R | 06/17/2015 | 39 | 21st | 25th | 12 | 2 | n / A. |
GMK | 04/29/2015 | 40 | 21st | 21st | 12 | 4th | 2 |
IMAS | 04/13/2015 | 42-44 | 21-23 | 17-19 | 9-11 | 4-5 | n / A. |
M & R | 04/07/2015 | 42 | 23 | 18th | 12 | 3 | 2 |
Spectra | 04/04/2015 | 42 | 20th | 20th | 11 | 4th | 3 |
meinungsraum.at | 01/08/2015 | 41 | 19th | 19th | 13 | 6th | 2 |
Election result
Final election result
The turnout of 81.63 percent was higher than in the state elections in 2009 (80.34 percent).
Political party | Results 2015 | Results 2009 | Differences | |||||||
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be right | Share of voters in percent |
Mandates | be right | Share of voters in percent |
Mandates | be right | Share of voters in percent |
Mandates | ||
Total votes | 893.485 | 81.63 | 872.796 | 80.35 | +20,689 | +1.28 | ||||
Invalid votes | 23,930 | 16,569 | +7,361 | |||||||
Valid votes | 869,555 | 97.23 | 856.227 | 98.10 | +13,328 | −0.87 | ||||
ÖVP | 316.290 | 36.37 | 21st | 400,365 | 46.76 | 28 | −84.075 | −10.39 | −7 | |
FPÖ | 263,985 | 30.36 | 18th | 130.937 | 15.29 | 9 | +133.048 | +15.07 | +9 | |
SPÖ | 159,753 | 18.37 | 11 | 213,555 | 24.94 | 14th | −53,802 | −6.57 | −3 | |
GREEN | 89,703 | 10.32 | 6th | 78,569 | 9.18 | 5 | +11,134 | +1.14 | +1 | |
NEOS | 30,201 | 3.47 | 0 | n. k. | +30,201 | +3.47 | ||||
KPÖ | 6,512 | 0.75 | 0 | 4,812 | 0.56 | 0 | +1,700 | +0.19 | ||
CPÖ (formerly DC) | 3.111 | 0.36 | 0 | 3,721 | 0.43 | 0 | −610 | −0.07 | ||
BZÖ | n. k. | 24,268 | 2.83 | 0 | −24.268 | −2.83 |
So all parties previously represented (ÖVP, SPÖ, FPÖ and Greens) are still represented in the state parliament. NEOS, KPÖ and CPÖ did not make it into the state parliament. However, there were significant shifts in mandates: While the ÖVP and SPÖ lost a lot of votes, the FPÖ doubled its share of votes and mandates. The Greens also gained slightly.
Situation after the election
Governor Pühringer held three talks on September 30th with the top candidates of the three parliamentary groups with the closest voting share: first with Entholzer (SPÖ), then with Haimbuchner (FPÖ) and Anschober (GRÜNE). The parties agreed not to disclose the results. Pühringer sees several models, but excludes a government coalition of black-green with a mere seat majority (5) in the proportional government, but with a minority in the state parliament. The Greens are promoting a broad coalition of ÖVP, SPÖ and GREENS.
On October 21, 2015, the ÖVP state executive gave Governor Pühringer the power to negotiate and conclude a coalition between the ÖVP and the FPÖ. At the same time, there were votes on the occupation of the government seats of the ÖVP. Pühringer was unanimously confirmed as governor and the previous club chairman Thomas Stelzer was newly appointed as governor's deputy. After a secret election, Agricultural Councilor Maximilian Hiegelsberger and Economic Councilor Michael Strugl remain in the government while Doris Hummer has to resign.
While Federal Chancellor and SPÖ chairman Werner Faymann rejected the participation of the FPÖ state government, Vice Chancellor and ÖVP chairman Reinhold Mitterlehner spoke out in favor of democratic and practical considerations. Both of them denied any impact on the federal level.
The provincial government Pühringer V , which was subsequently formed , was elected and sworn in by the Upper Austrian Landtag on October 23, 2015 .
Web links
- Election polls Upper Austria - neuwal.com
- Surveys and voter flow analyzes for the 2015 state elections on the SORA Institute website
- spiegel.de September 27, 2015: Austria continues to drift to the right
Individual evidence
- ↑ derStandard.at - Upper Austria votes on September 27th . APA notification dated March 12, 2015, accessed March 12, 2015.
- ↑ kurier.at - the black and green coalition is shaking . Article from January 3, 2015, accessed on January 8, 2015.
- ↑ State election in Upper Austria: New color theory in autumn , derstandard. at, accessed August 27, 2015
- ↑ orf.at - state election with seven parties . Article dated August 11, 2015, accessed August 11, 2015.
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- ↑ mein district.at: [12]
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- ↑ diepresse.com: [14]
- ↑ neuwal.com: - ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. meinviertel.at, April 29, 2015
- ^ Krone.at: Survey lead of the ÖVP in Upper Austria is growing. krone.at, April 12, 2015
- ↑ diepresse.com: [15]
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- ↑ wirtschaftsblatt.at: http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/home/nachrichten/oesterreich/4633588/Erste-Umfragen-im-Superwahljahr_Bitter-fur-Haeupl-Voves-Puhringer ( Memento from January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
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- ↑ http://ooe.orf.at/news/stories/2734449/ Coalition Talks in the Landhaus, orf.at, September 30, 2015, accessed October 1, 2015.
- ↑ http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/4832911/OO_Puhringer-sieh-Gespraechsfaehigkeit-mit-allen-Plungen Upper Austria: Pühringer sees "ability to talk" with all parties. presse.at, September 30, 2015, accessed October 1, 2015.
- ↑ orf.at: ÖVP: Hummer loses in battle vote , from October 21, 2015
- ↑ nachrichten.at : Faymann and Mitterlehner split into black and blue in Upper Austria , from October 20, 2015
- ^ Kurier: Men's Union rules Upper Austria . Article dated October 21, 2015, accessed October 22, 2015.
- ↑ orf.at - Landtag met for the first session . Article dated October 23, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015.