State election in Salzburg 2013
The 2013 state election in Salzburg was an early election due to the Salzburg speculation scandal, which took place on May 5, 2013.
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Starting position
In the state elections in Salzburg in 2009 , the SPÖ under Governor Gabi Burgstaller became the strongest party with a 39.4% share of the vote despite a significant loss of 6.0%. It was thus able to defend first place, which it had won for the first time in 2004, and subsequently provided 15 of the 36 members of the state parliament (minus two seats). The ÖVP also lost 1.4%, but managed to keep its previous mandates with 36.5%. The FPÖ emerged as the winner of the election battle in 2009. It gained 4.3% and with 13.0% achieved five mandates (plus two mandates). The Greens stagnated at 7.4% with their previous mandate of two mandates, the BZÖ failed to make it into the state parliament with 3.7%.
After the state elections, the SPÖ continued its coalition with the ÖVP. After speculative financial investments by the state ( Salzburg speculation scandal ) became known in December 2012, State Finance Councilor and Deputy Governor David Brenner (SPÖ) had to resign on January 23, 2013. On the same day, the responsible state parliament committee decided to dissolve the state parliament, whereby the four parliamentary groups agreed on May 5, 2013 as the election day. The motion for new elections was brought in by the ÖVP against the will of Governor Burgstaller. As a result, a committee of inquiry was set up on January 30th with the aim of examining the speculative transactions. In the election of the committee chairmen, the ÖVP supported the Green MP Astrid Rössler , the SPÖ the FPÖ candidate Friedrich Wiedermann . Since neither of the two camps had a majority of votes in this election, Rössler took over the function of chairman of the committee after drawing lots. She was subsequently able to make a name for herself as a revelator.
Schedule
The announcement of the announcement of the election of the Salzburg state parliament took place on February 14, 2013 in the state law gazette. February 21 was set as the deadline. As a result, between March 25 and March 29, 2013, the electoral rolls were placed in publicly accessible offices, whereby the electoral rolls could be appealed within the inspection period. The district election proposals had to be submitted by the parties to the state electoral authority by March 27th (1:00 p.m.), and published on April 8th. The parties had until April 30th (1:00 p.m.) to submit their national election proposals. After those eligible to vote were able to submit an application for a voting card to the municipality by May 2, the state election was held on May 5, 2013. While the voting cards that arrived in the district were counted on the evening of the election, the voting card votes were determined by the district electoral authority on May 8th from 2:00 p.m.
Suffrage
The 2013 state election was carried out in accordance with the “Salzburg State Election Ordinance 1998”. The right to vote in the 2013 state elections was held by all those who had reached the age of 16 on election day at the latest, were Austrian citizens and had their main residence in Salzburg. In addition, the people could not be excluded from the right to vote. An exclusion from the right to vote existed if a domestic court had excluded a citizen from the right to vote for the National Council. In the 2013 state elections, all Austrian citizens with their main residence in Salzburg were passively eligible to vote, provided they were 18 on the day of the election and were not excluded from voting.
Ballot
Voting in the state elections took place either in the polling station of the district, in whose electoral register the person entitled to vote was entered, or by voting card. The voting card could be applied for orally or in writing in the municipality in which the person entitled to vote was entered in the electoral roll. The application had to be received by the municipality no later than the third day before the election day. In contrast to the elections to the National Council or the state elections in Tyrol in 2013, citizens of Salzburg abroad were not eligible to vote. The issued voting card could then be used for postal voting or for voting within or outside of one's own voting district. For postal voting, however, the voting card had to be received by the responsible municipal electoral authority no later than May 5th, by the time the last polling station in the municipality was closed. In the case of postal voting, the sender also had to affirm with his signature on the voting card that he had filled out the ballot personally, unobserved and uninfluenced.
Campaigning parties (list names)
In order to run for office in each of the six electoral districts, parties needed either the signatures of 100 eligible voters or three members of the state parliament. The SPÖ, ÖVP and FPÖ each had more than three members of the state parliament, the Greens (2 members) were supported by one ÖVP and one SPÖ member. The candidacies of the Alliance Future Austria , which wanted to run together with free voter communities under the name of Frischer Wind for Salzburg , as well as the Christian Party of Austria and NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum did not materialize.
Social Democratic Party of Austria - Governor Gabi Burgstaller (SPÖ)
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) went into the 2013 election with Governor Gabi Burgstaller , with Burgstaller formulating first place for the SPÖ as an election goal. If the election goal was achieved, Burgstaller announced that it would form a government of "constructive forces", whereby it did not exclude any party from a possible government formation. In the run-up to the election, Burgstaller announced that if the election target was missed, she would retire from politics; in the dispute with the ÖVP, she emphasized the shared responsibility of the Social Democrats and the People's Party for the financial scandal and the political and financial consequences. In their manifesto “Do better. Future for Salzburg! ”The SPÖ spoke out against privatization, for an improvement in care and for a reduction in debt from 2017 onwards. The SPÖ also advocated a second, fee-free kindergarten year and the expansion of the all-day school, and from 2014 demanded the construction of 200 additional, affordable apartments per year and the expansion of public transport.
Salzburg People's Party - Dr. Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP)
The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) sent Deputy Governor Wilfried Haslauer as the top candidate in the state election campaign, which defined the goal of achieving first place and recapturing the post of governor. Like Governor Burgstaller, Haslauer announced his resignation from politics if he missed his election target. In the so-called “Contract for Salzburg”, the ÖVP Salzburg focused on a total of 10 demands. One of the primary goals after the election was a balanced budget by 2016 and the state of Salzburg free of debt in the next quarter of a century. Furthermore, the ÖVP called for an administrative reform with the downsizing of the state government, an offensive for “affordable living” with a focus on housing and care, an “all-in-one youth ticket”, the underground extension of the regional train to Mirabellplatz and the expansion the S-Bahn in Flachgau and Pinzgau as well as a training offensive. In addition, the ÖVP advocated an increase in the research quota and the creation of a “master plan for energy for water, wind and sun”.
Freedom Party Salzburg - Karl Schnell (FPÖ)
The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) sent Karl Schnell into the race as their top candidate. Like Wilfried Haslauer and Gabi Burgstaller, he also announced his resignation if the FPÖ should achieve a worse election result than in 2009. Federal party chairman Heinz-Christian Strache had Schnell specified the achievement of a share of the vote of 15% as an election target. In its first series of posters, the FPÖ addressed the financial scandal, the increased cost of living and the issue of security. In addition to voting out ÖVP and SPÖ, it also advocated personal liability and criminal prosecution for “wasted tax money”. In addition, the FPÖ advocated a “fuel price limit”, a freeze on charges and cheap living space and called for the deportation of “ asylum fraudsters ”, a ban on begging and the preservation of police posts. In its second series of posters, the FPÖ put families, senior citizens and young people at the center of the campaign. The FPÖ advocated the free kindergarten, a school entry fee of 250 euros and the freedom of choice of childcare, demanded the adjustment of small and medium-sized pensions as well as free travel for pensioners and young people on public transport and the preference of Austrian citizens in apprenticeships and Study places.
Hit the headlines also Schnell's claim that "one in certain areas umvolkung " the Austrian population would take place.
The Greens - The Green Alternative - Astrid Rössler (GREEN)
The head of the committee of inquiry into the Salzburg financial scandal, Astrid Rössler , stood as the top candidate for the Greens . For the election she gave the achievement of 15% of the vote and thus doubling the election result of the Greens in 2009 as an election target. In her poster campaign, Astrid Rössler, as head of the committee of inquiry, put the issue of control and transparency at the center of her election campaign. The Greens also addressed the topics of environmental and climate protection, social justice, economy and energy, education and culture as well as integration promotion and more direct democracy in their election program. Specifically, the Greens called for the protection of unspoilt river sections and the expansion of wind and solar energy, an annual ticket for 365 euros for public transport and priority for ecological agriculture. Furthermore, the Greens positioned themselves for affordable housing and minimum wages, the promotion of climate and socially compatible projects, free afternoon care for children as well as comprehensive school and more participation for citizens.
Salzburg Pirates - Citizen participation, transparency and 340 million more reasons to vote for the Pirate Party this time - Wolfgang Bauer (PIRATE)
The Austrian Pirate Party (PPÖ) only ran for the state elections in the districts of Salzburg-Stadt, Salzburg-Umgebung and Zell am See. Your top candidate was Wolfgang Bauer .
Communist Party of Austria - Josef Enzendorfer (KPÖ)
The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) ran for the first time in 24 years in Salzburg for the state election. For the KPÖ, with Josef Enzendorfer as its top candidate, one could only vote in the city of Salzburg.
Team Stronach for Salzburg (TEAM) - Hans Mayr
The mayor of Goldegg im Pongau , Hans Mayr , tried to crack the nine percent mark as the top candidate of the Stronach team and thus help the team to achieve club status.
Candidate structure
Measured against the state lists, the Greens and the KPÖ achieved the highest quota of women among the candidate parties with 50% each, whereby the KPÖ only put up four candidates. Overall, 63.2% men and 36.8% women stood for election at the state level. Behind the Greens and KPÖ followed the SPÖ (46%) and the ÖVP (43%), far behind the Stronach team (24%), the FPÖ (23%) and the pirates (20%). The mean age (median) of the candidates on the respective state lists was the highest for the KPÖ at 55 years. Behind them are the Greens (52), the Stronach team (49), ÖVP and FPÖ (48) and the SPÖ (47). Only the pirates, with a mean age of 39, clearly stood out from the other parties. Professionally or from a training perspective, the Greens have the highest proportion of graduates of all parties at 46%. The ÖVP followed far behind with 31%, followed by the SPÖ (26%), the pirates (20%) and the Stronach team (18%). In the FPÖ, only 8% of the candidates were academics. The SPÖ had the highest share of public employees at 41%, followed by the ÖVP and Greens (27% each), the KPÖ (25%), the FPÖ (16%) and the Stronach team (10%).
If you only consider the first 10 candidates on each list, the ÖVP also has a women's quota of 50%, Team Stronach and FPÖ are also much better with 40 and 30% respectively. The ÖVP's rate of academics is exorbitantly high at 70% among the top 10 places on the list, followed by the Greens with 50% and the SPÖ and the Stronach team with 40% each. While the Greens reach a relatively high average age on the overall list, their first 10 candidates have the second lowest average age after the pirates at 45 years of age. SPÖ and FPÖ come in second place behind the KPÖ at the age of 53. Among the first ten candidates, most of the SPÖ (90%) work in the public service, followed by the ÖVP and the FPÖ with 60 and 50% respectively.
Election result
| Results 2013 | Results 2009 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| total | 276,597 | 70.96% | 36 | 287.065 | 74.35% | 36 | - 10,468 | - 3.39% | |
| Invalid | 10,107 | 4.030 | + 6,077 | ||||||
| Valid | 266,490 | 96.35% | 283.035 | 98.60% | - 16,545 | - 2.25% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | 63,460 | 23.81% | 9 | 111,485 | 39.39% | 15th | - 48,025 | - 15.58% | - 6 |
| Austrian People's Party | 77,312 | 29.01% | 11 | 103.385 | 36.53% | 14th | - 26,073 | - 7.52% | - 3 |
| Freedom Party of Austria | 45,387 | 17.03% | 6th | 36,845 | 13.02% | 5 | + 8,542 | + 4.01% | + 1 |
| The Greens - The Green Alternative | 53,779 | 20.18% | 7th | 20,843 | 7.36% | 2 | + 32,936 | + 12.82% | + 5 |
| Pirate Party of Austria | 3,456 | 1.30% | 0 | nk | + 3,456 | + 1.30% | ± 0 | ||
| Communist Party of Austria | 879 | 0.33% | 0 | nk | + 879 | + 0.33% | ± 0 | ||
| Team Stronach | 22,217 | 8.34% | 3 | nk | + 22,217 | + 8.34% | + 3 | ||
| Alliance Future Austria | nk | 10,477 | 3.7% | 0 | |||||
consequences
Both Gabi Burgstaller and Wilfried Haslauer announced in the run-up to the election that they would withdraw from politics if their party should miss the first place. Governor Burgstaller announced on the evening of the election that she would ensure an orderly handover of her official duties and then resign all political functions. Your position as party leader of the SPÖ Salzburg was filled with Walter Steidl . For the composition of the Federal Council , the election result meant the loss of one mandate each for the ÖVP and the SPÖ. The two mandates fell to the Greens and the FPÖ, whereby the Greens won a Federal Council mandate for the first time in Salzburg and thus for the first time four parties from Salzburg are represented in the Federal Council.
Survey
In the six months before the election, a head-to-head race between the SPÖ and the ÖVP was forecast, with around 28/29 percent most recently. With this, only the ÖVP result was predicted approximately correctly, which the SPÖ surprisingly missed by around five percentage points. The Greens were also forecast too low at up to five percent. Stronach (cut around three percentage points below the forecast) and the FPÖ (around two to three percentage points above the last forecasts) are still within the predicted fluctuation range of around two to three percentage points.
Web links
- meinparlament.at - Overview of the candidates of all campaigning parties for the Salzburg state election 2013
- Analyzes of the Salzburg state election 2013 on the website of the SORA Institute .
literature
- Magdalena Rückauf: State election 2013 in Salzburg: aftermath of a financial scandal . In: Occasional Papers, 4/2014, Institute of the Regions of Europe . Salzburg 2014, pp. 79–96. ISBN 978-3-902557-14-8
Individual evidence
- ^ Financial scandal: dissolution of the state parliament, new elections on May 5th. salzburg.com, January 23, 2013
- ↑ Salzburg state election regulations 1998 (version of May 7, 2013) in the legal information system of the Republic of Austria.
- ↑ Seven lists are running for state elections on May 5th. Salzburg state correspondence
- ↑ Burgstaller wants “government of constructive forces.” Derstandard.at, April 1, 2013
- ↑ LH Burgstaller wants to defend its position. ORF Salzburg, May 3, 2013
- ↑ 13 points for Salzburg. (PDF; 939 kB) SPÖ Salzburg
- ↑ a b Haslauer wants governor's chair. ORF Salzburg, May 3, 2013
- ↑ Haslauer wants to leave in case of defeat ORF Salzburg, January 28, 2013
- ↑ ÖVP Salzburg ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2013 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. on klartext2013.at
- ↑ a b c d e All the top candidates in the Salzburg state elections. Salzburger Nachrichten, April 9, 2013
- ↑ Sn-gs, Apa: Strache also sets the bar at 15 percent for Salzburg. Salzburger Nachrichten, March 16, 2013
- ↑ 2013 campaign ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2013 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. on the side of the FPÖ Salzburg
- ^ FPÖ-Schnell and the "Umvolkung": Sharp criticism. Der Standard, April 15, 2013
- ↑ Greens: Rössler wants 15 percent. ORF Salzburg, March 4, 2013
- ↑ Election program 2013 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB) on the website of Die Grünen Salzburg
- ^ Salzburg election: What you can read from the state lists. derstandard.at, May 3, 2013
- ↑ Final result of the 2013 state elections ( memento of the original from March 6, 2010 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. on the website of the State of Salzburg
- ^ Sn, Apa: Walter Steidl follows Burgstaller as Salzburg's SPÖ boss. Salzburger Nachrichten, May 7, 2013
- ^ The SPÖ and ÖVP each lose a member of the Federal Council. derstandard.at, May 6, 2013
