State election in Styria 2015

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Turnout: 67.90%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
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29.29
(-8.97)
28.45
(-8.74)
26.76
(+16.10)
6.68
(+1.13)
4.22
(-0.19)
2.64
( n. K. )
1.74
( n.k. )
0.22
( n. K. )
none
(-3.92)
2010

2015

     
A total of 48 seats

The state elections in Styria 2015 took place on May 31st. The election ended with massive losses for the two large parties SPÖ and ÖVP and corresponding large gains for the FPÖ.

Starting position

On March 5, 2015, the ÖVP regional party chairman and deputy governor Hermann Schützenhöfer announced that he would again run as the top candidate of his party. State governor and SPÖ state party chairman Franz Voves had previously announced his re-candidacy. He also wanted to continue as a runner-up, but would step down for the SPÖ if less than 30 percent. The Stronach team announced in February 2015 that they would run with Wolfgang Auer as the top candidate, who was replaced by Josef Kaltenegger in April 2015.

The following parties ran for election:

The pirate party ran only in the constituency of Graz and the surrounding area, the remaining seven lists nationwide.

Candidates

A total of 480 people ran for this year's state elections in Styria. The proportion of women in 282 candidates and 198 female candidates was 41.25%. With 59% women, the Greens' nominations not only looked significantly more feminine than those of their competitors, the Greens were also the only one of the eight lists in which more women than men ran. With regard to the average age of the candidates, the differences between the parties were much smaller. It is noticeable that the Pirate Party provided the youngest team by far, with men on average 32 years old. At the other end of the scale are the Greens, whose candidates came to an average age of 49 years.

Survey

When asked which party the Styrians would vote for, the state election would be next Sunday, the respondents answered as follows:

Sunday question

(Note: The statistical range of fluctuation (deviation) is between 3 and 5 percentage points.)

Institute date SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ GREEN KPÖ Stronach NEOS Others
OGM 05/24/2015 31.5% 28.5% 21.5% 6.5% 5.5% 1.5% 3.5% 0.5%
Market 05/15/2015 33% 31% 17% 7% 5% 1 % 5% 1 %
Gallup 05/15/2015 31% 29% 21% 8th % 5% 2% 4% 2%
OGM 05/10/2015 30% 28% 24% 7% 6% 1 % 3% 1 %
M + R 05/03/2015 34% 30% 19.5% 6.5% 4.5% n / A 3% 2%
Gallup 04/20/2015 31% 29% 20% 9% 4% n / A 5% 2%
Gallup 03/15/2015 32% 29% 20% 8th % 4% n / A 5% 2%
meinungsraum.at 01/08/2015 30% 28% 21% 10% 3% 1 % 6% 1 %

Results

Majorities in the municipalities of Styria

Overall result

Of the 964,665 eligible voters, 655,052 took part, which corresponds to a turnout of 67.90%. The turnout was thus slightly lower than in the 2010 election (at that time 69.54%). 7,270 votes were considered invalid, so that a total of 647,782 valid votes were cast. The following table shows the distribution of valid votes among the parties.

Political party number percent % +/- Seats †
SPÖ 189,763 29.29   8.97% 15th
ÖVP 184,300 28.45   8.74% 14th
FPÖ 173.332 26.76   16.1% 14th
Green 43,272 6.68   1.13% 3
KPÖ 27,339 4.22   0.19% 2
Stronach 11,292 1.74 (New) 0
Pirates 1.406 0.22 (New) 0
NEOS 17,078 2.64 (New) 0

† Since the number of seats in the state parliament has decreased from 56 to 48 in comparison to the last election, it is not easy to compare seat losses and gains.

Results in the four regional constituencies

Results in the four regional constituencies. The colors of the circle sectors correspond to the party colors. The area of ​​the circles corresponds to the respective number of voters. Each box corresponds to an elected MP.

The following tables show the results in the four regional constituencies. Constituency 1 comprised the city of Graz and the Graz-Umgebung district , constituency 2 the districts Hartberg-Fürstenfeld , Weiz and Südoststeiermark , and constituency 3 the districts Deutschlandsberg , Voitsberg and Leibnitz and the constituency 4 districts Bruck-Mürzzuschlag , Leoben , Murau and Liezen . In the constituencies, 38 of the 48 MPs were elected according to proportional representation.

Result in constituency 1
Political party be right percent Seats
SPÖ 56,573 28.32% 4th
ÖVP 49,611 24.84% 3
FPÖ 46,842 23.45% 3
Green 22,391 11.21% 1
KPÖ 12,860 6.44% 1
Stronach 2,669 1.34% 0
Pirates 1.406 0.70% 0
NEOS 7,398 3.70% 0
total 199,750 100% 12
Result in constituency 2
Political party be right percent Seats
SPÖ 33,963 21.98% 2
ÖVP 58,860 38.10% 4th
FPÖ 43,135 27.92% 3
Green 8,026 5.19% 0
KPÖ 2,929 1.90% 0
Stronach 3,850 2.49% 0
NEOS 3,736 2.42% 0
total 154,499 100% 9
Result in constituency 3
Political party be right percent Seats
SPÖ 30.305 28.33% 2
ÖVP 30,411 28.43% 2
FPÖ 34,052 31.83% 2
Green 4,720 4.41% 0
KPÖ 3,108 2.91% 0
Stronach 2.165 2.02% 0
NEOS 2.210 2.07% 0
total 106,971 100% 6th
Result in constituency 4
Political party be right percent Seats
SPÖ 68,922 36.94% 5
ÖVP 45,418 24.34% 3
FPÖ 49,303 26.43% 3
Green 8,135 4.36% 0
KPÖ 8,442 4.53% 0
Stronach 3,734 2.00% 0
NEOS 2.210 2.07% 0
total 186,562 100% 11

consequences

After brief party negotiations, Governor Franz Voves announced on June 10, 2015 that he was leaving all political functions and that the SPÖ-ÖVP coalition would continue for the coming legislative period. His successor as governor was surprisingly his previous deputy Hermann Schützenhöfer from the smaller coalition partner ÖVP. He was followed at the head of the SPÖ by the previous regional councilor and new regional governor Michael Schickhofer . In the SPÖ, the renunciation of the post of governor as a stronger coalition participant at federal and state level was criticized. The opposition parties FPÖ, Greens and KPÖ also rated the continuation of the existing government cooperation negatively despite electoral losses. The reason given for the abandonment of the governor by the SPÖ was the risk of losing influence entirely through an ÖVP-FPÖ coalition.

The previous state councils of the ÖVP Christian Buchmann , Christopher Drexler and Johann Seitinger remain unchanged in the state government Schützenhöfer I , elected on June 16, 2015 by the state parliament with the votes of the SPÖ and ÖVP, against the votes of the opposition from the FPÖ, the Greens and the KPÖ . The SPÖ is renewing its state government team with Doris Kampus , Ursula Lackner , previously the second state parliament president, and Jörg Leichtfried , previously a member of the EU.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ orf.at - Styria will vote on May 31st . Article dated March 9, 2015, accessed March 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b orf.at - Schützenhöfer runs again - election before summer . Article dated March 5, 2015, accessed March 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Kurier.at - Styria election: The parties under the microscope . Article from January 2nd, 2015, accessed on January 8th, 2015.
  4. ↑ Walter Müller: Massive losses for red and black, blue successes: Styria is changing its face. Der Standard, May 31, 2015, accessed May 31, 2015 .
  5. ↑ orf.at - Voves: "Would continue as a second choice" . Article dated February 22, 2015, accessed March 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ derStandard.at - Styria: Voves wants to resign with less than 30 percent for SPÖ . APA notification dated May 20, 2015, accessed May 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ derStandard.at - Stronach brings "Basen-Auer" against political acidity . Article dated February 6, 2015, accessed March 5, 2015.
  8. ↑ derStandard.at - Stronach top candidate Auer exchanged without his knowledge . APA notification dated April 21, 2015, accessed April 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from April 24, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / neuwal.com
  10. ↑ tt.com - keyword - state elections in Styria . tt.com from April 25, 2015, accessed on March 5, 2020.
  11. ↑ http://www.meinparlament.at/person_list.php?institution=82
  12. ↑ http://www.meinparlament.at/b756
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  14. ↑ derstandard.at: [2]
  15. ↑ oe24.at: [3]
  16. ↑ kleinezeitung.at: [4]
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  19. ↑ oe24.at: [7]
  20. ↑ 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 )
  21. ↑ a b LTW 2015 - data - evaluations (downloads). Official portal of the state of Styria, June 1, 2015, accessed on June 1, 2015 .
  22. ↑ a b Schützenhöfer becomes LH, Schickhofer follows Voves orf.at Steiermark from June 10, 2015, accessed on June 11, 2015
  23. ↑ "First should provide governor" orf.at News from June 11, 2015, accessed on June 11, 2015
  24. ↑ Skepticism towards the black and red new edition orf.at Steiermark from June 10, 2015, accessed on June 11, 2015
  25. ↑ Styrian coalition causes dispute between black and red at the federal level Der Standard from June 11, 2015, accessed on June 11, 2015
  26. ↑ Schützenhöfer: "Still big chunks open" Kleine Zeitung from June 16, 2015, accessed on June 16, 2015