People's Party of Lower Austria
| People's Party of Lower Austria | |
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| State party leader | Johanna Mikl-Leitner |
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| Club chairman | Klaus Schneeberger |
| Country Managing Director | Bernhard Ebner |
| Place of foundation | Vienna |
| Headquarters | h @ us 2.1, Ferstlergasse 4, 3100 St. Pölten |
| Seats in state parliaments |
29/56 |
| Alignment | Economically liberal, conservative, Christian democratic |
| colour | black, blue-yellow |
| Website | People's Party of Lower Austria |
The People's Party of Lower Austria (VPNÖ) is the regional organization (also regional party ) of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the Austrian state of Lower Austria . The bourgeois-conservative party has been the leading political force in Lower Austria since 1945 and has consistently provided state governors ever since. The state party leader has been state governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner since 2017 .
State party leaders
- June 19, 1945 to November 8, 1959: Julius Raab
- October 5, 1951 to November 8, 1959: Hans Sassmann
- November 8, 1959 to November 9, 1965: Leopold Figl
- July 18, 1965 to October 14, 1966: Eduard Hartmann
- November 24, 1966 to November 29, 1975: Georg Prader
- November 29, 1975 to November 8, 1980: Andreas Maurer
- November 8, 1980 to April 4, 1992: Siegfried Ludwig
- April 4, 1992 to March 25, 2017: Erwin Pröll
- since March 25, 2017: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
Election results of the VPNÖ
| year | Share of votes | Mandates |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 54.5 | 32 |
| 1949 | 52.5 | 31 |
| 1954 | 50.7 | 30th |
| 1959 | 50.9 | 31 |
| 1964 | 51.7 | 31 |
| 1969 | 50.4 | 30th |
| 1974 | 52.1 | 31 |
| 1979 | 49.6 | 29 |
| 1983 | 54.6 | 32 |
| 1988 | 47.6 | 29 |
| 1993 | 44.2 | 26th |
| 1998 | 44.9 | 27 |
| 2003 | 53.3 | 31 |
| 2008 | 54.4 | 31 |
| 2013 | 50.8 | 30th |
| 2018 | 49.6 | 29 |
literature
- Klaus Luif: 50 years of the Lower Austrian People's Party. Values & Change, ÖVP Lower Austria 1995.
- A country goes its own way: 55 years of Lower Austria People's Party. 1999, ISBN 3-85214-745-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b People's Party of Lower Austria: regional party leaders. Retrieved April 1, 2017.