Distribution of seats in the Austrian Landtage
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Eight political parties are represented in the Landtag
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legislative assemblies of the nine Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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States of Austria
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. Currently the Austrian People's Party
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 (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party of Austria
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 (SPÖ) and The Greens are represented in all state diets, while the Freedom Party of Austria
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 (FPÖ) lost its seats in the Styrian state election
Styrian state election, 2005
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 of 2005. The Freedom Party in Carinthia
Freedom Party in Carinthia
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 (FPK) forms a common faction with the FPÖ in the National Council of Austria
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  Seats ÖVP
OVP
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SPÖ
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FPÖ
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Greens FPK
Freedom Party in Carinthia
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FRITZ KPÖ
KPO
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LBL Election duration Last Election Next election Source
Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...

36 13 18 3 1   1 5 years 2010
Burgenland state election, 2010
State elections were held in the Austrian state Burgenland on 30 May 2010. An opinion poll conducted in May 2010 expected the results to be similar to the previous election, with the Social Democratic Party predicted to win 50% of the votes, the Austrian People's Party following with 38% of votes...

2015
Carinthia
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...

36 6 11 1 17     5 years 2009 2014
Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...

56 31 15 6 4     5 years 2008
Lower Austrian state election, 2008
State elections were held in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on 9 March 2008. They were contested by the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, The Greens – The Green Alternative and the Freedom Party of Austria, all of whom are in the current Landtag, and a number of...

2013
Upper Austria
Upper Austria
Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...

56 28 14 9 5     6 years 2009
Upper Austrian state election, 2009
State elections was held in Upper Austria on 27 September 2009. The SPÖ lost a lot of its votes, falling even behind the 1999 result, while the FPÖ gained strongly and both incumbent governing parties ÖVP and Greens held steady. The BZÖ failed to enter the Landtag....

2015
Salzburg
Salzburg (state)
Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...

36 14 15 5 2     5 years 2009
Salzburg state and municipal elections, 2009
Joint state and municipal elections were held in Salzburg on 1 March 2009. The election is likely to see a strong contest between the SPÖ and the ÖVP over the post of governor, after the SPÖ won the 2004 election for the first time in history....

2014
Styria
Styria (state)
Styria is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federated states, covering 16,401 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. ...

56 24 25 3   4 5 years 2005
Styrian state election, 2005
State elections were held in the Austrian state of Styria on 9 March 2005.After being governed by ÖVP-led administrations for sixty years, the SPÖ managed to win the election. Franz Voves, Styrian SPÖ chairman, became prime minister...

2010
Tyrol
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

36 16 5 4 4 7 5 years 2008
Tyrolean state election, 2008
State elections was held in the Austrian state of Tyrol on 8 June 2008, brought forward from the original date of 5 October 2008 to "avoid collisions with a possible early parliamentary election"...

2013
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...

36 20 3 9 4     5 years 2009
Vorarlberg state election, 2009
State elections were held in the state of Vorarlberg on 20 September 2009. Apart from the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, The Greens – The Green Alternative and the Freedom Party of Austria, a list based on the Vorarlberg Chamber of Labour faction "Neue Bewegung für...

2014
Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

100 18 55 13 14     5 years 2005
Viennese state election, 2005
In the 2005 Viennese Lantag elections, the SPÖ won government and Michael Häupl was chosen for a third term as the mayor of the city-state....

2010
Viennese state election, 2010
In the 2010 Viennese Landtag elections, the SPÖ lost its absolut majority.The big winner was the Freedom Party which reached 25,77% and doubled it seats from 13 to 27 gaining these from all other parties of the Landtag....

Total 448 170 161 49 38   17 7 4 1  

The seats of ruling parties are in bold fonts.

The Austrian Landtage are unicameral
Unicameralism
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 legislatures, according to the Constitution of Austria
Constitution of Austria
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 deciding in all matters unless explicitly subject of federal legislation. On the federal level they are represented in the Federal Council of Austria
Federal Council of Austria
The Federal Council of Austria or Bundesrat is the second chamber of the Austrian parliament, representing the nine States of Austria on federal level. As part of a bicameral legislature alongside of the National Council of Austria , it can be compared with an upper house or a senate...

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State governments


Image:Austrian State Governments.svg|700px|alt=Makeup of current Austrian state governments. Large boxes indicate parties providing state head of government, smaller boxes other parties represented in state government.
rect 56 25 415 42 Social Democratic Party of Austria
Social Democratic Party of Austria
The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...


rect 56 61 305 77 Austrian People's Party
Austrian People's Party
The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology...


rect 56 97 318 115 Freedom Party of Austria
Freedom Party of Austria
The Freedom Party of Austria is a political party in Austria. Ideologically, the party is a direct descendant of the German national liberal camp, which dates back to the 1848 revolutions. The FPÖ itself was founded in 1956 as the successor to the short-lived Federation of Independents , which had...


rect 56 133 436 150 The Greens – The Green Alternative
rect 56 167 367 185 The Freedomites in Carinthia
rect 857 146 930 165 Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...


rect 708 89 845 105 Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...


rect 513 147 655 164 Upper Austria
Upper Austria
Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...


rect 683 306 740 323 Styria
rect 16 335 126 352 Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...


rect 276 360 326 376 Tyrol (state)
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...


rect 426 323 518 340 Salzburg (state)
Salzburg (state)
Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...


rect 599 444 692 461 Carinthia (state)
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...


rect 834 344 956 361 Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...



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Makeup of current Austrian state governments. The largest faction (Klub) usually nominates the state governor (Landeshauptmann
Landeshauptmann
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). Large boxes indicate parties providing state head of government, smaller boxes other parties represented in state government.
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