2018 Tyrolean state election

The 2018 Tyrolean state election was held on 25 February 2018 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol.

The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) placed first with 44.3% of votes, a 4.9 percentage point swing. The centre-left Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) recovered somewhat from its worst ever result in 2013, rising 3.5 points to 17.2%. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) also made gains. The Greens took small losses, while Citizens' Forum Tyrol (FRITZ) stayed level. NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) contested its first state election in Tyrol, debuting at 5.2%. Forward Tyrol, which won 9.5% in 2013, did not contest the election.

Background In the 2013 election, the ÖVP suffered its worst ever result in a Tyrolean state election, winning just 39.4%; prior to 2008, the party had always held a majority in the Landtag. The party subsequently formed a coalition with the Greens, who had achieved their best ever result in Tyrol at 12.6%.

Electoral system The 36 seats of the Landtag of Tyrol are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between nine multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the districts of Tyrol. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.

Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag. Name Ideology Leader 2013 result Votes (%) Seats ÖVP Austrian People's Party Christian democracy Günther Platter 39.4% SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria Social democracy Elisabeth Blanik 13.7% GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative Green politics Ingrid Felipe 12.6% FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Markus Abwerzger 9.3% FRITZ Citizens' Forum Tyrol Populism Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider 5.6%

Forward Tyrol, which contested the previous election and won 9.5% of votes and four seats, did not contest the 2018 election.

In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, three parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.

NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) Family – The Tyrolean Family Party (FAMILY) Impulse Tyrol (IMPULS) – on the ballot in all constituencies except Schwaz

Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize ÖVP SPÖ Grüne Forw. FPÖ FRITZ NEOS Impuls Others Lead 2018 state election 25 February 2018 – 44.3 17.2 10.7 – 15.5 5.5 5.2 0.5 1.1 27.1 IFAP 6–10 Feb 2018 600 40 16 12 – 17 6 7 – 2 23 Research Affairs December 2017 600 38 14 12 – 24 3 5 – 4 14 GMK December 2017 ? 45 12 10 – 20 4 6 2 1 25 BrandSupport June 2017 800 41.5 14 15 – 16.5 4 4 – 5 25.0 Market May 2017 401 41 13 13 – 22 6 4 – 1 19 Research Affairs December 2016 602 33 13 17 – 25 3 5 3 1 8 IFAP December 2016 ? 41 14 14 – 21 4 4 – 2 20 GMK December 2016 ? 41 12 14 – 25 3 3 – 1 16 Research Affairs 28 Nov–9 Dec 2015 608 35 12 16 – 19 5 6 – 7 16 GMK 7 Nov–11 Dec 2015 400 38 9 13 – 29 4 4 2 1 9 GfK April 2015 500 39 13 16 1.5 13 5 4 1.5 7 26 GMK December 2014 ? 42 17 12 3 15 3 3 – 5 25 Gallup December 2014 ? 38 15 15 3 13 4 7 – – 23 GMK December 2013 ? 41 11 16 2 15 2 8 – 3 25 Karmasin 22 Nov–11 Dec 2013 500 41 13 14 6 12 4 – – 10 27 2013 state election 28 April 2013 – 39.4 13.7 12.6 9.5 9.3 5.6 – – 9.8 25.7

Results Party Votes % +/− Seats +/− Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 141,691 44.26 +4.91 17 +1 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 55,224 17.25 +3.53 6 +1 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 49,727 15.53 +6.19 5 +1 The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 34,167 10.67 –1.92 4 –1 Citizens' Forum Tyrol (FRITZ) 17,471 5.46 –0.15 2 ±0 NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) 16,670 5.21 +5.21 2 +2 Family – The Tyrolean Family Party (FAMILY) 3,645 1.14 New 0 New Impulse Tyrol (IMPULS) 1,539 0.48 New 0 New Invalid/blank votes 2,245 – – – – Total 322,379 100 – 36 0 Registered voters/turnout 537,273 60.00 –0.40 – –Source: Tyrolean Government

Results by constituency Constituency ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Grüne FRITZ NEOS Others Totalseats Turnout % % % % % % % Innsbruck City 25.9 1 22.8 1 16.2 1 19.0 1 7.9 7.3 1.0 4 58.4 Imst 53.1 1 12.4 14.8 7.8 5.1 5.3 1.5 1 60.2 Innsbruck-Land 39.8 3 18.8 1 16.4 1 11.8 1 6.6 5.5 1.2 6 63.8 Kitzbühel 52.8 1 14.6 14.2 8.8 4.0 4.5 1.1 1 57.7 Kufstein 44.7 2 15.3 17.5 10.2 5.3 4.2 2.7 2 58.1 Landeck 63.8 1 13.1 9.4 5.4 2.6 4.8 0.8 1 61.9 Lienz 49.2 1 21.9 13.3 5.5 2.8 3.7 3.4 1 58.9 Reutte 49.9 13.3 14.8 8.4 3.3 6.6 3.7 0 58.6 Schwaz 50.8 2 14.5 16.9 7.8 5.0 4.1 1.0 2 58.3 Remaining seats 5 4 3 2 2 2 18 Total 44.3 17 17.2 6 15.5 5 10.7 4 5.5 2 5.2 2 1.6 36 60.0 Source: Tyrolean Government

Aftermath The ÖVP held exploratory discussions with all other parties, narrowing their options to the SPÖ and Greens after the first round of talks. On 8 March, Governor Platter announced formal negotiations with the Greens would take place. On 20 March, they announced they had come to a coalition agreement. The government subsequently took office for a second term.

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