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
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(FPÖ) also made gains.
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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
Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This is as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, par ...
proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
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
The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is a method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in party-list proportional representation systems. It belongs to the class of highest ...
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.
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
Schwaz () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley.
Location
Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch a ...
Opinion polling
Results
Results by constituency
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.
References
External links
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