[40], After the conclusion of the first round of talks, the FPÖ told Kurz that they would not continue the exploratory talks, but would consider re-entering negotiations should talks with other parties fail. [11], On 20 August 2018, Maria Stern was elected new party leader of the List Pilz during a party meeting in Vienna. Her government consisted of 12 members, instead of the 16 in the first Kurz government. The turnout in this election was 64.5%, the lowest in history. Disclaimer. [22] The prevailing view was that the snap election should not be held during the summer holiday season, and that it should not coincide with state elections in Vorarlberg, to be held on 13 October 2019.[23]. Servicetelefon: +43 1 401 10-11 For parties to receive any representation in the National Council, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 4 percent national electoral threshold. [28] Austria still uses paper ballots, rather than electronic voting machines or online voting. In Österreich werden die Parlamente, die Gemeinderäte und die österreichischen Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments nicht nach dem Mehrheitswahlrecht, sondern nach dem Verhältniswahlrecht gewählt. [69] Even if approval is likely, the Green Party Congress (dubbed BuKo) will give an idea of how unified the party is, and whether internal fissures will jeopardize its leadership's role and effectiveness as junior partner in the anticipated ÖVP–Green coalition government, the first of its kind at the federal level. ", "Austrian elections: support for far right collapses", "Grüne wollen mit Kurz verhandeln Parteivorstand stimmt Sondierungsgesprächen mit der ÖVP von Sebastian Kurz zu. Voting used to be compulsory in several states, including, Styria, but that is no longer the case. Barrierefreiheitserklärung The Greens held steady with 6.5%, but performed worse than had been projected. On New Year's Day, 22:00 local time, in a joint televised appearance, Sebastian Kurz and Werner Kogler announced the successful conclusion of their coalition talks and formation of a new joint government, with the formal government program to be released on 2 January. Based on preliminary data reported as of 1700 on polling day, the breakdown by party is as follows: ÖVP 36.61% - SPÖ 22.89% - FPÖ 17.94% - GRÜNE 11.43% - KPÖ 6.02% - NEOS 5.10%. On Tuesday, 7 January 2020, President Van der Bellen swore in the new ÖVP-Green government at the Hofburg (11AM local time). Kurz made an analogous point about protecting the country's border (ÖVP priority) and protecting the environment (Green priority). With 6% the Communists did better than the NEOS who received 5%, but the NEOS had ground to celebrate nonetheless because they won enough votes to enter the Landtag for the first time, and with two seats.[56]. [4] Negotiations drew towards a close in late November,[5] and the parties announced a coalition agreement on 15 December,[6] with the coalition government led by Kurz sworn in on 18 December. The ÖVP managed to re-establish itself as the historically dominant political force in the state. Start On 29 December the ÖVP and the Greens informed the media that their coalition negotiations are close to coming to fruition. To do so, they must submit a minimum number of voter signatures that varies by state as follows: For the 2019 elections, parties had less than a month (9 July and 2 August) to collect signatures. | Update: 13.09.2018; 18:15, Regierungsvorlagen und Gesetzesinitiativen, Begutachtungsverfahren und Stellungnahmen, Parlamentarische Enqueten und Enquete-Kommissionen, Nationalrat, Bundesrat und Bundesversammlung, Zur Geschichte des österreichischen Parlaments, Vereinigung öffentlicher Mandatare und Funktionäre, Architektur und Geschichte des Parlamentsgebäudes. The standard duration of the legislative period of the National Council is five years, by the end of which it must be renewed through an election on a Sunday or a public holiday. On 17 May 2019, a secretly recorded video was published of a July 2017 meeting in Ibiza, Spain, which appeared to show the then opposition politicians Heinz-Christian Strache and Johann Gudenus discussing their party's underhanded practices and intentions. Doskozil benefited from high personal popularity and from the "Governor-bonus" despite being handicapped in his re-election campaigning by a subdued voice related to vocal cord problems.[79]. After conferring with numerous ÖVP leaders around the country by phone over the weekend, Kurz announced his party's unity in favor of formal coalition negotiations with the Greens, rather than with the Social Democrats. The government subsequently lost a motion of no confidence in parliament, and ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was replaced by non-partisan Brigitte Bierlein on an interim basis. Kogler echoed President van der Bellen's message of national unity by quoting him for the proposition that "if you love your country, you don't split it.". "Regierung insgesamt sehr positiv bewertet" ÖVP, Grüne und NEOS können allesamt kleinere Zugewinne verzeichnen. The 183 members of the National Council are elected by open list proportional representation at the level of one federal constituency consisting of all of Austria, 9 state constituencies, and 39 regional constituencies. Impressum. Start 27, tagesaktuelle Fassung", "Zusammensetzung des neuen Nationalrats nun fix", Wahlwerbende Parteien, die einen Landeswahlvorschlag eingebracht haben, "Election triumph hands Austria's Kurz range of coalition options", "Kurz leans towards Greens after far-right losses in Austria vote. Hier nehmen Parteien teil, die einen Bundeswahlvorschlag rechtzeitig eingebracht haben und zumindest ein Mandat in einem Regionalwahlkreis oder im gesamten Bundesgebiet mehr als vier Prozent der gültigen Stimmen erreicht haben. A renewal of the ÖVP-Green coalition was the most likely outcome after Governor Markus Wallner (ÖVP) invited the Greens once again to in-depth talks following a round of talks with other party leaders. [47] According to a new poll by broadcaster ATV, published on 8 November, public support for a ÖVP-Green coalition has increased to 55%, with 36% being opposed. Strache and Gudenus also hinted at corrupt political practices involving other wealthy donors to the FPÖ in Europe and elsewhere. [77][78], SPÖ leader and incumbent Governor Hans Peter Doskozil had steered pragmatic course, focusing on traditional Socialist objectives, such as higher wages, and had taken a more restrictive stance on immigration than the national SPÖ. [38] The Green Party leadership had already voted in favor of exploratory talks, and had avoided setting preconditions, though as of 29 September, a coalition with the ÖVP was backed by only 1/3 of Green party members. A voter may not cross party-lines to cast a preference vote for a candidate of another party, however. Among the Green members of the new Government is a former refugee from Bosnia, who will head the ministry of justice.[74]. ©Parlament, Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring 3, 1017 Wien | Tel. [1] Although the SPÖ won 52 seats, as it did in the 2013 election, the ÖVP and FPÖ both made large gains, increasing their strength by 15 seats to 62 and by 11 to 51, respectively, making the former the largest party at the federal level. +43 1 401 10-0 In addition to the parties already represented in the National Council, eight parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. [12] On 19 November 2018, the List Pilz presented their new name: "JETZT" (or "NOW", in English). ", Notwithstanding the novel branding, this pact is a new edition of a conventional "grand coalition" between Austria's traditional center-right and center-left parties. Mehr. Kurz then agreed to schedule four more rounds of in-depth exploratory talks with the Green Party and told the media that he plans a decision about formal coalition talks for the days after 8 November. Rendi-Wagner is the first female leader of the SPÖ.[15]. The vote, taken on the open floor by show of hands with voting cards, was overwhelmingly in favor: 93.18%, with only 15 voting against.[73]. The state and federal election commissions then validated the signatures and announced the list of parties that qualified. Based on the final election results, all parties represented in the Vorarlberg state legislature increased their share of the vote - except for the scandal-plagued FPÖ, which sustained heavy losses, just as it did in the national parliamentary elections two weeks earlier. The ten candidates with the most preferential votes on a federal level were as follows:[34], Map showing the results of the election on the state level, Map showing the results of the election on the sub-constituency level, Map showing the results of the election on the district level, Map showing the results of the election on the municipal level, Although the ÖVP under Sebastian Kurz won a large plurality, it came up 21 seats short of a majority and thus needed the support of a junior partner in order to return Kurz to the chancellorship. Datenschutz Das Erfordernis, ein Grundmandat in einem der Regionalwahlkreise oder vier Prozent der abgegebenen Stimmen im gesamten Bundesgebiet zu erlangen, um in den Nationalrat einziehen zu können. The table below lists parties represented in the 26th National Council. The snap election was called in the wake of the Ibiza affair in May, which caused the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and the collapse of the governing coalition of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The Greens won five basic mandates outright, three of them in the Graz district, and received one more in the second stage of the seat-allocation process, bringing their total of 6, thereby doubling their strength in the Landtag. NEOS improved from 2017, rising from 10 to 15 seats. Prospective ministers are to pay courtesy calls to federal president Van der Bellen, who wishes to confer with each one of them prior to them being sworn in. 276 Green Party delegates from across the country met in Salzburg for a party congress required by the party's charter to formally approve the party's participation with the ÖVP on the terms spelled out in the coalition pact hammered out by Kurz and Kogler, and their respective negotiating teams, over the course of three month following the snap elections of 2019. On Monday, December 16, 2019, ÖVP and SPÖ presented an agreement for a joint government dubbed „Koalition weiß-grün“ (White-Green Coalition), which eschews reference to the two parties' traditional political colors (black and red, respectively). Analyse-Cookies dienen zum Sammeln und Zusammenfassen von Daten unserer BesucherInnen und deren Verhalten auf unserer Website. He succeeded in his bid to demonstrate that the SPÖ is still capable of winning elections if it stays attuned to what the people want. Another round of exploratory talks with SPÖ, the Greens, and NEOS was then scheduled for Thursday, 17 October and Friday, 18 October. [35] The Green Party achieved their best electoral results ever, in part at the expense of the SPÖ, and was viewed as a potentially viable coalition partner, although such a conservative-green alliance would have unprecedented at the national level in Austria and would have required compromise on policy positions by both sides. Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2019 to elect the 27th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. Therefore, the party's ratification of the negotiated coalition agreement through its 276 delegates at the party congress cannot take place until 4 January 2020. However, 4 in 10 ÖVP voters prefer FPÖ, whereas only 1 in 5 could imagine cooperation with the Green Party. Another eight parties or lists sought ballot access, but failed to collect enough signatures to meet the 2 August 2019 deadline. Results of the election, showing seats won by state and nationwide. Ziel des Verhältniswahlrechts ist, die Mandate verhältnismäßig nach der Verteilung der Wählerstimmen zu vergeben. [62][63], While coalition negotiations between the ÖVP and the Greens were continuing at the federal level,[64] they were concluded in Styria in only three weeks. People's Veto - You have the right to say NO! On 4 January 2020, a national party convention cleared the way for the Greens to share governing power with the conservatives New People's Party (ÖVP) in a Kurz-Kogler Cabinet, to be sworn in next week. Both parties are currently in opposition to the ÖVP-Green coalition government at the national level. WahlenWahlen Verhältniswahlrecht Grundsätzlich gibt es zwei Systeme, um bei einer Wahl zu ermitteln, wie viele Mandate (Sitze im Parlament) die zur Wahl antretenden Parteien erhalten: das Verhältniswahlrecht und das Mehrheitswahlrecht. [60] After all ballots were counted (including postal votes and those cast by voters outside their precincts using a voting card available for that purpose) one mandate that was projected for the Communists shifted to the SPÖ, whose leader had already resigned, following his party's sharp drop in voter support. [27] These additional votes do not affect the proportional allocation based on the vote for the party or list, but can change the rank order of candidates on a party's lists at the federal, state, and regional level. Each won one basic mandate in the regional district that includes Graz, the capital, and a second one by aggregating their statewide votes. ÖVP will es "ernsthaft versuchen" Am Montag ist es soweit: Bundespräsident Van der Bellen erteilt ÖVP-Chef Kurz Auftrag zur Regierungsbildung", "Who will Austria's Sebastian Kurz choose as coalition partner? Kurz said a very good result had been achieved; not just a deal based on the least common denominator. Lebensjahr vollendet haben, besitzen ein allgemeines, freies, gleiches, unmittelbares, geheimes und persönliches Wahlrecht. Regional elections for the Landtag of Burgenland, Austria's easternmost and least populous state, were held on January 26, 2020, and yielded an unexpected outcome: An absolute majority for the Social Democrats (SPÖ), who had governed the State in a coalition with the FPÖ. Seats in the National Council are apportioned to the regional constituencies based on the results of the most recent census. [55] The ÖVP won a resounding victory at the expense of both the Social Democrats and the FPÖ, which had done very well in the Styrian election of 2015. NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum: Liberalism Pro-Europeanism: Beate Meinl-Reisinger: 5.3% 10 / 183. The Peter Pilz List entered the National Council with 8 seats, while the NEOS gained one seat and the Greens lost all of their 24 seats because they failed to clear the 4% threshold of the vote, which is required to qualify for the proportional allocation of seats. [57] The Greens did exceptionally well in Graz, Styria's capital, which is also the stronghold of the Communist Party, a unique facet in the Styrian politics. The names of candidates on regional party lists are printed on the ballot and can be marked with an "x" to indicate the voter's preference.