2010 Burgenland state election

30 May 2010

All 36 seats in the Landtag of Burgenland
19 seats needed for a majority
All 7 seats in the state government
Turnout192,246 (77.3%)
Decrease 4.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Hans Niessl Franz Steindl Johann Tschürtz
Party SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ
Last election 19 seats, 52.2% 13 seats, 36.4% 2 seats, 5.8%
Seats won 18 13 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 91,185 65,411 16,970
Percentage 48.3% 34.6% 9.0%
Swing Decrease 3.9% Decrease 1.8% Increase 3.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Leader Michel Reimon Manfred Kölly
Party Greens LBL
Last election 2 seats, 5.2% Did not exist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 7,835 7,559
Percentage 4.1% 4.0%
Swing Decrease 1.1% New party

Governor before election

Hans Niessl
SPÖ

Elected Governor

Hans Niessl
SPÖ

The 2010 Burgenland state election was held on 30 May 2010 to elect the members of the 20th Landtag of Burgenland.

The governing Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) narrowly lost its majority, while the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and List Burgenland (LBL) made gains. Governor Hans Niessl was returned for a third term.

Background

Prior to amendments made in 2014, the Burgenland constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, German: Landesräten) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. As such, the government was a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualified for at least one state councillor.[1]

In the 2005 election, the SPÖ won an absolute majority with 52.2% of votes.

Electoral system

The 36 seats of the Landtag of Burgenland are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between seven multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the seven districts of Burgenland (the statutory cities of Eisenstadt and Rust are combined with Eisenstadt-Umgebung District). Apportionment of the seats is based on the results of the most recent census.[2]

For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 4 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.[2]

In addition to voting for a political party, voters may cast preferential votes for specific candidates of that party, but are not required to do so. 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 state and constituency level. Voters may cast one preferential vote at the state level, or three at the constituency level. A voter may not cross party-lines to cast a preference vote for a candidate of another party; such preference votes are invalid.[2]

Contesting parties

Name Ideology Leader 2005 result
Votes (%) Seats Councillors
SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs
Social democracy Hans Niessl 52.2%
19 / 36
4 / 7
ÖVP Austrian People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei
Christian democracy Franz Steindl 36.4%
13 / 36
3 / 7
GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative
Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative
Green politics Regina Petrik 5.2%
2 / 36
FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Johann Tschürtz 5.8%
2 / 36

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

Results

Party Votes  % +/− Seats +/− Coun. +/−
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 91,185 48.26 –3.92 18 –1 4 ±0
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 65,411 34.62 –1.76 13 ±0 3 ±0
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 16,970 8.98 +3.23 3 +1 0 ±0
The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 7,835 4.15 –1.06 1 –1 0 ±0
List Burgenland (LBL) 7,559 4.00 New 1 New 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 3,286
Total 192,246 100 36 0 7 0
Registered voters/turnout 248,694 77.30 –4.08
Source: Burgenland Government
Popular vote
SPÖ
48.26%
ÖVP
34.62%
FPÖ
8.98%
GRÜNE
4.15%
LBL
4.00%
Landtag seats
SPÖ
50.00%
ÖVP
36.11%
FPÖ
8.33%
GRÜNE
2.78%
LBL
2.78%

Results by constituency

Constituency SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Grüne LBL Total
seats
Turnout
 %S  %S  %S  %S  %S
Neusiedl52.2332.529.03.82.5575.0
Eisenstadt46.1334.628.55.94.8576.5
Mattersburg50.7228.4110.74.26.1377.1
Oberpullendorf48.5235.315.73.37.3380.9
Oberwart48.5334.0211.43.72.3577.2
Güssing44.5143.717.13.01.6280.0
Jennersdorf41.939.610.85.12.6074.6
Remaining seats4431113
Total48.31834.6139.034.114.013677.3
Source: Burgenland Government

References

  1. "Proporz has been abolished". ORF. 11 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "RIS – Landtag election regulation 1995 – Provincial law consolidates, version as of 03.08.2020". Burgenland Government.
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