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Lower Austrian state election, 2018

Lower Austrian state election, 2018
Lower Austria
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All 56 seats in the Landtag of Lower Austria
All 9 seats in the state government

29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 66.56% Decrease 4.31%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Johanna Mikl-Leitner Franz Schnabl Udo Landbauer
Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ
Last election 30 seats, 50.79% 13 seats, 21.57 4 seats, 8.21
Seats won 29 13 8
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Increase4
Popular vote 450,812 217,289 134,085
Percentage 49.63% 23.92% 14.76%
Swing Decrease1.16% Increase2.35% Increase6.55%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Krismer-Huber Helga 23-05-13 KG 01.JPG 20180121 NOE Landtagswahl 0347.jpg
Leader Helga Krismer Indra Collini
Party Greens NEOS
Last election 4 seats, 8.06% did not contest
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3
Popular vote 58,401 46,801
Percentage 6.43% 5.15%
Swing Decrease1.63% Increase5.15%

The Lower Austrian state election of 2018 was held in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on 28 January 2018. Since 2003 the Austrian People's Party has had a majority of the seats. NEOS contested Lower Austria for the first time and won 3 seats, while the Social Democratic Party of Austria seat share remained unchanged. The Freedom Party of Austria won 8 seats, doubling their standing in the state, while the Greens only defended 3 of their 4 seats. The Team Stronach and KPÖ did not compete in the election.


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