Lower Austrian state election, 2008
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State elections will be held in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on 9 March 2008.[1] It will certainly be contested at least by the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, The Greens – The Green Alternative and the Freedom Party of Austria, all of whom are in the current Landtag.
The ÖVP had earlier indicated that its preferred date would have been the 20 April 2008,[2] though 13 April 2008 had also been considered a possible date.[3] The newly founded party The Christians will also contest its first election.[4]
A poll, conducted in October 2007 by Integral for the newspaper Kurier, showed the following voting intentions:[5]
- ÖVP: 50%
- SPÖ: 31%
- Greens: 9%
- FPÖ: 9%
- BZÖ: 1%
In total, nine parties will contest the election. SPÖ, ÖVP, FPÖ, the Greens and the Communist Party of Austria will be contesting the election in all districts. The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) will contest the election in seventeen of the twenty-one districts, having failed to gather the necessary fifty signatures in Lilienfeld, Neunkirchen, Waidhofen a.d. Thaya and Wiener Neustadt. The Christians will contest the election in all districts except Bruck a.d. Leitha. The List for Our Lower Austria (Liste für unser Niederösterreich, LNÖ) will contest the election in Baden, Gänserndorf, Lilienfeld, Neunkirchen, St. Pölten and Wiener Neustadt, and the Animal Rights Party (Tierrechtspartei) will contest the election only in Mödling.[6]
The ÖVP managed to increase its majority, while the SPÖ lost badly, going down –8%; the Greens stagnated, while the FPÖ gained +6% and entered the state government. The KPÖ was the largest minor party, before the Christians and the BZÖ.
[edit] References
- ^ SORA Wahlkalender
- ^ Landtag: NÖ-Wahl könnte am 20. April stattfinden « DiePresse.com
- ^ NÖ: Schwarze Bastion: Zittern um Absolute « DiePresse.com
- ^ Österreich hat eine neue Partei « DiePresse.com
- ^ Pröll muss um Absolute zittern | kurier.at
- ^ Neun Parteien treten bei NÖ-Wahl am 9. März an « DiePresse.com
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