Styrian state election, 2005
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State elections were held in the Austrian state of Styria on 9 March 2008.
The SPÖ won the election in a landslide victory. After 60 years of having an ÖVP state governor, Franz Voves, Styrian SPÖ chairman, became state governor.
Party | Votes in % | Change | Seats | Change |
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 41,67% | (+ 9,35%) | 25 | +6 |
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 38,66% | (- 8,63%) | 24 | -3 |
Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 6,34% | (+ 5,31%) | 4 | +8 |
The Greens – The Green Alternative (Grüne) | 4,73% | (- 0,88%) | 3 | +0 |
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 4,56% | (- 7,85%) | 0 | -7 |
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