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Шаблон:Infobox election The 2008 Tyrolean state election was held on 8 June 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol.

The election saw major losses of almost ten percentage points for the governing Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), with each suffering its worst ever result up to this point. The ÖVP lost its absolute majority for only the second time in history, while the SPÖ fell to third place for the first time. The major winner of the election was the Fritz Dinkhauser List, which debuted at a strong 18.4%, immediately becoming the second largest party. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) made gains, while The Greens fell by almost five points compared to their best-ever result from 2003.[1]

Despite its losses, the ÖVP under Governor Herwig van Staa remained by far the largest party. After leading post-election coalition negotiations, in which the ÖVP secured a coalition with the SPÖ, van Staa resigned and was replaced by Günther Platter on 23 June.[2]

Background

In the 2003 election, the ÖVP under new Governor Herwig van Staa regained its absolute majority, which it had lost in 1999. The SPÖ made gains, while the FPÖ lost more than half its voteshare. The Greens were the biggest winner, doubling their result to almost 16% and placing third. Despite its majority, the ÖVP chose to form a coalition with the SPÖ.

In 2008, Fritz Dinkhauser founded his own party in Tyrol, named the Fritz Dinkhauser List. Dinkhauser was chairman of the ÖAAB, the ÖVP-affiliated trade union association, and known for his criticism of his own party, including the ÖVP government of Herwig van Staa. With his new party, he promoted affordable housing, support for families, and improved education.

Electoral system

The 36 seats of the Landtag of Tyrol are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between nine multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the districts of Tyrol. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 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.

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.

Name Ideology Leader 2003 result
Votes (%) Seats
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| ÖVP Austrian People's Party
Шаблон:Small
Christian democracy Herwig van Staa 49.9% Шаблон:Composition bar
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria
Шаблон:Small
Social democracy Hannes Gschwentner 25.9% Шаблон:Composition bar
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative
Шаблон:Small
Green politics Georg Willi 15.6% Шаблон:Composition bar
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria
Шаблон:Small
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Gerald Hauser 8.0% Шаблон:Composition bar

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

Results

Файл:2008 Tyrolean state election - composition chart.svg
Party Votes % +/− Seats +/−
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 136,401 40.50 –9.39 16 –4
Fritz Dinkhauser List (FRITZ) 61,795 18.35 New 7 New
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 52,066 15.46 –10.39 5 –4
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 41,788 12.41 +4.44 4 +2
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 36,136 10.73 –4.86 4 –1
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| The Christians (DC) 4,699 1.40 New 0 New
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 3,896 1.16 +0.46 0 ±0
Invalid/blank votes 5,932
Total 342,713 100 36 0
Registered voters/turnout 520,527 65.84 +4.93
Source: Tyrolean Government

Шаблон:Bar box Шаблон:Bar box

Results by constituency

Constituency ÖVP FRITZ SPÖ FPÖ Grüne Others Total
seats
Turnout
colspan="2" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| colspan="2" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| colspan="2" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| colspan="2" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"|
% Шаблон:Abbr % Шаблон:Abbr % Шаблон:Abbr % Шаблон:Abbr % Шаблон:Abbr %
Innsbruck City 28.5 1 20.2 1 14.6 13.3 20.4 1 2.9 3 58.5
Imst 48.3 1 14.4 16.4 10.8 7.5 2.7 1 67.7
Innsbruck-Land 36.0 3 21.6 1 15.1 1 12.4 1 12.2 1 2.7 7 68.7
Kitzbühel 42.7 1 19.0 16.4 12.4 7.5 2.1 1 64.8
Kufstein 39.9 2 17.0 17.3 15.1 8.8 2.0 2 66.8
Landeck 50.9 1 12.7 18.3 9.3 5.9 2.9 1 68.9
Lienz 48.8 1 13.1 12.6 14.4 8.8 0.9 1 67.7
Reutte 55.8 1 17.0 10.0 7.5 6.7 3.0 1 67.6
Schwaz 41.6 1 20.5 16.4 11.4 7.7 2.3 1 65.4
Remaining seats 4 5 4 3 2 18
Total 40.5 16 18.4 7 15.5 5 12.4 4 10.7 4 2.6 36 65.8
Source: Tyrolean Government

Aftermath

During the election campaign, Governor van Staa had stated he would resign if the ÖVP fell below 40% of votes. The party narrowly exceeded this threshold, and van Staa was re-affirmed as ÖVP leader by the party after the election. However, his presence was a stumbling block in coalition negotiations, as both the Fritz list and Greens desired his resignation.[3][4] The ÖVP thus sought to form government with the SPÖ instead;[5] a coalition agreement was finalised on 23 June. However, van Staa announced on the same day that he would indeed resign.[2] His successor was Günther Platter, who became the new Governor.

The SPÖ's disastrous result, following losses in the recent Graz local election, compounded pressure on federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer. He was replaced as federal SPÖ chairman a week after the election, and ultimately resigned as Chancellor in December.

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Austrian local elections