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2013 Carinthian state election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 2013 Carinthian state election | |
| country | Carinthia | |
| flag_year | state | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| previous_election | 2009 Carinthian state election | |
| previous_year | 2009 | |
| next_election | 2018 Carinthian state election | |
| next_year | 2018 | |
| election_date | 3 March 2013 | |
| seats_for_election | All 36 seats in the Landtag of Carinthia | |
| majority_seats | 19 | |
| turnout | 331,207 (75.1%) | |
| 6.6% | ||
| leader1 | Peter Kaiser | |
| party1 | Social Democratic Party of Austria | |
| last_election1 | 11 seats, 28.8% | |
| seats1 | 14 | |
| seat_change1 | 3 | |
| popular_vote1 | 120,396 | |
| percentage1 | 37.1% | |
| swing1 | 8.3% | |
| image2 | [[File:Doerfler02.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| leader2 | Gerhard Dörfler | |
| party2 | Freedom Party in Carinthia | |
| last_election2 | 17 seats, 44.9% | |
| seats2 | 6 | |
| seat_change2 | 11 | |
| popular_vote2 | 54,634 | |
| percentage2 | 16.8% | |
| swing2 | 28.0% | |
| image3 | [[File:Wolfgang Waldner 2012.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| leader3 | Wolfgang Waldner | |
| party3 | Austrian People's Party | |
| last_election3 | 6 seats, 16.8% | |
| swing3 | 2.4% | |
| popular_vote3 | 46,696 | |
| percentage3 | 14.4% | |
| seat_change3 | 1 | |
| seats3 | 5 | |
| image4 | [[File:Rolf Holub Wahlkampfauftakt Grüne Nationalratswahl 2013 Österreich 1.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| leader4 | Rolf Holub | |
| party4 | The Greens – The Green Alternative | |
| last_election4 | 2 seats, 5.1% | |
| seats4 | 5 | |
| seat_change4 | 3 | |
| popular_vote4 | 39,241 | |
| percentage4 | 12.1% | |
| swing4 | 6.9% | |
| image5 | [[File:Portrait placeholder.svg | 150x150px]] |
| leader5 | Gerhard Köfer | |
| party5 | Team Stronach | |
| last_election5 | *Did not exist* | |
| seats5 | 4 | |
| seat_change5 | 4 | |
| popular_vote5 | 36,256 | |
| percentage5 | 11.2% | |
| swing5 | *New party* | |
| image6 | [[File:Bucher-press-conference-22-02-11 (cropped).jpg | 150x150px]] |
| leader6 | Josef Bucher | |
| party6 | Alliance for the Future of Austria | |
| last_election6 | *Did not contest* | |
| seats6 | 2 | |
| seat_change6 | 2 | |
| popular_vote6 | 20,745 | |
| percentage6 | 6.4% | |
| swing6 | 6.4% | |
| title | Governor | |
| before_election | Gerhard Dörfler | |
| before_party | Freedom Party in Carinthia | |
| after_election | Peter Kaiser | |
| after_party | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
6.6%
The 2013 Carinthian state election was held on 3 March 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Carinthia.
The election saw a massive shift in Carinthian politics, which had been dominated by the Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) and Governor Jörg Haider since the 1990s. After Haider's death in 2008, he was succeeded by Gerhard Dörfler. After winning the 2009 election, Dörfler's government suffered a string of scandals and the FPK's popularity plummeted. Ultimately, they suffered a catastrophic loss of 28 percentage points, the worst ever suffered by a party in post-war Austria. They finished on 16.8%, a distant second place behind the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), which won 37.1%. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) retained third place, but declined to 14.4%. Apart from the SPÖ, other beneficiaries of the FPK's collapse were The Greens, Team Stronach, and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), who each made significant gains.
Background
Prior to amendments made in 2017, the Carinthian constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, ) 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.
In 2005, then-Governor and former federal leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) Jörg Haider split from the party due to internal disputes, and founded the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). The Freedom Party in Carinthia, then the FPÖ's state branch and led by Haider, changed its allegiance and became the Carinthian branch of the BZÖ. The large majority of its leadership and structure followed, with only a small minority defecting to the FPÖ's new Carinthian branch. Shortly after the 2008 federal election, Haider was killed in a car accident. He was succeeded by Gerhard Dörfler, who became the new Governor of Carinthia and leader of the FPK. In the 2009 Carinthian state election, Dörfler led the party to a strong victory under the name "Freedom Party in Carinthia – BZÖ List Jörg Haider". The FPÖ's new state branch won 3.8%, failing to enter the Landtag.
In December 2009, the FPK split from the BZÖ in protest of new federal leader Josef Bucher's policies, becoming an independent party operating in Carinthia. The party announced it would support the FPÖ on a national level, while the FPÖ's state branch would be dissolved. The FPÖ and FPK compared their new relationship to that of the CDU/CSU in Germany. The BZÖ subsequently founded a new Carinthian branch to compete with the FPK.
Between 2009 and 2013, Dörfler's government suffered a string of scandals involving current and former government officials, including the late Haider. In January 2010, Vice Governor Uwe Scheuch was exposed for offering Austrian citizenship to a Russian investor in exchange for investments in Carinthia and donations to the then-BZÖ. Scheuch resigned from all political positions in mid-2012 and was found guilty in December. In July 2012, a government tax consultant was caught up in a corruption scandal involving the FPK and BZÖ, which led to an early election being scheduled for March 2013.
Electoral system
The 36 seats of the Landtag of Carinthia are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between four multi-member constituencies. 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 | 2009 result | Votes (%) | Seats | Councillors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Party of Austria}};" | **FPK** | Freedom Party in Carinthia | ||||
| *Die Freiheitlichen in Kärnten* | Right-wing populism | |||||
| Euroscepticism | Gerhard Dörfler | 44.9% | ||||
| Social Democratic Party of Austria}};" | **SPÖ** | Social Democratic Party of Austria | ||||
| *Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs* | Social democracy | Peter Kaiser | 28.8% | |||
| Austrian People's Party}};" | **ÖVP** | Austrian People's Party | ||||
| *Österreichische Volkspartei* | Christian democracy | Wolfgang Waldner | 16.8% | |||
| The Greens – The Green Alternative}};" | **GRÜNE** | The Greens – The Green Alternative | ||||
| *Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative* | Green politics | Rolf Holub | 5.1% |
In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, six parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.
- Team Stronach (TS)
- Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ)
- Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT)
- Livable Party of Austria (LPÖ)
- Social Alliance Carinthia (ASOK)
- List Strong (STARK)
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | Coun. | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Austria}} | Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 120,396 | 37.13 | +8.39 | 14 | +3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria}} | Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) | 54,634 | 16.85 | –28.04 | 6 | –11 | 1 | |
| Austrian People's Party}} | Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 46,696 | 14.40 | –2.43 | 5 | –1 | 1 | |
| The Greens – The Green Alternative}} | The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) | 39,241 | 12.10 | +6.95 | 5 | +3 | 1 | |
| Team Stronach}} | Team Stronach (TS) | 36,256 | 11.18 | New | 4 | New | 1 | |
| Alliance for the Future of Austria}} | Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) | 20,745 | 6.40 | New | 2 | New | 0 | |
| Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT) | 3,199 | 0.99 | New | 0 | New | 0 | ||
| Livable Party of Austria (LPÖ) | 1,881 | 0.58 | New | 0 | New | 0 | ||
| Social Alliance Carinthia (ASOK) | 747 | 0.23 | New | 0 | New | 0 | ||
| List Strong (STARK) | 488 | 0.15 | +0.09 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,924 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| **Total** | **331,207** | **100** | **–** | **36** | **0** | **7** | **0** | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 440,748 | 75.15 | –6.63 | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: [Carinthian Government](http://www.ktn.gv.at/wahlen/lt2013/) |
Results by constituency
| Constituency | SPÖ | FPK | ÖVP | Grüne | TS | BZÖ | Others | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seats | Turnout | Social Democratic Party of Austria}};" | Freedom Party of Austria}};" | Austrian People's Party}};" | The Greens – The Green Alternative}};" | Team Stronach}};" | Alliance for the Future of Austria}};" | % | class=unsortable | S | % | class=unsortable | S | % | class=unsortable | S | % | class=unsortable | S | % | class=unsortable | S | % | class=unsortable | S | % | ||||||||||||
| Klagenfurt | **40.0** | **3** | 12.4 | 1 | 13.3 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 6 | 74.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carinthia East | **37.2** | **3** | 19.7 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 1 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 6 | 75.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villach | **40.3** | **3** | 14.7 | 1 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 1 | 12.7 | 1 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 6 | 73.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carinthia West | **30.7** | **2** | 20.6 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 1 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 5 | 76.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Remaining seats* | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| **Total** | **37.1** | **14** | 16.8 | 6 | 14.4 | 5 | 12.1 | 5 | 11.1 | 4 | 6.4 | 2 | 1.9 | 36 | 75.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: [Carinthian Government](http://www.ktn.gv.at/wahlen/lt2013/LT2013_mandate.pdf) |
References
References
- (4 March 2013). "Tanking Support: Austrian Right-Wing Populists Lose Ground". [[Der Spiegel]].
- "Landtag election on 3 March 2013". Carinthian Government.
- (1 June 2017). "Carinthia abolishes the Proporz". [[Die Presse]].
- (30 December 2009). "Bucher and Petzner hope to the last". [[Der Standard]].
- (17 January 2010). ""That is the dictatorship of the Sternhof"". [[Der Standard]].
- (16 December 2009). "FPÖ and Carinthian BZÖ merge". [[Der Standard]].
- (30 January 2010). "Founding convention of the Carinthian BZÖ". [[Der Standard]].
- (19 December 2012). "Scheuch: Seven months and a fine". [[ORF (broadcaster).
- (1 March 2013). "Why the Carinthians choose a year earlier". [[Der Standard]].
- "LT2013_Mandate.pdf". Carinthian Government.
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