2009 Salzburg state election

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All 36 seats in the Landtag of Salzburg
19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 287,065 (74.4%)
2.9%
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Leader  | Gabi Burgstaller | Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
Party  | SPÖ | ÖVP
Last election  | 17 seats, 45.4%  | 14 seats, 37.9%
Seats won  | 15  | 14
Seat change  |  2  |  0
Popular vote  | 111,485  | 103,385
Percentage  | 39.4%  | 36.5%
Swing  |  6.0%  |  1.4%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | Karl Schnell  | Cyriak Schwaighofer
Party  | FPÖ | Greens
Last election  | 3 seats, 8.7%  | 2 seats, 8.0%
Seats won  | 5  | 2
Seat change  |  2  |  0
Popular vote  | 36,845  | 20,843
Percentage  | 13.0%  | 7.4%
Swing  |  4.3%  |  0.6%

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| Governor before election

Gabi Burgstaller
SPÖ

| Elected Governor

Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
ÖVP

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The 2009 Salzburg state election was held on 1 March 2009 to elect the members of the Landtag of Salzburg.

The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) remained the largest party but took moderate losses. Its coalition partner the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) also suffered a small swing against it. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) recovered somewhat from its 2004 defeat, winning five seats. The Greens remained stable. The SPÖ renewed its coalition with the ÖVP, and Governor Gabi Burgstaller was re-elected for a second term.[1]

## Background

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In the 2004 election, the SPÖ became the largest party in the Landtag for the first time in post-war history. While the ÖVP suffered only a slight decline, they fell to second place in the face of a major swing to the SPÖ, who captured voters from the FPÖ and Liberal Forum. The FPÖ fell from 20% to under 9%, while the Greens made gains. Gabi Burgstaller subsequently became the first SPÖ governor of Salzburg, in a coalition with the ÖVP.

## Electoral system

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The 36 seats of the Landtag of Salzburg are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between six 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.[2]

## Contesting parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.

Name  | Ideology  | Leader  | 2004 result

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Votes (%)  | Seats
| SPÖ | Social Democratic Party of Austria
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs | Social democracy | Gabi Burgstaller | 45.4%  |

17 / 36

| ÖVP | Austrian People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei | Christian democracy | Wilfried Haslauer Jr. | 37.9%  |

14 / 36

| FPÖ | Freedom Party of Austria
Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs | Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism | Karl Schnell  | 8.7%  |

3 / 36

| GRÜNE | The Greens – The Green Alternative
Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative | Green politics | Cyriak Schwaighofer  | 8.0%  |

2 / 36

In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, one party collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot:

* Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ)

## Results

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Party  | Votes  | %  | +/−  | Seats  | +/−
| Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)  | 111,485  | 39.37  | –6.03  | 15  | –2
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)  | 103,385  | 36.55  | –1.37  | 14  | ±0
| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)  | 36,845  | 13.02  | +4.33  | 5  | +2
| The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE)  | 20,843  | 7.35  | –0.63  | 2  | ±0
| Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ)  | 10,477  | 3.70  | New  | 0  | New
Invalid/blank votes  | 4,030  | –  | –  | –  | –
Total | 287,065 | 100 | – | 36 | 0
Registered voters/turnout  | 386,068  | 74.36  | –2.94  | –  | –
Source: Salzburg State Government

| Popular vote

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SPÖ |

| 39.37%
ÖVP |

| 36.55%
FPÖ |

| 13.02%
GRÜNE |

| 7.36%
BZÖ |

| 3.70%

| Landtag seats

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SPÖ |

| 41.67%
ÖVP |

| 38.89%
FPÖ |

| 13.89%
GRÜNE |

| 5.56%

### Results by constituency

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Constituency  | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | Grüne | BZÖ | Total
seats  | Turnout

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% | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S
Salzburg City | 38.9 | 3 | 30.2 | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 13.3 | 1 | 4.4 |  | 7 | 60.1
Hallein | 41.2 | 1 | 37.0 | 1 | 11.4 |  | 6.7 |  | 3.7 |  | 2 | 78.8
Salzburg Surrounds | 34.8 | 3 | 40.1 | 4 | 13.0 | 1 | 7.9 |  | 4.3 |  | 8 | 77.4
St. Johann im Pongau | 42.0 | 2 | 37.6 | 1 | 13.3 |  | 4.1 |  | 3.0 |  | 3 | 80.5
Tamsweg | 38.8 |  | 39.9 |  | 14.2 |  | 3.3 |  | 3.7 |  | 0 | 84.2
Zell am See | 44.0 | 2 | 36.1 | 2 | 13.3 |  | 4.0 |  | 2.5 |  | 4 | 81.0
Remaining seats |  | 4 |  | 4 |  | 3 |  | 1 |  |  | 12 |
Total | 39.4 | 15 | 36.5 | 14 | 13.0 | 5 | 7.4 | 2 | 3.7 |  | 36 | 74.4
Source: Salzburg State Government

## References

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1. ^ "New old state government sworn in". Der Standard. 22 April 2009.
2. ^ "Election results". Salzburg State Government.

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