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2024 Vorarlberg state election

{{Short description|State election of Vorarlberg, Austria}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2024 Vorarlberg state election

| country = Vorarlberg

| flag_year = state

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 2019 Vorarlberg state election

| previous_year = 2019

| next_election = 2029 Vorarlberg state election

| next_year = 2029

| election_date = 13 October 2024

| seats_for_election = All 36 seats in the Landtag of Vorarlberg

| majority_seats = 19

| turnout = 185,182 (68.1%)
{{increase}} 6.7pp

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Markus Wallner

| party1 = Austrian People's Party (2017)

| last_election1 = 17 seats, 43.5%

| popular_vote1 = 70,638

| seats1 = 15

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2

| percentage1 = 38.3%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 5.2pp

| image2 = 150x150px

| leader2 = Christof Bitschi

| party2 = Freedom Party of Austria

| last_election2 = 5 seats, 13.9%

| popular_vote2 = 51,639

| seats2 = 11

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 6

| percentage2 = 28.0%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 14.1pp

| image3 = 150x150px

| leader3 = Daniel Zadra

| party3 = The Greens – The Green Alternative

| last_election3 = 7 seats, 18.9%

| popular_vote3 = 22,926

| seats3 = 4

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 3

| percentage3 = 12.4%

| swing3 = {{decrease}} 6.5pp

| image4 = 150x150px

| leader4 = Mario Leiter

| party4 = Social Democratic Party of Austria

| last_election4 = 4 seats, 9.5%

| popular_vote4 = 16,713

| seats4 = 3

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 1

| percentage4 = 9.1%

| swing4 = {{decrease}} 0.4pp

| image5 = 150x150px

| leader5 = Claudia Gamon

| party5 = NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum

| last_election5 = 3 seats, 8.5%

| popular_vote5 = 16,477

| seats5 = 3

| seat_change5 = {{steady}} 0

| percentage5 = 8.9%

| swing5 = {{increase}} 0.4pp

| map_image = Landtagswahl Vorarlberg 2024 Mehrheiten in Gemeinden.svg

| map_size = 200px

| map_caption = ÖVP (black) and FPÖ (blue) results by municipality. Darker shades indicate a stronger vote share.

| title = Governor

| before_election = Markus Wallner

| before_party = Austrian People's Party

| after_election = Markus Wallner

| after_party = Austrian People's Party

}}

The Vorarlberg state election of 2024 was held in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg on 13 October 2024.{{Cite web |last=Prock |first=Michael |title=Der Landtagswahltermin steht fest |url=https://www.vn.at/politik/2024/06/11/der-landtagswahltermin-steht-fest.vn |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Vorarlberger Nachrichten {{!}} VN.at |language=de}}

Background

In the 2019 state election, the ÖVP was the strongest party with 43.5% of the vote, but fell short of the absolute mandate majority. With 18.9%, the Greens achieved their best election result to date in a Vorarlberg state election and became the second strongest party for the first time. The FPÖ was the only party to suffer losses and fell to third place with 13.9%. The SPÖ was able to recover minimally, reaching 9.5%, while NEOS obtained 8.5% of the vote. The small parties "Home to all Cultures" (HAK) and "Xi – Future Opportunity" were able to obtain results above 1%, but ultimately failed to reach the 5% threshold to enter parliament.{{Cite web |url=http://apps.vorarlberg.at/wahlen/wahl/LT/LT_2019-10-13/Land%20Vorarlberg |title=Wahlen |access-date=2023-03-17 |language=de}}

The ÖVP decided to continue the previous coalition with the Greens after negotiations that lasted less than two weeks.{{Cite web |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000110674169/oevp-und-gruene-einigen-sich-in-vorarlberg|title=Schwarz-Grün II in Vorarlberg mit großer Mehrheit beschlossen|access-date=2023-03-17 |language=de}} In the constituent session of the Landtag on 13 October 2019, the state government under Governor Markus Wallner (ÖVP) was sworn in.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/16237805/schwarz-gruene-vorarlberger-landesregierung-angelobt|title=Schwarz-grüne Vorarlberger Landesregierung angelobt|date=7 November 2019 |access-date=2023-03-17 |language=de}}

Contesting parties

= Parties already in the Landtag =

class="wikitable"

!No.

!Logo

!Name{{Cite web |title=Landtagswahl 2024 |url=https://vorarlberg.at/-/landtagswahl-2024 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Land Vorarlberg |language=de-AT}}

!Shortform

!Leader

1

|80x80px

|Governor Markus Wallner – Vorarlberg People's Party

|VP

|Markus Wallner

2

|80x80px

|The Greens – The Green Alternative Vorarlberg

|GRÜNE

|{{Ill|Daniel Zadra|de}}

3

|80x80px

|List Christof Bitschi – Freedom Party Vorarlberg

|FPÖ

|{{Ill|Christof Bitschi|de}}

4

|80x80px

|Mario Leiter – Social Democratic Party Vorarlberg

|SPÖ

|{{Ill|Mario Leiter|de}}

5

|80x80px

|NEOS – The New Vorarlberg

|NEOS

|Claudia Gamon

= Parties not in the Landtag =

For a party to contest in the election, they have to enter at least on list in one of the four districts of Vorarlberg. To be able to do so, they need 100 validated signatures per district.{{Cite web |title=RIS - Landtagswahlgesetz - Landesrecht konsolidiert Vorarlberg, Fassung vom 01.08.2024 |url=https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=LrVbg&Gesetzesnummer=20000072 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=www.ris.bka.gv.at |language=de}} The deadline for entering was 23 August 2024 at 5pm CEST.{{Cite web |title=Landtagswahl 2024 |url=https://vorarlberg.at/-/landtagswahl-2024 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Land Vorarlberg |language=de-AT}}

The following parties have fulfilled the requirements and will appear on the ballot:{{Cite web |last=red |first=vorarlberg ORF at/Agenturen |date=2024-08-23 |title=Neun Parteien auf dem Stimmzettel |trans-title=Nine parties on the ballot |url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3269858/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=vorarlberg.ORF.at |language=de}}

class="wikitable"

!No.

!Logo

!Name

!Shortform

!Leader

!Ideology

6

|80x80px

|Xi – HaK – G!LTElectoral alliance between {{Ill|Xi – Chance Zukunft|lt=Xi – Future Opportunity|de}}, {{Ill|Heimat aller Kulturen|lt= Home to all Cultures|de|Heimat aller Kulturen}} and My Vote Counts!

|X

|Chris Alge

|Big tent

7

|80x80px

|We - Platform for Families and Child protection

|WIR

|Christoph Alton

|Familialism
Social conservatism

8

|80x80px

|Communist Party of Austria

|KPÖ

|Sascha Kulasevic

|Communism
Socialism

9

|80x80px

|The other Vorarlberg

|ANDRS

|Bernhard Amann

|Eco-socialism

= Non-contesting parties =

A participation of the following parties have been speculated, yet they declined and did not enter the election:{{Cite web |last=red |first=vorarlberg ORF at/Agenturen |date=2024-07-28 |title=Bierpartei und MFG treten nicht an |url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3266857/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=vorarlberg.ORF.at |language=de}}

Opinion polling

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"
style="height:40px;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:150px;" | Polling firm

! rowspan="2" style="width:125px;" | Fieldwork date

! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;" | Sample
size

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | ÖVP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | Grüne

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | FPÖ

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | SPÖ

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | NEOS

! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | Others

! rowspan="2" style="width:30px;" | Lead

style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}};" |

style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 2024 state election

| data-sort-value="2024-10-12" | 13 Oct 2024

| –

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" |38.3

|12.3

|28.0

|9.1

|8.8

|3.2

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 10.2

Spectra/VN [https://www.vol.at/vn-sonntagsfrage-wallner-spurt-bitschis-atem-im-nacken/8928064 UN Sunday question: Wallner feels Bitschi's breath on the back of his neck. 6 September 2024, retrieved 6 September 2024.] {{Cite web |last=red |first=vorarlberg ORF at |date=2024-09-07 |title=Umfrage: Knappes Rennen zwischen ÖVP und FPÖ |url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3272046/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=vorarlberg.ORF.at |language=de}}

| data-sort-value="2024-08-29" | 14–29 Aug 2024

| 501

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 31

|18

|28

|12

|10

|2

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 3

Peter Hajek/NEOS Vorarlberg

| data-sort-value="2023-12-01" | Dec 2023

| –

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 30

|14

|29

|12

|10

|3

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 1

Berndt/FPÖ Vorarlberg

| data-sort-value="2023-11-01" | Nov 2023

| 702

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 33

|13

|27

|13

|10

|5

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 6

Berndt/FPÖ Vorarlberg

| data-sort-value="2022-11-03" | 17 Oct–3 Nov 2022

| 503

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 29

|14

|20

|13

|12

|12

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 9

Gallup/VN

| data-sort-value="2022-05-21" | 21 May 2022{{Efn|name=nofield|Date of publication of poll; fieldwork date unknown.}}

| 500

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 32

|15

|17

|12

|11

|13

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 15

Gallup/VN

| data-sort-value="2022-04-16" | 23 Mar–10 Apr 2022

| 500

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 36

|14

|16

|12

|11

|11

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 20

Berndt/VN{{Cite web |title=Wahlen in Österreich |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AffucoTdyqQbPG8zsA-jbwVZ8wgtvI1P3ruVdPv7mjY/edit#gid=1630098578 |access-date=2023-03-17 |language=de}}

| data-sort-value="2021-10-23" | 12–15 Oct 2021

| 503

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 36

|15

|16

|9

|10

|14

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 20

style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 2019 state election

| data-sort-value="2019-10-13" | 13 Oct 2019

| –

| style="background:#D2EDF1;" | 43.5

| 18.9

| 13.9

| 9.5

| 8.5

| 5.7

| style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};color:#FFFFFF;" | 17.8

Result

class=wikitable style=text-align:right

| align=center colspan=7|File:2024_Vorarlberg_Landtag.svg

colspan=2|Party

! Votes

! %

! +/−

! Seats

! +/−

bgcolor={{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}|

| align=left| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)

| 70,638

| 38.3

| –5.2

| 15

| –2

bgcolor={{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}|

| align=left| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)

| 51,639

| 28.0

| +14.1

| 11

| +6

bgcolor={{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}|

| align=left| The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE)

| 22,926

| 12.4

|–6.5

| 4

| –3

bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}|

| align=left| Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)

| 16,713

| 9.1

| –0.4

|3

| –1

bgcolor={{party color|NEOS – The New Austria}}|

| align=left| NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS)

| 16,477

| 8.9

| +0.4

| 3

| ±0

colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey|
bgcolor=ADFF2F|

| align=left| Xi – HaK – G!LT (X)

| 2,249

| 1.2

| New

|0

| New

bgcolor=F0E68C|

| align=left| WIR – Platform for Families and Child Protection (WIR)

| 1,459

| 0.8

| +0.1

| 0

| ±0

bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Austria}}|

| align=left| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)

| 1.385

| 0.8

| New

|0

| New

bgcolor=FF6347|

| align=left| The other Vorarlberg (ANDRS)

| 934

| 0.5

| New

| 0

| New

colspan=2 align=left| Invalid/blank votes

| 762

| 0.4

| –

| –

| –

colspan=2 align=left| Total

| 185,182

|100

| –

| 36

| 0

align=left colspan=2| Registered voters/turnout

| 271,882

| 68.1

| +6.7

| –

| –

align=left colspan=7 |Source: [https://apps.vorarlberg.at/wahlen/wahl/LT/LT_2024-10-13/Land%20Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Government]

{{bar box

| title = Popular vote

| float =

| titlebar = #ddd

| width = 500px

| barwidth = 400px

| bars =

{{bar percent|ÖVP|{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}|38.3}}

{{bar percent|FPÖ|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}|28.0}}

{{bar percent|GRÜNE|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}|12.4}}

{{bar percent|SPÖ|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}|9.1}}

{{bar percent|NEOS|{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria}}|8.9}}

{{bar percent|Other|#777777|3.3}}}}

{{bar box

| title = Landtag seats

| float =

| titlebar = #ddd

| width = 500px

| barwidth = 400px

| bars =

{{bar percent|ÖVP|{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}}|41.67}}

{{bar percent|FPÖ|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}|30.56}}

{{bar percent|GRÜNE|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}|11.11}}

{{bar percent|SPÖ|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}|8.33}}

{{bar percent|NEOS|{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria}}|8.33}}}}

=Results by constituency=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:16px"
style="height:40px;"

! style="width:120px;" rowspan="3"| Constituency

! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| ÖVP

! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| FPÖ

! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| GRÜNE

! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| SPÖ

! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| NEOS

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="3"| Total
seats

colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party (2017)}};"|

! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}};"|

! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}};"|

! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"|

! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}};"|

class=unsortable| % || class=unsortable| {{abbr|S|Seats}}

! class=unsortable| % || class=unsortable| {{abbr|S|Seats}}

! class=unsortable| % || class=unsortable| {{abbr|S|Seats}}

! class=unsortable| % || class=unsortable| {{abbr|S|Seats}}

! class=unsortable| % || class=unsortable| {{abbr|S|Seats}}

! class=unsortable| %

align=left| Bludenzbgcolor=#D2EDF1| 41.8bgcolor="#D2EDF1" |29.88.510.47.22.2
align=left| Bregenzbgcolor=#D2EDF1| 40.6bgcolor="#D2EDF1" |26.112.28.69.23.1
align=left| Dornbirnbgcolor=#D2EDF1| 32.2bgcolor=#D2EDF1|29.914.49.99.74.0
align=left| Feldkirchbgcolor=#D2EDF1| 37.9bgcolor="#D2EDF1" |27.813.78.29.13.5
colspan=13 bgcolor=lightgrey|
align=left| Remaining seats
colspan=13 bgcolor=lightgrey|
align=left| Totalbgcolor=#D2EDF1| 38.3bgcolor="#D2EDF1" | 1528.01112.449.138.933.336
class=sortbottom

| colspan=13 align=left| Source: [https://apps.vorarlberg.at/wahlen/wahl/LT/LT_2024-10-13/Land%20Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Government]

Aftermath

=Government formation=

On 16 October, Governor Wallner (ÖVP) announced exploration talks with the FPÖ. He wanted quick coalition talks – with a conclusion in early November – so that the new ÖVP-FPÖ government could be sworn in when the new Landtag convened on 6 November.{{Cite web |last=Moritz Moser |first=vorarlberg.ORF.at |date=2024-10-16 |title=ÖVP lädt FPÖ zu Regierungsverhandlungen ein |trans-title=ÖVP invites FPÖ to government negotiations |url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3277522/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=vorarlberg.ORF.at |language=de}}

The ÖVP and FPÖ formed a governing coalition, which was sworn in on 6 November.{{cite web | url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3279827/ | title=Neue schwarz-blaue Landesregierung angelobt | date=6 November 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3279994/ | title=Was im Regierungsprogramm steht | date=5 November 2024 }} Wallner was sworn in as governor on 11 November.{{cite web | url=https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3280691/ | title=Wallner als Landeshauptmann angelobt }}

Notes

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