2024 Vorarlberg state election
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13 October 2024
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All 36 seats in the Landtag of Vorarlberg 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 185,182 (68.1%)  6.7pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 ÖVP (black) and FPÖ (blue) results by municipality. Darker shades indicate a stronger vote share. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Vorarlberg state election of 2024 was held in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg on 13 October 2024.[1]
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.[2]
The ÖVP decided to continue the previous coalition with the Greens after negotiations that lasted less than two weeks.[3] In the constituent session of the Landtag on 13 October 2019, the state government under Governor Markus Wallner (ÖVP) was sworn in.[4]
Contesting parties
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Opinion polling
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
ÖVP | Grüne | FPÖ | SPÖ | NEOS | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 state election | 13 Oct 2024 | – | 38.3 | 12.3 | 28.0 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 10.2 |
| Spectra/VN[10][11] | 14–29 Aug 2024 | 501 | 31 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Peter Hajek/NEOS Vorarlberg[12] | Dec 2023 | – | 30 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Berndt/FPÖ Vorarlberg[12] | Nov 2023 | 702 | 33 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Berndt/FPÖ Vorarlberg[12] | 17 Oct–3 Nov 2022 | 503 | 29 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Gallup/VN[12] | 21 May 2022[a] | 500 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Gallup/VN[12] | 23 Mar–10 Apr 2022 | 500 | 36 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 20 |
| Berndt/VN[12] | 12–15 Oct 2021 | 503 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 20 |
| 2019 state election | 13 Oct 2019 | – | 43.5 | 18.9 | 13.9 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 17.8 |
Result
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| Party | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 70,638 | 38.3 | –5.2 | 15 | –2 | |
| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 51,639 | 28.0 | +14.1 | 11 | +6 | |
| The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) | 22,926 | 12.4 | –6.5 | 4 | –3 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 16,713 | 9.1 | –0.4 | 3 | –1 | |
| NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) | 16,477 | 8.9 | +0.4 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Xi – HaK – G!LT (X) | 2,249 | 1.2 | New | 0 | New | |
| WIR – Platform for Families and Child Protection (WIR) | 1,459 | 0.8 | +0.1 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 1.385 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New | |
| The other Vorarlberg (ANDRS) | 934 | 0.5 | New | 0 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 762 | 0.4 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 185,182 | 100 | – | 36 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 271,882 | 68.1 | +6.7 | – | – | |
| Source: Vorarlberg Government | ||||||
Results by constituency
| Constituency | ÖVP | FPÖ | GRÜNE | SPÖ | NEOS | Others | Total seats | |||||
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| % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | ||
| Bludenz | 41.8 | 29.8 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 2.2 | ||||||
| Bregenz | 40.6 | 26.1 | 12.2 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 3.1 | ||||||
| Dornbirn | 32.2 | 29.9 | 14.4 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 4.0 | ||||||
| Feldkirch | 37.9 | 27.8 | 13.7 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 3.5 | ||||||
| Remaining seats | ||||||||||||
| Total | 38.3 | 15 | 28.0 | 11 | 12.4 | 4 | 9.1 | 3 | 8.9 | 3 | 3.3 | 36 |
| Source: Vorarlberg Government | ||||||||||||