Distribution of seats in the Austrian Landtage

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Eight political parties are represented in the Landtage legislative assemblies of the nine Austrian states. Currently the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and The Greens are represented in all state diets, while the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) lost its seats in the Styrian state election of 2005. The Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) forms a common faction with the FPÖ in the National Council of Austria.

	Seats	ÖVP	SPÖ	FPÖ	Greens	FPK	FRITZ	KPÖ	LBL	Election duration	Last Election	Next election	Source
Burgenland	36	13	18	3	1				1	5 years	2010	2015	[1]
Carinthia	36	6	11		1	17				5 years	2009	2014	[2]
Lower Austria	56	31	15	6	4					5 years	2008	2013	[3][4]
Upper Austria	56	28	14	9	5					6 years	2009	2015	[5][6]
Salzburg	36	14	15	5	2					5 years	2009	2014	[7]
Styria	56	24	25		3			4		5 years	2005	2010	[8]
Tyrol	36	16	5	4	4		7			5 years	2008	2013	[9][10]
Vorarlberg	36	20	3	9	4					5 years	2009	2014	[11]
Vienna	100	18	55	13	14					5 years	2005	2010	[12]
Total	448	170	161	49	38	17	7	4	1

The seats of ruling parties are in bold fonts.

The Austrian Landtage are unicameral legislatures, according to the Constitution of Austria deciding in all matters unless explicitely subject of federal legislation. On federal level they are represented in the Federal Council of Austria.

State governments

Makeup of current Austrian state governments. The largest faction (Klub) usually nominates the state governor (Landeshauptmann). Large boxes indicate parties providing state head of government, smaller boxes other parties represented in state government.

References

1. ^ 2010 election results, State Burgenland, retrieved 2010-06-02 (German).
2. ^ Carinthian state, Members of the state Assembly, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
3. ^ Lower Austrian state Assembly, Distribution of seats since 1945, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
4. ^ Lower Austrian state Assembly, State Government, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
5. ^ State Upper Austria, Distribution of seats, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
6. ^ State Upper Austria, State Government, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
7. ^ State Salzburg, 2009 state election results - Distribution of Seats, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
8. ^ Styrian state assembly, Distribution of Seats since 1945, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
9. ^ Tyrolean elections, Results of the 2008 Tyrolean state election, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
10. ^ Tyrolean state government, in German, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
11. ^ Vorarlberg state assembly, Distribution of Seats, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).
12. ^ Vienna state assembly, Distribution of Seats, retrieved 2010-05-15 (German).