Eight political parties are represented in the Landtag

Landtag

A Landtag is a representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries with some legislative authority.- Name :...

e legislative assemblies of the nine Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n states

States of Austria

Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder . Since Land is also the German word for a country, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms...

. Currently the Austrian People's Party

Austrian People's Party

The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology...

 (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party of Austria

Social Democratic Party of Austria

The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...

 (SPÖ) and The Greens are represented in all state diets, while the Freedom Party of Austria

Freedom Party of Austria

The Freedom Party of Austria is a political party in Austria. Ideologically, the party is a direct descendant of the German national liberal camp, which dates back to the 1848 revolutions. The FPÖ itself was founded in 1956 as the successor to the short-lived Federation of Independents , which had...

 (FPÖ) lost its seats in the Styrian state election

Styrian state election, 2005

State elections were held in the Austrian state of Styria on 9 March 2005.After being governed by ÖVP-led administrations for sixty years, the SPÖ managed to win the election. Franz Voves, Styrian SPÖ chairman, became prime minister...

 of 2005. The Freedom Party in Carinthia

Freedom Party in Carinthia

The Freedomites in Carinthia is a far right political party in Austria, operating in the federal state of Carinthia. Historically, it has been shaped by Jörg Haider...

 (FPK) forms a common faction with the FPÖ in the National Council of Austria

National Council of Austria

The National Council is one of the two houses of the Austrian parliament. According to the constitution, the National Council and the complementary Federal Council are peers...

.

	Seats	ÖVP OVP OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...	SPÖ SPO - Technology :SPO: Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Cloud Computing, Office 365. See Microsoft Online Services-Economics:* Secondary Public Offering, an equity capital market instrument...	FPÖ FPO FPO may refer to:*Fleet Post Office, a "city" designation in military mail *Field post office, a term for military post offices in military mail systems *For position only, a designation for placeholder graphics...	Greens	FPK Freedom Party in Carinthia The Freedomites in Carinthia is a far right political party in Austria, operating in the federal state of Carinthia. Historically, it has been shaped by Jörg Haider...	FRITZ	KPÖ KPO Meanings of KPO:* Knowledge process outsourcing.* KPÖ , Communist Party of Austria.* Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands , Communist Party Opposition....	LBL	Election duration	Last Election	Next election	Source
Burgenland Burgenland Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...	36	13	18	3	1				1	5 years	2010 Burgenland state election, 2010 State elections were held in the Austrian state Burgenland on 30 May 2010. An opinion poll conducted in May 2010 expected the results to be similar to the previous election, with the Social Democratic Party predicted to win 50% of the votes, the Austrian People's Party following with 38% of votes...	2015
Carinthia Carinthia (state) Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...	36	6	11		1	17				5 years	2009	2014
Lower Austria Lower Austria Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...	56	31	15	6	4					5 years	2008 Lower Austrian state election, 2008 State elections were held in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on 9 March 2008. They were contested by the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, The Greens – The Green Alternative and the Freedom Party of Austria, all of whom are in the current Landtag, and a number of...	2013
Upper Austria Upper Austria Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...	56	28	14	9	5					6 years	2009 Upper Austrian state election, 2009 State elections was held in Upper Austria on 27 September 2009. The SPÖ lost a lot of its votes, falling even behind the 1999 result, while the FPÖ gained strongly and both incumbent governing parties ÖVP and Greens held steady. The BZÖ failed to enter the Landtag....	2015
Salzburg Salzburg (state) Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...	36	14	15	5	2					5 years	2009 Salzburg state and municipal elections, 2009 Joint state and municipal elections were held in Salzburg on 1 March 2009. The election is likely to see a strong contest between the SPÖ and the ÖVP over the post of governor, after the SPÖ won the 2004 election for the first time in history....	2014
Styria Styria (state) Styria is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federated states, covering 16,401 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. ...	56	24	25		3			4		5 years	2005 Styrian state election, 2005 State elections were held in the Austrian state of Styria on 9 March 2005.After being governed by ÖVP-led administrations for sixty years, the SPÖ managed to win the election. Franz Voves, Styrian SPÖ chairman, became prime minister...	2010
Tyrol Tyrol (state) Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...	36	16	5	4	4		7			5 years	2008 Tyrolean state election, 2008 State elections was held in the Austrian state of Tyrol on 8 June 2008, brought forward from the original date of 5 October 2008 to "avoid collisions with a possible early parliamentary election"...	2013
Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...	36	20	3	9	4					5 years	2009 Vorarlberg state election, 2009 State elections were held in the state of Vorarlberg on 20 September 2009. Apart from the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, The Greens – The Green Alternative and the Freedom Party of Austria, a list based on the Vorarlberg Chamber of Labour faction "Neue Bewegung für...	2014
Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...	100	18	55	13	14					5 years	2005 Viennese state election, 2005 In the 2005 Viennese Lantag elections, the SPÖ won government and Michael Häupl was chosen for a third term as the mayor of the city-state....	2010 Viennese state election, 2010 In the 2010 Viennese Landtag elections, the SPÖ lost its absolut majority.The big winner was the Freedom Party which reached 25,77% and doubled it seats from 13 to 27 gaining these from all other parties of the Landtag....
Total	448	170	161	49	38	17	7	4	1

The seats of ruling parties are in bold fonts.

The Austrian Landtage are unicameral

Unicameralism

In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...

 legislatures, according to the Constitution of Austria

Constitution of Austria

The Constitution of Austria is the body of all constitutional law of the Republic of Austria on the federal level. It is split up over many different acts...

 deciding in all matters unless explicitly subject of federal legislation. On the federal level they are represented in the Federal Council of Austria

Federal Council of Austria

The Federal Council of Austria or Bundesrat is the second chamber of the Austrian parliament, representing the nine States of Austria on federal level. As part of a bicameral legislature alongside of the National Council of Austria , it can be compared with an upper house or a senate...

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State governments

Image:Austrian State Governments.svg|700px|alt=Makeup of current Austrian state governments. Large boxes indicate parties providing state head of government, smaller boxes other parties represented in state government.
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Social Democratic Party of Austria

The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...

rect 56 61 305 77 Austrian People's Party

Austrian People's Party

The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology...

rect 56 97 318 115 Freedom Party of Austria

Freedom Party of Austria

The Freedom Party of Austria is a political party in Austria. Ideologically, the party is a direct descendant of the German national liberal camp, which dates back to the 1848 revolutions. The FPÖ itself was founded in 1956 as the successor to the short-lived Federation of Independents , which had...

rect 56 133 436 150 The Greens – The Green Alternative
rect 56 167 367 185 The Freedomites in Carinthia
rect 857 146 930 165 Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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Lower Austria

Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...

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Upper Austria

Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...

rect 683 306 740 323 Styria
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Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...

rect 276 360 326 376 Tyrol (state)

Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

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Salzburg (state)

Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...

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Carinthia (state)

Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...

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Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...

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Makeup of current Austrian state governments. The largest faction (Klub) usually nominates the state governor (Landeshauptmann

Landeshauptmann

Landeshauptmann is a former German gubernatorial title equivalent to that of a governor of a province or a state....

). Large boxes indicate parties providing state head of government, smaller boxes other parties represented in state government.