State elections were held in the state

States of Austria

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 of 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...

 on 20 September 2009.^{http://sora.at/de/start.asp?b=15} Apart from the Austrian People's Party

Austrian People's Party

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, the Social Democratic Party of Austria

Social Democratic Party of Austria

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, The Greens – The Green Alternative and the Freedom Party of Austria

Freedom Party of Austria

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, a list based on the Vorarlberg Chamber of Labour

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 faction "Neue Bewegung für die Zukunft" (New Movement for the Future), which is a list consisting of and fighting for the rights of migrants, planned to contest the election. Due to the large number of migrants in Vorarlberg (45,000 of 366,000), it is virtually assured that it will be able to clear the electoral threshold of 4%.^{http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/327710/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/index.do} It is possible that allies of MEP Hans-Peter Martin

Hans-Peter Martin

Hans-Peter Martin is an Austrian journalist and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999.Born in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Martin worked for the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel...

 will stand in the election.^{http://www.vol.at/news/vorarlberg/artikel/vorarlberg-wahl-antreten-einer-liste-martin-ist-moeglich/cn/news-20090427-05025298}

In late June 2009 it was announced that the NBZ would form an alliance with the Communist Party of Austria

Communist Party of Austria

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, representatives of handicapped people, Bernhard Amann's Vau-Heute and others, to be called gsiberger.eu.

Current polling conducted for the local newspaper "Vorarlberger Nachrichten":^{http://www.vol.at/news/vorarlberg/artikel/umfrage-oevp-haelt-nur-knapp-die-absolute/cn/news-20071119-06184421}

• ÖVP: 48%
• SPÖ: 18%
• Greens: 11%
• FPÖ: 11%
• Hans-Peter Martin's List: 4%
• BZÖ: 3%
• Others: 5%

	Party	Votes in %	Seats
	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)	50.8%	20
	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)	25.3%	9
	The Greens – The Green Alternative (Grüne)	10.4%	4
	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)	10.1%	3

BZÖ (1,2%) and other contesting lists gained zero seats because they couldnt pass the 5% threshold necessary to gain a seat.