{{Infobox election | election_name = 2010 Styrian state election | country = Styria | flag_year = state | type = parliamentary | previous_election = 2005 Styrian state election | previous_year = 2005 | next_election = 2015 Styrian state election | next_year = 2015 | election_date = 26 September 2010 | seats_for_election = All 56 seats in the Landtag of Styria<br />{{small|29 seats needed for a majority}}<br />All 9 seats in the state government | majority_seats = | turnout = 672,379 (69.5%)<br>{{decrease}} 6.6%
<!-- SPÖ --> | image1 = 150x150px | leader1 = Franz Voves | party1 = Social Democratic Party of Austria | last_election1 = 25 seats, 41.7% | seats1 = 23 | seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2 | popular_vote1 = 253,878 | percentage1 = 38.3% | swing1 = {{decrease}} 3.4%
<!-- ÖVP --> | image2 = 150x150px | leader2 = Hermann Schützenhöfer | party2 = Austrian People's Party | last_election2 = 24 seats, 38.7% | popular_vote2 = 246,755 | seats2 = 22 | seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2 | percentage2 = 37.2% | swing2 = {{decrease}} 1.5%
<!-- FPÖ --> | image3 = 150x150px | leader3 = Gerhard Kurzmann | party3 = Freedom Party of Austria | last_election3 = 0 seats, 4.6% | seats3 = 6 | seat_change3 = {{increase}} 6 | popular_vote3 = 70,708 | percentage3 = 10.7% | swing3 = {{increase}} 6.1%
<!-- GRÜNE --> | image4 = 150x150px | leader4 = Werner Kogler | party4 = The Greens – The Green Alternative | last_election4 = 3 seats, 4.7% | seats4 = 3 | seat_change4 = {{steady}} 0 | popular_vote4 = 36,834 | percentage4 = 5.6% | swing4 = {{increase}} 0.8%
<!-- KPÖ --> | image5 = 150x150px | leader5 = Claudia Klimt-Weithaler | party5 = Communist Party of Austria | last_election5 = 4 seats, 6.3% | seats5 = 2 | seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 2 | popular_vote5 = 29,231 | percentage5 = 4.4% | swing5 = {{decrease}} 1.9%
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<!-- Result --> | title = Governor | before_election = Franz Voves | before_party = Social Democratic Party of Austria | after_election = Franz Voves | after_party = Social Democratic Party of Austria }} The '''2010 Styrian state election''' was held on 26 September 2010 to elect the members of the Landtag of Styria.
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) narrowly retained first place against the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), with both parties taking losses. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) was the main winner of the election, returning to the Landtag after falling out five years earlier; it won 10.7% of the vote and six seats, taking two each from the SPÖ, ÖVP, and Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ). Governor Franz Voves of the SPÖ was subsequently elected to a second term by the Landtag.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://egov.stmk.gv.at/wahlen/LT2010/LT2010_60000.html|title=Overall result|date=5 October 2010|publisher=Styrian Government}}</ref>
==Background== Prior to amendments made in 2011, the Styrian constitution mandated that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, {{langx|de|Landesräten}}) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. As such, the government was a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualified for at least one state councillor.
The 2005 election brought significant changes in Styrian politics. The SPÖ won a narrow victory over the ÖVP, becoming the largest party in the Landtag for the first time since 1953; Franz Voves became the first SPÖ governor of Styria. The FPÖ also lost all its seats for the first time ever. The KPÖ returned to the Landtag after a 35-year absence, placing third with 6.3% of votes and four seats, on the back of a popular campaign and recent success in Graz. After the election, the SPÖ had five state councillors and the ÖVP four.
==Electoral system== The 56 seats of the Landtag of Styria were elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. 48 of the seats were distributed between four multi-member constituencies. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must win at least one seat in a constituency directly. Seats were distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with eight leveling seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://egov.stmk.gv.at/wahlen/LT2010/index_LT2010.html|title=Landtag election on 26 September 2010|publisher=Styrian Government}}</ref>
==Contesting parties== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Name ! rowspan="2"| Ideology ! rowspan="2"| Leader ! colspan="3"| 2005 result |- ! Votes (%) ! Seats ! Councillors |- | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| | style="text-align:center;"| '''SPÖ''' | Social Democratic Party of Austria<br />{{small|''Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs''}} | Social democracy | Franz Voves | style="text-align:center;"| 41.7% | {{Composition bar|25|56|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}}} | {{Composition bar|5|9|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}}} |- | style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party}};"| | style="text-align:center;"| '''ÖVP''' | Austrian People's Party<br />{{small|''Österreichische Volkspartei''}} | Christian democracy | Hermann Schützenhöfer | style="text-align:center;"| 38.7% | {{Composition bar|24|56|{{party color|Austrian People's Party}}}} | {{Composition bar|4|9|{{party color|Austrian People's Party}}}} |- | style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Austria}};"| | style="text-align:center;"| '''KPÖ''' | Communist Party of Austria<br />{{small|''Kommunistische Partei Österreichs''}} | Communism | Claudia Klimt-Weithaler | style="text-align:center;"| 6.3% | {{Composition bar|4|56|{{party color|Communist Party of Austria}}}} |- | style="background:{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}};"| | style="text-align:center;"| '''GRÜNE''' | The Greens – The Green Alternative<br />{{small|''Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative''}} | Green politics | Werner Kogler | style="text-align:center;"| 4.7% | {{Composition bar|3|56|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}}} |}
In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, four parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot:
* Freedom Party of Austria (''FPÖ'') * Alliance for the Future of Austria (''BZÖ'') * Christian Party of Austria (''CPÖ'') * Party for the Environment, People and Labour (''PUMA'')
==Opinion polling== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;" |- style="height:40px;" ! style="width:130px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm ! style="width:130px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date ! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample<br>size ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPÖ ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| ÖVP ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| KPÖ ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FPÖ ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| BZÖ ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others ! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| ! style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party}};"| ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Austria}};"| ! style="background:{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}};"| ! style="background:{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}};"| ! style="background:{{party color|Alliance for the Future of Austria}};"| |- style="background:#E9E9E9;" | 2010 state election | data-sort-value="2010-09-26"| 26 September 2010 | – | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''38.3''' | 37.2 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 10.7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1.1 |- | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100919153708/http://kurier.at/nachrichten/2033647.php OGM/Kurier] | data-sort-value="2010-09-18"| 18 Sep 2010 | ? | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''36.5''' | style="background:#D9D9D9;"| '''36.5''' | 4.5 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | data-sort-value="0"| Tie |- | [https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20100915_OTS0091/humaninstitut-politische-beduerfnispyramide-zur-steirischen-landtagswahl-bzoe-gewinnt-dazu-fpoe-verliert-anhang Humaninstitut] | data-sort-value="2010-09-18"| 11–18 Sep 2010 | 850 | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''39''' | 36 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 3 |- | [https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/steiermark-spoe-liegt-mit-voves-vorne/1771964 Gallup] | data-sort-value="2010-09-18"| 18 Sep 2010 | ? | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''38''' | 37 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |- | [https://www.krone.at/220611 IMAS] | data-sort-value="2010-09-15"| 15 Sep 2010 | 906 | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''39''' | 38 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |- | [https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/wahlkampf-haeupl-bremst-strache/1700211 Gallup] | data-sort-value="2010-09-10"| 10 Sep 2010 | ? | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''37''' | style="background:#D9D9D9;"| '''37''' | 4 | 6 | 10 | – | 6 | data-sort-value="0"| Tie |- | [https://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/2476135/kopf-kopf-rennen-steiermark.story/index.do GMK] | data-sort-value="2010-09-10"| 10 Sep 2010 | ? | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''39''' | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |- | [https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/467107/ Market] | data-sort-value="2010-09-02"| 2 Sep 2010 | ? | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''38''' | 36 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 2 |- | [https://www.derstandard.at/story/1282978437223/umfrage-nur-rot-und-schwarz-zaehlen-in-der-gruenen-mark Market] | data-sort-value="2010-08-29"| 29 Aug 2010 | 400 | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''39''' | 37 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 2 |- | [https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/spoe-in-der-steiermark-knapp-vor-oevp/1509138 Gallup] | data-sort-value="2010-08-15"| 15 Aug 2010 | 400 | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''38''' | 37 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |- style="background:#E9E9E9;" | 2005 state election | data-sort-value="2005-10-02"| 2 October 2005 | – | style="background:#F4C6C9;"| '''41.7''' | 38.7 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 3.0 |}
==Results== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:right | align=center colspan=9| File:2010 Styrian state election - composition chart.svg |- ! colspan=2|Party ! Votes ! % ! +/− ! Seats ! +/− ! {{abbr|Coun.|State councillors}} ! +/− |- | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}| | align=left| Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 253,878 | 38.26 | –3.41 | 23 | –2 | 4 | –1 |- | bgcolor={{party color|Austrian People's Party}}| | align=left| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 246,755 | 37.19 | –1.47 | 22 | –2 | 4 | ±0 |- | bgcolor={{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}| | align=left| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 70,708 | 10.66 | +6.10 | 6 | +6 | 1 | +1 |- | bgcolor={{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}| | align=left| The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) | 36,834 | 5.55 | +0.81 | 3 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 |- | bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Austria}}| | align=left| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 29,231 | 4.41 | –1.93 | 2 | –2 | 0 | ±0 |- | colspan=9 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor={{party color|Alliance for the Future of Austria}}| | align=left| Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) | 19,775 | 2.98 | +1.26 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 |- | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Party of Austria}}| | align=left| Christian Party of Austria (CPÖ) | 4,762 | 0.72 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New |- | | align=left| Party for the Environment, People and Labour (PUMA) | 1,581 | 0.24 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New |- | colspan=2 align=left| Invalid/blank votes | 8,855 | – | – | – | – | – | – |- | colspan=2 align=left| '''Total''' | '''672,279''' | '''100''' | '''–''' | '''56''' | '''0''' | '''9''' | '''0''' |- | align=left colspan=2| Registered voters/turnout | 966,900 | 69.54 | –6.64 | – | – | – | – |- | align=left colspan=9 |Source: [https://egov.stmk.gv.at/wahlen/LT2010/LT2010_60000.html Styrian Government] |} {{bar box | title = Popular vote | float = | titlebar = #ddd | width = 500px | barwidth = 400px | bars = {{bar percent|SPÖ|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}|38.26}} {{bar percent|ÖVP|{{party color|Austrian People's Party}}|37.19}} {{bar percent|FPÖ|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}|10.66}} {{bar percent|GRÜNE|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}|5.55}} {{bar percent|KPÖ|{{party color|Communist Party of Austria}}|4.41}} {{bar percent|BZÖ|{{party color|Alliance for the Future of Austria}}|2.98}} {{bar percent|Other|#777777|0.96}}}} {{bar box | title = Landtag seats | float = | titlebar = #ddd | width = 500px | barwidth = 400px | bars = {{bar percent|SPÖ|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}|41.07}} {{bar percent|ÖVP|{{party color|Austrian People's Party}}|39.29}} {{bar percent|FPÖ|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}|10.71}} {{bar percent|GRÜNE|{{party color|The Greens – The Green Alternative}}|5.36}} {{bar percent|KPÖ|{{party color|Communist Party of Austria}}|3.57}}}}
===Results by constituency=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:16px" |- style="height:40px;" ! style="width:100px;" rowspan="3"| Constituency ! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| SPÖ ! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| ÖVP ! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| FPÖ ! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| Grüne ! style="width:60px;" colspan="2"| KPÖ ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="3"| Total<br>seats ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="3"| Turnout |- ! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| ! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Austrian People's Party}};"| ! 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|Communist Party of Austria}};"| |- ! 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| District 1 || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| '''34.2''' || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| '''6''' || 31.2 || 5 || 12.3 || 2 || 10.3 || 1 || 7.6 || 1 || 4.4 || 15 || 64.4 |- | align=left| District 2 || 39.0 || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| '''4''' || bgcolor=#D9D9D9| '''40.4''' || bgcolor=#D9D9D9| '''4''' || 9.9 || 1 || 3.6 || || 2.4 || || 4.7 || 9 || 70.4 |- | align=left| District 3 || 30.2 || 3 || bgcolor=#D9D9D9| '''50.3''' || bgcolor=#D9D9D9| '''6''' || 10.0 || 1 || 4.0 || || 2.3 || || 3.2 || 10 || 74.5 |- | align=left| District 4 || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| '''47.6''' || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| '''8''' || 31.5 || 5 || 10.0 || 1 || 3.3 || || 4.2 || || 3.5 || 14 || 71.0 |- | colspan=15 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | align=left| ''State seats'' || || 2 || || 2 || || 1 || || 2 || || 1 || || 8 || |- | colspan=15 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | align=left| '''Total''' || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| '''38.3''' || bgcolor=#F4C6C9| '''23''' || 37.2 || 22 || 10.7 || 6 || 5.6 || 3 || 4.4 || 2 || 4.0 || 56 || 69.5 |- class=sortbottom | colspan=15 align=left| Source: [https://egov.stmk.gv.at/wahlen/LT2010/index_LT2010.html Styrian Government] |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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