2018 Lower Austrian state election

The Lower Austrian state election of 2018 was held in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on 28 January 2018. Since 2003 the Austrian People's Party has had a majority of the seats. NEOS contested Lower Austria for the first time and won 3 seats, while the Social Democratic Party of Austria seat share remained unchanged. The Freedom Party of Austria won 8 seats, doubling their standing in the state, while the Greens only defended 3 of their 4 seats. Team Stronach and the KPÖ did not contest the election.

2018 Lower Austrian state election
28 January 2018
All 56 seats in the Landtag of Lower Austria
All 9 seats in the state government
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.56% 4.31%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Johanna Mikl-Leitner Franz Schnabl Udo Landbauer
Party ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ
Last election 30 seats, 50.79% 13 seats, 21.57 4 seats, 8.21
Seats won 29 13 8
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 450,812 217,289 134,085
Percentage 49.63% 23.92% 14.76%
Swing 1.16% 2.35% 6.55%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Helga Krismer Indra Collini
Party Greens NEOS
Last election 4 seats, 8.06% did not contest
Seats won 3 3
Seat change 1 3
Popular vote 58,401 46,801
Percentage 6.43% 5.15%
Swing 1.63% 5.15%
Governor before election

Johanna Mikl-Leitner
ÖVP

 Elected Governor

Johanna Mikl-Leitner
ÖVP

This article is part of a series on the
Politics of Austria

Election results
Party Votes in % Seats Change
  Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 49.63% 29 1
  Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 23.92% 13
  Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 14.76% 8 4
  The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 6.43% 3 1
  NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (NEOS) 5.15% 3 3
  Others 0.10% 0 5
Source: noel.gv.at (Lower Austria state government)
Popular Vote
ÖVP
 
 49.63%
SPÖ
 
 23.92%
FPÖ
 
 14.76%
GRÜNE
 
 6.43%
NEOS
 
 5.15%
Other
 
 0.10%

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