The provisional final result of the Carinthian state elections has been determined.
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The provisional final result of the Carinthian state election 2023 has been determined. The SPÖ was able to defend first place with almost 39 percent, followed by the FPÖ with 24.55 percent and the ÖVP with 17.03 percent.
The SPÖ clearly defended first place in the state elections in Carinthia on Sunday, but suffered a heavy loss.
Preliminary final result of the Carinthia election: SPÖ in first place despite losses
According to the preliminary final result published in the evening, the party received 38.92 percent of the votes – a drop of 9.02 percentage points compared to 2018. The FPÖ increased and came in second place with 24.55 percent (+1.59). The ÖVP surprisingly made a plus (+1.58) and came in 3rd place with 17.03 percent – ahead of the Carinthia team with 10.09 percent (+4.42).
Greens and NEOS miss entry into the Carinthian state parliament
Both the Greens and the NEOS failed to enter the state parliament. The Greens missed the five percent hurdle once more following 2018 – with 3.85 percent. The eco-party was kicked out of the state parliament with 3.12 percent in the previous election. The NEOS, which came to 2.59 percent, were also unsuccessful. Compared to their first appearance in 2018 (2.14 percent), they were able to increase slightly, but they were still a long way off.
Just behind NEOS came the MFG spin-off “Vision Austria” (VÖ), which achieved 2.37 percent of the votes. The BZÖ successor BFK came to 0.42 percent, the STARK list to 0.06 percent and the KPÖ to 0.12 percent.
Loss of votes cause the SPÖ to lose mandates
With the losses, the SPÖ also lost three of its mandates (according to projections by SORA/ORF and ARGE) – and will hold 15 of the 36 seats in the state parliament in the future. The FPÖ will remain with its nine mandates, the ÖVP will have seven MPs (previously six). Five instead of three seats in the newly elected state parliament are occupied by the Carinthian team. This might – mathematically – continue the previous SPÖ-ÖVP coalition. But there are also majorities with the seats of SPÖ and FPÖ or SPÖ and Team Kärnten. But a coalition with the FPÖ, ÖVP and Team Kärnten ( once morest the SPÖ) would also be possible.
Voter turnout in Carinthia at 71.59 percent
Voter turnout was 71.59 percent (2018: 68.63). The provisional final result announced by the state electoral authority in the evening already includes all postal votes and other absentee ballots – in Carinthia, for the first time, all absentee ballots were counted on Sunday evening.
Party bodies usually only meet on Tuesdays
The Greens will kick off the party committee meetings following the defeated Carinthian state election on Monday. In the late followingnoon, the state executive meets at the party headquarters, following which the extended state executive meets. The other parties will not meet until Tuesday. Governor Peter Kaiser (SPÖ) will only analyze the election result on Monday in a small group, the red state party executive will meet on Tuesday morning.
Also on Tuesday morning, the ÖVP holds a meeting of its state party executive. The FPÖ does not meet until Wednesday followingnoon. Gerhard Köfer’s Carinthia team has scheduled a party executive committee meeting for Wednesday evening. The NEOS wanted to take their time with an appointment. The national team will meet in the course of the week, it said.
