Tyrol has voted: ÖVP falls to a historic low and wants to govern - high FPÖ results on Bavaria's border

Created: 09/26/2022, 05:11

By: Florian Naumann

Soon coalition partner?

SPÖ politician Georg Dornauer and ÖVP top candidate Anton Mattle (right) after the Tyrol election.

© Roland Schlager/APA/dpa

Tirol elects has elected a new state parliament.

The preliminary result shows a crash of the ÖVP.

The FPÖ becomes the second strongest force - and scores on Bavaria's border.

• Tyrol

  voted on

  Sunday

  : The end result shows a historic crash of the conservative ÖVP.

• Coalition

  in

  Innsbruck

  broken: Greens give up the alliance.

• Despite

  massive losses

  : ÖVP candidate Mattle wants to lead the government.

• This

  news ticker

  will be continuously updated on election night.

Update from September 25, 8:10 p.m .:

The final result of the Tyrol election is available: The ÖVP remains the big loser in the election, only 34.71 percent are in the preliminary result, around 9.5 percentage points less than in 2018. The party wants nevertheless continue to reign in Innsbruck.

The newspaper

commented that the ÖVP was celebrating the defeat "like a victory".

However, it is no longer enough for a continuation with the coalition partner Greens, which also loses.

The right-wing populist FPÖ comes in second.

It increases by a good 3 percentage points to 18.84 percent.

Federal party leader Walter Kickl spoke of a "sensational performance".

In the electoral district of Kufstein, directly on the border with the Upper Bavarian district of Rosenheim, the right-wing populists even got 22.14 percent.

In Scharnitz, south of Mittenwald, the right-wing party also won 22.52 percent.

In Innsbruck, the signs could now point to a coalition between the ÖVP and the SPÖ.

ÖVP top candidate Anton Mattle did not want to confirm this goal on election night on ORF.

However, it is the only possible two-party alliance apart from an alliance of ÖVP and FPÖ.

Mattle had ruled out this variant during the election campaign.

He also reiterated his stance on election night.

The social democratic SPÖ received 17.48 percent and thus confirmed their 2018 election result.

Mathematically, a three-party coalition of the ÖVP with two of the three smaller parties of the liberal Neos, the "Citizens' Forum" List Fritz or the Greens would also be possible.

, Fritz politician Herwig Zöttl was open to

talks with all parties – “if factual politics comes before party politics”.

Elections will also take place in Italy on Sunday;

here, too, the rights are likely to record gains.

However, the first results are not expected until 11 p.m.

Source: State of Tyrol, as of September 25, 8:15 p.m.

Tyrol election: Greens give up coalition - FPÖ consolidates second place

Update from September 25, 7:20 p.m .:

The projections from Tyrol are stabilizing: the ÖVP is between 34 and 35 percent – ​​well below its worst result of 39.3 percent.

The coalition partner, the Greens, also loses almost two percentage points.

The previous Innsbruck government alliance is passé.

The head of the Greens, Gebi Mair, admitted to the ORF that the coalition was “history in Tyrol” – and initially left his personal future open.

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Another trend also seems to be gaining ground: According to the most recent projection, the SPÖ is almost one percentage point behind the right-wing populist FPÖ and is likely to lose its role as the second strongest party.

The Tyrol election is the prelude to a series of elections in Austria: The Federal President will be elected in October.

The main challenger to incumbent Alexander van der Bellen (Greens) could be FPÖ politician Walter Rosenkranz – but van der Bellen is clearly ahead in the polls.

Three more state elections will follow in 2023.

ÖVP loses dramatically in Tyrol: top candidate Mattle still wants to become governor

Update from September 25, 6:25 p.m .:

The ÖVP has fallen to an all-time low in Bavaria’s neighboring country of Tyrol: The second projection from 5:53 p.m. also sees the conservatives at 34.5 percent and thus almost 10 percentage points below the 2018 election. Top candidate Anton Mattle would still like to become governor: The ÖVP claims the office of head of government and the claim to leadership in Tyrol, he explained to the ORF in a first reaction to the election result.

Mattle did not answer the question of whether a coalition with the social democratic SPÖ was the goal.

As things stand, ÖVP and SPÖ together have a majority in the state parliament of Tyrol.

The only other mathematically possible two-party coalition would be one between the ÖVP and the FPÖ.

During the election campaign, however, Mattle had ruled out joining forces with the right-wing populists.

"I have never made a secret of the fact that the political style of the FPÖ is not mine," he told the

in August .

According to a post-election poll published by Österreichischer Rundfunk, inflation was the most important issue of the election, followed by energy security and "affordable housing".

Tyrol election: According to the extrapolation, the ÖVP falls to a historic low, the FPÖ is currently in second place

Update from September 25, 5:10 p.m .:

The first ORF projection from Tyrol is available: The crash of the ruling ÖVP is not quite as drastic as expected as things stand.

However, the 34.5 percent would still mark an all-time low for the party of still governor Günther Platter - and a minus of almost 10 percentage points.

According to these first figures, the right-wing populist FPÖ comes in second, just ahead of the SPÖ.

Three other parties will probably make it into the Innsbruck state parliament: The “Fritz Dinkhauser list” could almost double its result to a good 10 percent, the Greens lose around two percentage points and end up at 8.6 percent according to the first projection.

The liberal Neos gain slightly with 6.1 percent.

The anti-corona measures party MFG will clearly miss the leap into parliament.

So far, a black-green coalition has ruled in Tyrol.

The ÖVP's top candidate Anton "Toni" Mattle is likely to face a difficult majority.

It is probably no longer enough for the current alliance.

A coalition with the SPÖ would be possible.

What that means for the notoriously difficult cross-border transport cooperation with Bavaria - keyword block processing - is open for the time being.

The political scientist Fabian Habersack from the University of Innsbruck did not expect major changes in the

interview.

Update from September 25, 5:05 p.m .:

Tyrol elects a new state parliament – ​​the polling stations in the Austrian state have already closed, a first projection is expected in the next few minutes.

Tyrol election in the ticker: minus 15 percent?

ÖVP threatens a historic debacle in Tyrol

Anton Mattle wants to become the new governor of Tyrol - the signs seem difficult.

© IMAGO/Eibner-Pressefoto/EXPA/Groder

Preliminary report:

Innsbruck/Munich - Bavaria's neighbor and long-term conflict partner in terms of transport votes on Sunday (September 25): In Tyrol, the citizens determine a new state parliament.

The eternal Innsbruck governing party ÖVP is threatened with a debacle of historic proportions.

The polls see Chancellor Karl Nehammer's conservatives in Tyrol in trouble - and have been for weeks.

In its decades-long stronghold, the ÖVP has to reckon with a minus of around 15 percentage points and would then come to around 30 percent.

Your worst state election result in Tyrol is 39 percent.

Election in Tyrol: Platter successor Mattle could become a tragic figure for ÖVP

According to the pollsters, the right-wing FPÖ and the social democratic SPÖ can hope for around 20 percent each.

The Greens, who have previously ruled with the ÖVP, are believed to be capable of eleven percent.

The liberal Neos and List Fritz can expect profits.

The ÖVP's top candidate is 59-year-old Anton Mattle.

The state minister is to succeed the long-serving Prime Minister Günther Platter.

Platter is only eliminated with the election and has thus deprived Mattle of the opportunity to enter the race with an incumbent bonus.

The reasons for the negative trend in the ÖVP also include the corruption investigations by the public prosecutor against former ÖVP top politicians.

On top of that, Chancellor and ÖVP leader Nehammer is attributed a lack of radiance.

Tyrol election 2022: Will there also be consequences for Austria's "big" politics?

Around 535,000 citizens aged 16 and over can cast their votes in the election on Sunday.

The election is the start of a series of elections that will have a decisive character for the future of the ÖVP, which has been spoiled by power.

2023 will also be elected in Lower Austria and Salzburg, other decades-long ÖVP strongholds.

This is also important for the whole of political Austria.

Political advisor Thomas Hofer believes that the foreseeable shock waves in Tyrol will further increase the pressure on Chancellor Nehammer.

"It will be even more uncomfortable for him." However, he does not expect direct political consequences.

In view of the low in the polls for the two coalition partners ÖVP and the Greens and the enormous political challenges in times of the energy crisis, the motto of the government is to muddle through together for as long as possible, says Hofer.

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