The Austrian provincial parliaments are the

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s of the nine

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, according to the

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deciding in all matters unless explicitly subject of federal legislation. On federal level the provincial parliaments are represented in the Federal Council. Nine

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are represented in the provincial parliaments, of which six are represented in more than one. Currently, the

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(ÖVP),

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(SPÖ), and

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(FPÖ) are represented in all nine provincial parliaments.

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are represented in eight, and

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(NEOS) is represented in six. Also, the

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Communist Party (KPÖ) is represented in two parliaments, while the fiscal-liberal and regionalist Team Carinthia, the

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MFG and the

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regionalist Citizens' Forum (FRITZ), are represented in one parliament each.

Composition

Parties involved in government are shaded; parties leading governments are indicated in bold.

Diagrams

2025 Burgenland Landtag.svg, Burgenland Carinthie Landtag 2023.svg, Carinthia Lower Austrian State election 2023 2.svg, Lower Austria 2021 Upper Austrian state election - composition chart.svg, Upper Austria Salzburg Landtag 2023.svg, Salzburg 2024 Styrian Landtag.svg, Styria 2022 Tyrolean state election - composition chart.svg, Tyrol 2024 Vorarlberg Landtag.svg, Vorarlberg 2020 Viennese state election - composition chart.svg, Vienna

States Map

File:FPÖ Landtage.svg, FPÖ
Senior coalition partner
Junior coalition partner
In opposition File:ÖVP Landtage.svg, ÖVP
Senior coalition partner
Junior coalition partner
In opposition File:SPÖ Landtage.svg, SPÖ
Senior coalition partner
Junior coalition partner
Part of a '' Proporz'' government
In opposition File:GRÜNE Landtage.svg, Grüne
Junior coalition partner
Part of a '' Proporz'' government
In opposition
Extraparliamentary File:KPÖ Landtage.svg, KPÖ
In opposition
Extraparliamentary

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Distribution Of Seats In Austrian Provincial Parliaments Politics of Austria Federalism in Austria