Distribution of seats in the Austrian Landtage

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Eight political parties are represented in the Landtage legislative assemblies of the nine Austrian states. Currently the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and The Greens are represented in all state diets, while the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) lost its seats in the Styrian state election of 2005. The Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) forms a common faction with the FPÖ in the National Council of Austria.

	Seats	ÖVP	SPÖ	FPÖ	Greens	FPK	FRITZ	KPÖ	LBL	Election duration	Last Election	Next election	Source
Burgenland	36	13	18	3	1				1	5 years	2010	2015
Carinthia	36	6	11		1	17				5 years	2009	2014
Lower Austria	56	31	15	6	4					5 years	2008	2013
Upper Austria	56	28	14	9	5					6 years	2009	2015
Salzburg	36	14	15	5	2					5 years	2009	2014
Styria	56	24	25		3			4		5 years	2005	2010
Tyrol	36	16	5	4	4		7			5 years	2008	2013
Vorarlberg	36	20	3	9	4					5 years	2009	2014
Vienna	100	18	55	13	14					5 years	2005	2010
Total	448	170	161	49	38	17	7	4	1

The seats of ruling parties are in bold fonts.

The Austrian Landtage are unicameral legislatures, according to the Constitution of Austria deciding in all matters unless explicitly subject of federal legislation. On the federal level they are represented in the Federal Council of Austria.

State governments

Makeup of current Austrian state governments. The largest faction (Klub) usually nominates the state governor (Landeshauptmann). Large boxes indicate parties providing state head of government, smaller boxes other parties represented in state government.