The 2013 Tyrolean state election was held on 28 April 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol.

The election was contested by a large number of parties and saw a significant shift in support between them. The governing Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), while suffering relatively small losses, each suffered their worst results in history. The Greens finished in third place just 1.1 percentage points behind the SPÖ, while the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) suffered a downswing. The most notable loss of the election was the Fritz Dinkhauser List, which collapsed from a second-placed 18% in 2008 to just 5.6% in this election, making it the smallest party in the Landtag. Three new parties were considered contenders to enter the Landtag, though only one succeeded, with Forward Tyrol winning 9.5% and four seats. The Citizens' Club Tyrol, a splinter from the Fritz party, narrowly failed to win seats, as did Team Stronach.

Despite its relatively poor result, the ÖVP under Governor Günther Platter remained by far the largest party. He subsequently formed a coalition with the Greens.

Background In the 2008 election, the ÖVP lost its majority for the first time in history, winning 40.5% of votes cast (a loss of 9.4pp). This was coupled with losses for the SPÖ and Greens, while the new Fritz Dinkhauser List soared to second place with 18.4% of votes. The ÖVP subsequently formed a coalition with the SPÖ.

Electoral system The 36 seats of the Landtag of Tyrol are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between nine multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the districts of Tyrol. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.

Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag. Name Ideology Leader 2008 result Votes (%) Seats ÖVP Austrian People's Party Christian democracy Günther Platter 40.5% FRITZ Citizens' Forum Tyrol Populism Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider 18.4% SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria Social democracy Gerhard Reheis 15.5% FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Gerald Hauser 12.4% GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative Green politics Ingrid Felipe 10.7%

In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, six parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.

Forward Tyrol (VORWÄRTS) Citizens' Club Tyrol (GURGISER) Team Stronach (STRONACH) For Tyrol (FÜR TIROL) Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT)

Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize ÖVP FRITZ SPÖ FPÖ Grüne Stro. Club Forw. Others Lead 2018 state election 25 February 2018 – 39.4 5.6 13.7 9.3 12.6 3.4 4.8 9.5 1.6 25.7 GMK 10–12 Apr 2013 500 38 4 14 10 9 6 6 10 1.5 24 Gallup April 2013 ? 33 5 15 9 15 4 4 12 – 18 Karmasin 26 Mar–5 Apr 2013 500 34 6 14 10 14 6 2 11 3 20 TrendCom 13–19 Mar 2013 400 34 6 16 8 12 6 2 13 3 18 Market March 2013 ? 36 7 14 10 13 8 2 8 1 22 Karmasin March 2013 500 35 5 15 9 14 6 2 9 3 20 IMAD 13–16 Mar 2013 500 30.5 6.5 13.7 8.5 14.0 6.5 2.5 13.4 4.4 16.5 Karmasin February 2013 ? 36 4 15 11 13 5 2 10 4 21 Karmasin December 2012 ? 41 7 15 9 14 8 2 – 4 26 2008 state election 8 June 2008 – 40.5 18.4 15.5 12.4 10.7 – – – 2.6 22.1

Results Party Votes % +/− Seats +/− Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 124,689 39.35 –1.15 16 ±0 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 43,469 13.72 –1.74 5 ±0 The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 39,904 12.59 +1.86 5 +1 Forward Tyrol (VORWÄRTS) 30,229 9.54 New 4 New Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 29,594 9.34 –3.07 4 ±0 Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol (FRITZ) 17,785 5.61 –12.74 2 –5 Citizens' Club Tyrol (GURGISER) 15,326 4.84 New 0 New Team Stronach (STRONACH) 10,637 3.36 New 0 New For Tyrol (FUR) 2,322 0.73 New 0 New Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 1,690 0.53 –0.63 0 ±0 Pirate Party of Austria (PIRAT) 1,207 0.38 +0.38 0 ±0 Invalid/blank votes 4,759 – – – – Total 321,611 100 – 36 0 Registered voters/turnout 532,496 60.40 –5.44 – –Source: Tyrolean Government

Results by constituency Constituency ÖVP SPÖ Grüne Forward FPÖ FRITZ CitizensClub Others Totalseats Turnout % % % % % % % % Innsbruck City 22.6 1 15.5 1 24.6 1 7.8 11.8 6.9 5.1 5.7 3 54.2 Imst 48.7 1 15.6 7.9 8.7 7.0 5.4 3.1 3.5 1 62.5 Innsbruck-Land 35.0 2 13.3 1 15.0 1 9.4 8.8 7.1 6.1 5.3 4 61.8 Kitzbühel 44.9 1 12.9 9.0 8.3 9.4 5.3 3.6 6.5 1 58.2 Kufstein 39.4 2 14.1 10.5 7.7 11.6 5.2 5.7 5.9 2 59.5 Landeck 55.8 1 14.6 6.2 9.1 5.6 4.3 2.1 2.3 1 66.2 Lienz 49.5 1 14.3 7.9 7.9 11.0 3.3 1.6 4.6 1 63.9 Reutte 37.2 6.3 7.0 33.3 4.7 2.3 5.9 3.4 0 65.9 Schwaz 43.6 1 13.2 9.6 7.5 9.5 5.2 6.6 4.9 1 60.0 Remaining seats 6 3 3 4 4 2 – 22 Total 39.4 16 13.7 5 12.6 5 9.5 4 9.3 4 5.6 2 4.8 0 5.0 36 60.4 Source: Tyrolean Government

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