2008 Tyrolean state election

2008 Tyrolean state election

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All 36 seats in the Landtag of Tyrol 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	342,713 (65.8%) 4.9%
First party Second party Third party   SPÖ Leader Herwig van Staa Fritz Dinkhauser Hannes Gschwentner Party ÖVP FRITZ SPÖ Last election 20 seats, 49.9% Did not exist 9 seats, 25.9% Seats won 16 7 5 Seat change 4 7 4 Popular vote 136,401 61,795 52,066 Percentage 40.5% 18.4% 15.5% Swing 9.4% New party 10.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gerald Hauser Georg Willi Party FPÖ Greens Last election 2 seats, 8.0% 5 seats, 15.6% Seats won 4 4 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 41,788 36,136 Percentage 12.4% 10.7% Swing 4.4% 4.9%
Results by municipality. The lighter shade indicates a plurality; the darker shade indicates a majority.
Governor before election Herwig van Staa ÖVP Elected Governor Günther Platter ÖVP

The 2008 Tyrolean state election was held on 8 June 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol.

The election saw major losses of almost ten percentage points for the governing Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), with each suffering its worst ever result up to this point. The ÖVP lost its absolute majority for only the second time in history, while the SPÖ fell to third place for the first time. The major winner of the election was the Fritz Dinkhauser List, which debuted at a strong 18.4%, immediately becoming the second largest party. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) made gains, while The Greens fell by almost five points compared to their best-ever result from 2003.^[1]

Despite its losses, the ÖVP under Governor Herwig van Staa remained by far the largest party. After leading post-election coalition negotiations, in which the ÖVP secured a coalition with the SPÖ, van Staa resigned and was replaced by Günther Platter on 23 June.^[2]