These Coalition Options are Possible After the Burgenland Election

According to projections, the SPÖ will have 17 of the 36 mandates and, with the Freedom Party, which is expected to win nine mandates, would have a broad majority of 26 seats. Unlike the federal SPÖ, Doskozil has never ruled out a coalition with the FPÖ. A coalition of SPÖ and People's Party, which won eight mandates, could rely on a majority of 25 seats.

The narrowest majority would be the SPÖ with the Greens, who are expected to hold their two seats. Together they would have a razor-thin majority of 19 mandates, thus only one mandate surplus in the 36-seat Burgenland state parliament.

Three-party coalition against SPÖ theoretically possible

In the state election in Burgenland, the SPÖ not only lost the absolute majority, but also the 18th mandate, which would have made a coalition against them impossible. Theoretically, a variant against the Social Democrats from FPÖ, ÖVP and Greens, who together have 19 of the 36 mandates, would be possible. However, this is probably only theoretical, as the Greens categorically rule out cooperation with the Freedom Party.

Most popular coalition variant between SPÖ and FPÖ

Most Burgenlanders want the SPÖ and FPÖ in the next state government. In the ORF election survey by Foresight/ISA, 70 percent said this about the Social Democrats and 49 percent about the Freedom Party.

40 percent of respondents want the ÖVP in the state government, 15 percent the Greens. With the SPÖ, 29 percent prefer a coalition with the FPÖ, followed by ÖVP (20 percent) and Greens (13). Conversely, among the Freedom Party, the SPÖ (35 percent) is ahead of the ÖVP (25).

(APA/Red)

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