NEOS Achieved 2024 (Subdued) Upward Trend
Most recently, the Liberals were the only party in the Styrian state election on November 24th, who were able to achieve a (minimal) plus alongside the massively increasing Blues. The gain in the Vorarlberg state election before that was also small, at 0.42 percentage points.
Mini-Plus for NEOS in Styria and Vorarlberg
In the Styrian state election, the NEOS climbed with a plus of 0.6 percentage points to 6.0 percent. The upward trend recorded in the EU and National Council elections has thus only continued cautiously.
Before the EU election in June, the party was in a phase marked by stagnation and partly by setbacks.
While the state elections in Upper Austria, Tyrol and Lower Austria in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 only brought small pluses, the party clearly missed the five percent hurdle required for entry into the state parliament with 2.59 percent in the state election in Carinthia in 2023. It got even worse in the subsequent Salzburg state election in April 2023. With a minus of 3.07 percentage points and a vote share of 4.2 percent, the Pinks not only flew out of the state government, but also out of the state parliament. The municipal elections in the state capitals Salzburg (minus 2.47 percentage points) and Innsbruck (minus 1.22 percentage points) were similarly disappointing this year.
NEOS Set New Record in EU Election
The NEOS would have preferred to tie in with the results of the EU and National Council elections. In the former, the NEOS achieved a success on June 9th with top candidate Helmut Brandstätter and reached 10.14 percent, the best result the party has ever achieved in a nationwide or regional vote. The National Council election also brought a new record of 9.1 percent and fourth place ahead of the Greens - but it was not enough for the government in the negotiations.
(APA/Red)
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