Previously, one of the three remaining ÖVP-SPÖ governments in the states was voted out in the Green Mark regional election on November 24. Black and Red no longer have the necessary majority of mandates there.

Four States with FPÖ Government Participation

The black-blue variant has already existed since 2015 in Upper Austria, since 2023 in Lower Austria and Salzburg, and since November 2024 also in Vorarlberg. Until the formation of the government in Vorarlberg, where the ÖVP now cooperates with the FPÖ instead of the Greens, the two variants (ÖVP-SPÖ or ÖVP-FPÖ) had each held three such cooperations in balance. Since then, the former "Grand Coalition" in the states has fallen behind.

Before Vorarlberg, two new ÖVP-FPÖ governments had already been added last year with Lower Austria and Salzburg. After the state elections in 2023 in , and , only in Carinthia was there a new edition of the red-black coalition under Peter Kaiser (SPÖ). In Salzburg, the only three-party coalition at the state level (the "Dirndl Coalition" of ÖVP, Greens and NEOS) was voted out. In Lower Austria, Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) forged a pact with the FPÖ after losing the absolute majority. In , the ÖVP had already chosen the Blues as a partner in 2015 - and Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) stayed with it even after the 2021 election.

In any case, the times when the Greens were considered a popular junior partner are over. In 2014/15, the Greens were still in power in six states - as junior partners of the ÖVP or SPÖ. With the end in Vorarlberg, the eco-party then lost its last government participation in a coalition. Proportionally, they are still represented in and Upper Austria. And the eco-party currently plays no role in the federal government negotiations.

Current State Governments at a Glance

An overview of the current state governments: Currently, Black-Blue leads Black-Red in the most common coalition variants at the state level with four such variants. The "Grand Coalition" of ÖVP and SPÖ currently exists (still) in Styria and in Carinthia since 2013 (dominated by the SPÖ) and in since 2022. In addition to Black-Blue in Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg and Vorarlberg, there is also Red-Pink in Vienna and since the Lower Austria election only one single "Absolute", namely that of the SPÖ in .

(APA/Red)

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