The 2022 Tyrolean state election was held on 25 September 2022 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol. Incumbent Governor Günther Platter of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) retired at the election; Anton Mattle was the party's lead candidate.

The ÖVP suffered its worst-ever result in the state, winning less than 35% of votes, but remained well ahead of the other parties and performed substantially better than most opinion polling had predicted. The Greens also recorded a decline, while all opposition parties grew in support. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) overtook the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) as the second-largest party for the first time, though they remained tied on seven seats each. Citizens' Forum Tyrol improved to 10%, though this was below expectations. NEOS retained its two seats with a small positive swing. Overall, the ÖVP lost three seats and the Greens one, leaving the incumbent coalition without a majority. ÖVP leader Anton Mattle ruled out a coalition with the FPÖ. All parties indicated they were open to government negotiations. Ultimately, ÖVP and SPÖ formed a coalition government.

Background In the 2018 election, the ÖVP remained the largest party with 44.3% of votes and formed a coalition with the Greens. After Governor Günther Platter announced his retirement from politics in June 2022, the government agreed to hold early elections in September.

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 2013 result Votes (%) Seats ÖVP Austrian People's Party Conservatism Anton Mattle 44.3% SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria Social democracy Georg Dornauer 17.2% FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria Right-wing populismEuroscepticism Markus Abwerzger 15.5% GRÜNE The Greens – The Green Alternative Green politics Gebi Mair &Petra Wohlfahrtstätter 10.7% FRITZ Citizens' Forum Tyrol Centrist PopulismRegionalism Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider 5.5% NEOS NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum LiberalismPro-Europeanism Dominik Oberhofer 5.2%

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

MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights (MFG) Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) – on the ballot only in Innsbruck and Innsbruck-Land Join In – The List for All Others (MACH MIT) – on the ballot only in Innsbruck-Land

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The Tyrol state election was the first major (regional) election after the resignation of former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the following ÖVP-Green government reshuffle at the national level, therefore being a test case for all major state elections that will follow in 2023 (Lower Austria, Carinthia and Salzburg). The election campaign was primarily impacted by the retirement of longtime governor Günther Platter and the questionable management of the state during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ischgl and following events. More recently, the campaign was impacted by the rising prices in general and skyrocketing electricity prices in particular, as well as the general massive unpopularity of the Austrian federal ÖVP-Green government.

Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ Grüne FRITZ NEOS MFG Others Lead 2022 state election 25 September 2022 – 34.7 17.5 18.8 9.2 9.9 6.3 2.8 0.8 15.9 Market-Lazarsfeld September 2022 573 27 21 21 8 14 6 2 1 6 Market-Lazarsfeld September 2022 645 26 20 19 8 15 6 2 4 6 Market 28 Jul–17 Aug 2022 600 26 21 18 9 14 7 3 2 5 GMK 26–31 Aug 2022 600 37 16 17 10 6 8 4 – 4 IMAD 29 Aug–1 Sep 2022 600 25.3 17.8 16.6 12.4 11.5 11.7 2.4 KPÖ 2.3 7.5 Gallup 8–20 Aug 2022 600 26 19 20 11 9 8 3 4 6 Market-Lazarsfeld August 2022 504 25 21 19 7 15 7 3 3 4 IFDD 21–27 Jul 2022 800 29 21 17 11 10 8 3 1 12 IMAD 22–25 Jul 2022 600 29.1 15.3 15.7 12.6 10.2 12.3 2.5 KPÖ 2.3 13.4 IMAD 20–23 Jun 2022 600 30.1 15.2 16.6 12.5 9.6 11.5 2.4 KPÖ 2.1 13.5 IMAD 27–29 Dec 2021 500 34.3 11.8 15.5 12.5 7.7 9.7 6.5 2.0 18.8 GMK 9–15 Dec 2021 400 39 9 18 12 6 8 6 2 21 Gallup Nov–Dec 2021 600 32 17 15 12 6 9 7 2 15 Market 4–22 Oct 2021 1,000 37 17 16 13 6 10 – 1 20 Research Affairs 2–14 Dec 2020 600 43 15 13 13 4 8 – 4 28 GMK 11–16 Dec 2020 400 52 9 10 15 4 8 – 2 37 IMAD 14–17 Dec 2020 500 42.7 11.2 14.9 13.1 8.3 9.4 – 0.4 27.8 IMAD 14–27 Sep 2020 501 43.0 11.7 14.3 13.3 8.6 9.1 – – 28.7 GMK 2–11 Dec 2019 400 47 10 11 19 4 7 – 2 28 Research Affairs 3–17 Dec 2018 600 44 15 16 12 4 6 – 3 28 GMK December 2018 ? 45 15 17 12 4 6 – 1 28 2018 state election 25 February 2018 – 44.3 17.2 15.5 10.7 5.5 5.2 – 1.6 27.1

Results Party Votes % +/− Seats +/− Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) 119,167 34.71 –9.55 14 –3 Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 64,683 18.84 +3.31 7 +2 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) 60,009 17.48 +0.23 7 +1 Citizens' Forum Tyrol (FRITZ) 33,990 9.90 +4.44 3 +1 The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE) 31,598 9.20 –1.47 3 –1 NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) 21,589 6.29 +1.08 2 ±0 MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights (MFG) 9,539 2.78 New 0 New Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) 2,312 0.67 New 0 New Join In – The List for All Others (MACH MIT) 453 0.13 New 0 New Invalid/blank votes 4,577 – – – – Total 347,917 100 – 36 0 Registered voters/turnout 535,112 65.02 +5.02 – –Source: Tyrolean Government

Results by constituency Constituency ÖVP FPÖ SPÖ FRITZ Grüne NEOS Others Totalseats Turnout % % % % % % % Innsbruck City 20.6 17.5 18.9 12.5 18.0 7.8 4.7 62.4 Imst 38.6 20.5 17.0 8.2 6.3 6.4 3.0 66.6 Innsbruck-Land 29.5 17.8 20.4 11.7 9.8 6.9 4.0 68.3 Kitzbühel 41.6 16.8 14.9 10.0 7.3 5.8 3.7 62.8 Kufstein 34.4 22.1 16.2 9.0 8.7 6.3 3.3 62.4 Landeck 55.3 13.5 14.6 5.1 4.2 4.5 2.9 69.9 Lienz 42.9 18.6 14.8 9.0 6.2 4.9 3.6 62.3 Reutte 42.7 19.5 13.5 8.2 6.9 6.2 3.1 64.2 Schwaz 37.4 22.3 17.6 8.7 6.3 5.1 2.5 64.6 Remaining seats Total 34.7 14 18.8 7 17.5 7 9.9 3 9.2 3 6.3 2 3.6 36 65.0 Source: Tyrolean Government

Aftermath On 3 October, the ÖVP decided to start coalition talks with the SPÖ. The new ÖVP-SPÖ government was sworn into office on 25 October 2022.

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External links Landtagswahl 2022 | Landesergebnis (Tyrol state election 2022 | State Result)