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Encyclopedia > Distribution of seats in the Austrian Landtagen

Four political parties are represented in the eight Austrian states as well as in Vienna's municipal council.

  Sitze   SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ Green   Election duration Next election
Burgenland 36   17 13 4 2   5 years 2005
Carinthia 36   14 4 16 2   5 years 2009
Lower Austria 56   19 31 2 4   5 years 2008
Upper Austria 56   22 25 4 5   6 years 2009
Salzburg 36   17 14 3 2   5 years 2009
Styria 56   19 27 7 3   5 years 2005
Tyrol 36   9 20 2 5   5 years 2008
Vorarlberg 36   6 21 5 4   5 years 2009
Vienna 100   52 16 21 11   5 years 2006
Total 448   173 168 70 37      

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States of Austria information - Search.com (990 words)
However, Austrian federalism is usually considered largely notional, as the states are granted comparatively little actual legislative autonomy.
Still, Austrian Länder are formally and practically endowed with a much smaller degree of statehood than American or even German states are.
It is not unheard of for Austrians to consider themselves, for instance, Tyrolean first, Austrian second.
States of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (944 words)
The state constitution, among other things, determines how the seats in the state government are assigned to political parties, with most states having a system of proportional respresentation based on the number of delegates in the Landtag in place.
However, Austrian federalism is usually considered largely notional, as the states are granted comparatively little actual legislative autonomy.
It is not unheard of for Austrians to consider themselves, for instance, Tyrolean first, Austrian second.
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