In Austria an election was held on Sunday in the state of Oberösterreich.

Following only a week after the Vorarlberg state election, the result was another disaster for the SPÖ, which received its worst vote ever in this state. (See below).

The ÖVP increased its vote and won exactly half of the seats in the state parliament. The other big winner was the FPÖ.

Here are the figures from Wiener Zeitung (2003 in brackets):

ÖVP – 46.8% (43.4%)
SPÖ – 25.0% (38.3%)
FPÖ – 15.3% (8.4%)
Greens – 9.2% (9.1%)
BZÖ – 2.8%
KPÖ – 0.56% (0.95%)
DC – 0.43%

Party labels:
ÖVP – Österreichische Volkspartei (Austrian People’s Party)
SPÖ – Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (Social Democratic Party)
FPÖ – Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (Austrian Freedom Party)
BZÖ – Bündnis Zukunft Österreich (Alliance for the Future of Austria – ex-FPÖ)
KPÖ – Kommunistische Partei Österreichs (Communist Party)
DC – Die Christen (The Christians)