In Austria a local election was held on 27 September for the Land (state/regional-level) council in Styria.

The following table from Die Presse provides a picture of the votes received and the seats won in the state parliament and compares them to the 2005 result:

Social Democrats (SPÖ)
Christian Democratic People’s Party (ÖVP)
Communist Party (KPÖ)
Grüne (Greens)
Freedom Party (FPÖ)
Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ)

As the graphic shows, the right-wing FPÖ party was the big winner. This means (see Landesregierung) that they will now have one seat in the state government. Both the SPÖ and the ÖVP have four seats. So, the FPÖ is the kingmaker in terms of the election of the state president. The SPÖ is causing some controversy by appearing to court the FPÖ in order to retain the regional presidency. There is a report in the Austrian Independent.