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The Styria state election of 2024 will be held in the Austrian state of Styria in the autumn of 2024.
In 2019, the ÖVP was able to make strong gains and became the strongest party with 18 of 48 seats. The SPÖ suffered heavy losses and fell to second place with 12 seats. The FPÖ lost even more support, yet remained the third strongest party. The Greens, KPÖ and NEOS made gains, with the latter entering the state parliament for the first time.
In Styria there is no percentage threshold. To enter the Landtag, each party is required to gain at least one seat in one of the four constituencies (Graz and surroundings, Western Styria, Eastern Styria, Upper Styria). [1] [2]
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | ÖVP | SPÖ | FPÖ | Grüne | KPÖ | NEOS | Others | Lead |
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| Peter Hajek Public Opinion Strategies GmbH/Kleine Zeitung [3] | 26 Apr–2 May 2024 | 810 | 22 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| m(Research/GRÜNE Steiermark [3] | 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 | 750 | 21.0 | 25.5 | 23.1 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 7.0 | – | 2.4 |
| OGM/FPÖ Steiermark [3] | 12–20 Feb 2024 | 1033 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| M&R Wien/ÖVP Steiermark [3] | 30 Nov–7 Dez 2023 | 800 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 6 | – | 3 |
| Market/Standard [3] | 19–24 Jan 2024 | 781 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Triple M Matzka/NEOS Steiermark [3] | Late Oct–Early Nov 2022 | 800 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| OGM/FPÖ Steiermark [3] | 23–28 Sep 2022 | 547 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 5 | – | Tie |
| IMAS/NEOS Steiermark [3] | Feb–Mar 2021 | 850 | 34.1 | 22.9 | 17.9 | 11.5 | 5.2 | 8.5 | – | 11.2 |
| 2019 state election | 24 Nov 2019 | – | 36.0 | 23.0 | 17.5 | 12.1 | 6.0 | 5.4 | – | 13.1 |
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