[1] The Lower Austrian constitution mandates that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, German: Landesräten) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz.

As such, the government is a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualify for at least one state councillor.

The 56 seats of the Landtag of Lower Austria are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process.

For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 4 percent state-wide electoral threshold.

The FPÖ lost their sole state councillor to Team Stronach.