The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) placed first with 44.3% of votes, a 4.9 percentage point swing.

The centre-left Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) recovered somewhat from its worst ever result in 2013, rising 3.5 points to 17.2%.

[2] The 36 seats of the Landtag of Tyrol 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 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold.

The ÖVP held exploratory discussions with all other parties, narrowing their options to the SPÖ and Greens after the first round of talks.