[1] The centre-left SPÖ achieved its best result since 2005, winning an absolute majority on a swing of eight percentage points.

[2] Commentators attributed this to the conservative positions on immigration and national security taken by Governor Hans Peter Doskozil.

Fellow SPÖ member Astrid Eisenkopf became Deputy Governor, the first woman to hold the position in Burgenland.

[4] The 36 seats of the Landtag of Burgenland are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process.

[5] 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.