The Green Party had strong losses and was cut in half, while the KPÖ also saw their vote share decline.

The Greens, KPÖ and NEOS made gains, with the latter entering the state parliament for the first time.

When compared to the 2019 state election (102,846 absentee ballots requested, or 10.76% of those eligible), the percentage almost doubled.

Compared to the 2024 Austrian legislative election two months earlier, when 231,929 absentee ballots were issued in Styria (or 24.39% of those eligible), requests were down moderately.

The Greens and KPÖ ruled out a coalition with the FPÖ on election day or before already, but nonetheless held initial talks with Mario Kunasek as part of the historical convention.

[4] Despite earlier media speculations, the FPÖ decided to start coalition talks with the ÖVP instead.

The previous Styrian governor and ÖVP leader Christopher Drexler – who still led coalition talks for his party – was ousted in an internal ÖVP leadership election after talks concluded and was replaced by Manuela Khom.