Upper Austria
State in Austria
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| December 31 2023 | Approximately 800,000 of the 1.53 million inhabitants were Catholic, and 43,847 (almost 3%) were Protestant. |
| December 31 2022 | Catholic proportion further decreased to 58.9%, with around 3% of the population being members of Austria's national Lutheran church. |
| 2021 | Census revealed 73.4% of people were Christians (predominantly Catholic), 7.4% practiced Islam, and 17.3% practiced no faith. |
| October 23 2021 | The newly-elected state parliament convened, with Governor Thomas Stelzer re-elected by 41 out of 55 votes. The ÖVP–FPÖ coalition government was confirmed, comprising 33 deputies, with additional cross-party support likely from the Greens and NEOS. |
| October 20 2021 | ÖVP and FPÖ successfully concluded coalition talks and announced their agreement to renew their coalition. The coalition contract was approved by both party committees on the same day, focusing on renewable energy, public transportation, research, economic development, and migration integration. |
| September 26 2021 | Upper Austrian state election held to elect members of the Landtag. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remained the largest party with small gains. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) suffered losses, dropping from 31% to 20% of votes. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) maintained third place with 19% and 11 seats. The Greens improved to over 12%. NEOS entered the Landtag for the first time with 4%, and the anti-vaccination MFG party unexpectedly won 3 seats with 6% of the vote. |
| 2020 | Stefan Kaineder becomes State Councillor of Upper Austria |
| December 31 2020 | The proportion of Catholics in Upper Austria decreased to 62%, while Protestants represented approximately 3.1% of the population. |
| 2019 | Stefan Kaineder becomes Spokesman of The Greens Upper Austria |
| 2018 | Upper Austria recorded a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 65.9 billion €, representing 17.1% of Austria's total economic output. The state's GDP per capita, adjusted for purchasing power, reached 39,500 €, which was 131% of the EU27 average. |
| April 6 2017 | Josef Pühringer resigned after 22 years in office, and Thomas Stelzer succeeded him as Governor. Stelzer was elected by the Landtag with 51 of 55 votes. |
| 2016 | Birgit Gerstorfer becomes Chairwoman of SPÖ Upper Austria |
| 2015 | In the state election, the ÖVP and SPÖ suffered major losses to the FPÖ, which doubled its vote share to 30% and became the second largest party. Following this result, the ÖVP signed a working agreement with the FPÖ. |
| 2015 | Manfred Haimbuchner becomes Deputy Governor of Upper Austria |
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