at the state level, the övp has long dominated the rural states of lower austria, upper austria, salzburg, styria, tyrol and vorarlberg. it is less popular in the city state of vienna and in the rural, but less strongly catholic states of burgenland and carinthia. in 2004, it lost its plurality in the state of salzburg, where they kept its result in seats (14) in 2009 and in 2005 in styria for the first time.