The election fever is back: nine parties fight for the voices!

The election fever is back: nine parties fight for the voices!

In the upcoming municipal council elections in Styria on March 23, 2025, nine new parties and lists will run as well as what will increase the diversity on the ballot papers, reports steiermark.at . However, this happens against the background of a merger, which means that there are now only 284 communities in which the citizens can vote. Of the parties represented in the state parliament, the FPÖ compete in 258, the SPÖ in 267, the ÖVP in 282 municipalities and the Greens in 102 communities. In addition, 74 citizens' lists and special groups such as the "socially just list Kapfenberg" are active, in Kapfenberg there are even six parties and two lists on the ballot paper.

entitled to vote called in Germany

Around 59.2 million Germans are invited to vote in the early Bundestag election in 2025, such as Tagesspiegel.de . Here, voters can vote in two categories: with the first vote for a direct candidate and with the second vote for the state list of a party. This optionally enables citizens to support both individual candidates and their preferred party. The results are displayed on an interactive card that shows the changes in the election results in recent years.

While a total of 5,062 mandates are awarded for the municipal council elections in 2025, the final results of the Bundestag election are only available after about three months. It can also be seen how the electorate has changed over the years and between the various constituencies. In the municipal elections, voters now have to take many new political constellations and citizens' lists into account due to the reduced number of municipalities, which makes the choice exciting.