FPÖ is optimistic: Vienna choice promises exciting turn!

FPÖ is optimistic: Vienna choice promises exciting turn!

Today, April 27, 2025, the first reactions to the preliminary election results of the Vienna City Council election, which promise the freedom (FPÖ) a significant increase in votes. The State party secretary of the FPÖ, Lukas Brucker, expressed that a tripling of the votes would be a great success for his party. Brucker described the election campaign under the top candidate Dominik Nepp as "sensational" and emphasized that many Viennese feel a strong need for more security and fairness. The FPÖ pursues the choice of election in a wine bar near the town hall and asks for understanding that this is only a forecast for which there are still no concrete numbers of voters, says Brucker  reported.

Experts have already predicted a solid victory of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) in the previous days and are looking for the FPÖ in second place. The choice is referred to as a "non-election campaign", with topics such as the controversial Lobau Autobahn received little public attention. In addition, the government formation process at the federal level, which dominates the media discussion, could lead to a lower turnout. Some experts estimate that this could be less than 10%. The SPÖ could, in turn, benefit from a high turnout in the generation of over 60 years, which tends to take part in elections, while Mayor Michael Ludwig is considered the dominant figure that outshines other top candidates Fears vienna.at.

Forecasts and trends

As the current results show, the SPÖ is 38.9 % in the surveys and the FPÖ is 21.7 %. The Greens are 12%, the ÖVP at 11.2%and the NEOS at 9.3%. In the meantime, a move in by KPÖ and Team HC Strache is considered almost excluded. One to two percentage point could be crucial for the formation of a stable two or three coalition, especially since the SPÖ strives for a continuation of its coalition with the NEOS, which, however, remains unsafe. A red-green coalition is considered unlikely, and the possible government participation of the ÖVP remains controversial report experts.

In addition, the current politicalpro score shows that the FPÖ is 33.4% in the trend towards the upcoming National Council elections in 2029, followed by the ÖVP with 21.8% and the SPÖ with 20.8%. These figures illustrate the political situation in Austria, which is characterized by a clear distribution between left -wing and right -wing parties informs Politpro.