Vienna is a great choice: 1.3 million voters mobilized!

Vienna is a great choice: 1.3 million voters mobilized!

On April 27, 2025, the Vienna municipal council and district representative elections are pending, and preparations for this are in full swing. As reported [press.wien.gv.at] (https://presse.wien.gv.at/presse/2025/22/wien-wahl-2025-fuer-fuer-election-on-high tour), around 1,374,712 Viennese are entitled to vote. A total of 1,504 polling stations will be opened on the election day, which are largely accessible. All polling stations are equipped with a barrier -free election cell to enable participation in the election for all citizens.

An official election information is sent by post to inform voters. In addition, an online choice of voting locations on Vienna.gv.at/ Wahlen is available. For further questions, people can also contact the Hotline of the Vienna City Service at 01/4000-4001 or view the electoral locations in the online city plan on wien.gv.at/stadtplan.

Logistics and preparation

Around 13,000 people in elections, including employees of the City of Vienna, are assessors and confidants for the smooth running of the election Sunday. The Logistik Center of the City of Vienna also works close to the preparations. Currently around 2,800 election cells (including 1,200 barrier -free), 1,100 election gymnastics, 3,000 tables, 5,500 armchairs, 200 partitions and 20 ramps are in progress.

All required materials are checked and cleaned, and defective election cells are repaired. The transport of the election documents begins on Tuesday before the election and is expected to be completed on Wednesday after the election. Up to 32 trucks are used at peak times to bring the necessary materials into the polling stations.

After the election

After the election, the election aids can be picked up in schools and kindergartens on Monday night to ensure that everything is properly attributed. Further information on the Vienna-Wahl 2025 is available at www.wien.gv.at/ Wahlen, and press pictures can be called up at www.wien.gv.at/Pressebilder.

In addition, the platform Wahl database.at offers comprehensive data on the election results in Austria. This includes partial and overall results of different elections, including National Council and EU elections, which have been available since 1945. The news about the election in Vienna thus fond in the broader context of democratic participation in Austria, where citizens can decide on topics that affect them.