Vienna election 2025: SPÖ remains strong, FPÖ celebrates success!

Vienna election 2025: SPÖ remains strong, FPÖ celebrates success!

Wien, Österreich - On April 27, 2025, the municipal council and state elections took place in Vienna. According to the first results, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) under Mayor Michael Ludwig defended its position as the strongest strength and achieved 39.3 percent of the vote. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) improved significantly and came to 20.5 percent. The Greens held their result of 2020, while the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) probably slipped under the 10 percent mark. The NEOS also recorded gains and thus enabled a possible continuation of the red-pink coalition.

The current votes are distributed as follows:

• SPÖ: 39.3%
• FPÖ: 20.5%
• Greens: 14.7%
• ÖVP: 9.6%
• neos: 9.6%
• KPÖ: 4.2%

distribution of mandate and coalition options

The distribution of mandate in the Vienna state parliament currently provides for the following result:

The SPÖ now has several options for a future coalition: both with the Neos and the Greens and the ÖVP, while working with the FPÖ is excluded.

The elections were also important for the district representatives, the results of which are still expected. The FPÖ hopes to obtain district chief posts in the districts of Vienna-Simmering and Vienna-Floridsdorf. Topics such as asylum and immigration dominated the election campaign.

Voter Participation and voter structure

A total of 1,109,936 Viennese were entitled to vote in the elections. An interesting fact is that more than a third of the residents of the people of the people of the eligible age do not have an Austrian citizen. There are 264,776 among the EU citizens entitled to vote, which were able to take part in the district representative elections. The voters were informed about their applicable rights through home -made matters.

The trend towards turnout is constant in Vienna and was also reflected in the issue of 284,956 (letter) election cards, which were largely counted on the election evening. Calculations based on the explosive results started at 6:45 p.m.

For the future district representatives, different mandates per district are to be awarded, between 40 and 60. The party's strongest party will automatically provide the district manager.

The KPÖ considered its result as a historical success, which underlines the importance of current choice for all parties. The first reactions of the parties and detailed results from the districts are expected in the coming hours. Questions about the election can be answered at the Vienna City Service on +43 1 4000 - 4001.

The elections are a central part of democracy and political participation in Vienna; A precise knowledge of the framework conditions and eligibility is essential, such as the information on oesterreich.gv.at illustrate

Further information is on kosmo.at and Kleinezeitung.at that continuously update the development of the election reports.