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Vienna in election fever: Strache is entering the municipal council election with a new team!
The deadline for signatures of support for the Vienna municipal council election ends on February 28, 2025. Strache is running.
Vienna in election fever: Strache is entering the municipal council election with a new team!
On February 28, 2025, Vienna will be in the spotlight of the political landscape as the deadline for submitting signatures of support to participate in the municipal council elections on April 27 approaches. Loud orf.at New parties that are not already represented in the town hall or districts must collect at least 100 signatures per municipality and 50 per district. Particularly important is the reformation of the “Nord-West” constituency, which combines the districts of Hernals and Währing, which could potentially have strategic effects on the election.
For the already established parties, the submission deadline is a formality. The “Salzburger Nachrichten” reported that he has enough signatures of support for the former FPÖ chairman Heinz-Christian Strache, who wants to run with his “Team HC Strache”. In the previous election in 2020, he failed to enter the local council with 3.27 percent, and this time he is aiming for a place in the city parliament, which acts as both a local council and a state parliament.
Details about the submission deadline and the nominations
The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday at 1 p.m. and the city election authority will publish the suggestions received in the afternoon. However, the final candidates will only be decided in the following days once the proposals have been reviewed. In addition, the city election proposals for the municipal council must be submitted by March 3rd, which is important for groups that would like to receive residual mandates according to the second preliminary investigation, provided they achieve at least 5 percent of the vote throughout Vienna.
The need to collect signatures of support does not only apply to Strache’s initiative. According to information from bundeswahlleiterin.de At least 200 handwritten signatures are required for district election proposals from new parties in order to get on the ballot. So it will be exciting to see who can position themselves as a serious player in the Vienna elections in the next few days, while everyone involved fights for the voters' favor.