Vienna 2025: How to get your preferred votes correctly!

Vienna 2025: How to get your preferred votes correctly!

Wien, Österreich - On March 21, 2025, preparations for the Vienna municipal council and district representative elections are in full swing. Each election party has submitted its lists with candidates who have now been officially verified and can be viewed online on wien.gv.at/wahlen . This means that in addition to their party elections, voters also have the opportunity to delimit preferred votes for certain candidates. These preferred votes are significant because they can influence the order of the candidates within their lists.

preferred votes and their meaning

As already from wien.gv.at , a total of three preferential votes can be awarded in the election of the municipal council. One of these votes can be submitted to a person in the constituency, while two can be used for the city -wide proposal. The voters of a single candidate may give a preferred vote in the district representation election. It is important that the granting of the preferred votes is only valid if the selected person belongs to the same party who was also elected.

The preferred votes offer voters the opportunity to exercise their influence and actively shape the order of the candidates. This increases the change options within the lists and can be crucial for the outcome of the elections. A direct choice of the mayor of Vienna is not possible because it is determined by the newly elected municipal council, but this does not detract from the meaning and the effects of the individual votes.