How does Vienna choose? – Diepresse.com

The Vienna election has been running since 7 a.m. Actually, it should only have taken place in autumn. However, it was preferred, which is why 1.37 million people are already called to give up their voices. A new Viennese municipal council and representations for the 23 Viennese districts are elected. The polling stations close at 5 p.m. Shortly afterwards there will be a first trend forecast.

The first extrapolation comes around an hour later. The preliminary end result should not be available before 9 p.m. The majority of the postal votes will be here, since they are counted for the first time on election Sunday. The first detail results on Sprengel and districts will probably be available after 7 p.m. The results of the district election are probably not expected before 11 p.m.

The starting position

The SPÖ should be a clear victory again drive in. In surveys, it is around 39 percent. In the last election in 2020, the red reached 41.6 percent. It becomes exciting with which party a two-person coalition will run out in the next period. In any case, it could be scarce for repeating the current red-pink coalition. The SPÖ has already excluded cooperation with the FPÖ. The top candidate is Mayor Michael Ludwig. It is his second choice. In the election campaign, he relied on proven red topics such as social justice and affordable living.

The FPÖ According to surveys, large ones can be gained calculate. The blue are around 21 percent. They reached seven percent in the last election. Since Ludwig has already ruled out to coalize with the FPÖ, they will probably remain in the opposition anyway. Like 2020, the top candidate is Dominic Nepp. His topics in the election campaign, as usual: security and asylum.

The ÖVP should lose a lot. In surveys it is around ten percent, that is ten less than in 2020. Top candidate Karl Mahrer still remains optimistic and wants to go to the government. The turquoise relies on security, education and traffic.

The Greens will lose easily according to current surveys. They are around twelve percent, in the last election they came to 14.8. The top candidate is Judith Pühringer, who contested her first choice. In the election campaign, the Greens focused primarily on climate protection, but also on social justice and affordable living.

The Neos should a similar result How to achieve in 2020. In surveys, pinks are nine percent, in the last election they achieved 7.5 percent. After the original top candidate Christoph Return as Minister of Education had moved to the federal government, Selma Arapović and Bettina Emmerling followed him as a dual top. In the election campaign, the pinks rely on the topics of education and integration.

And then there are the small parties. At the KPÖ With top candidate Barbara Urbanic The focus was on the subject of affordable life. As with the last choice, the communists compete with the left party as an alliance. In 2020, they came to two percent and did not make it to the local council. This will also be difficult this time.

Also the former Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache wants to know again. With his guiding principle « Select the original » he bounded with his Team HC from his former FPÖ party. However, he also focused on the topics of security and asylum. In the last election, he missed the municipal council with 3.3 percent of the vote.

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