Austria’s capital: Wahl in Vienna – Social Democrats win despite the strong FPÖ

In the state election in Austria’s capital Vienna, the Social Democrats (SPÖ) of Mayor Michael Ludwig defended the first place according to the extrapolation – despite the strong gains of the right FPÖ. The Social Democrats therefore won around 39 percent of the votes.

According to the extrapolation, the FPÖ came to around 21 percent of the vote-13 percentage points more than in 2020. At that time, the right-wing populists had cut unusually poorly cut off in the course of the Ibiza scandal and related corruption suspicion.

Former FPÖ boss Heinz-Christian Strache, who had been at the center of the scandal at the time, tried again on Sunday with his own party. However, he received only 1 percent of the votes, as the extrapolation on behalf of the broadcaster ORF and the Press Agency APA showed.

Migration, crime and education The campaign issues

In the election campaign, the FPÖ addressed the high proportion of foreigners and the greatly increased youth crime in Vienna – the second largest German -speaking city in Berlin. In the election campaign, on the other hand, Ludwig emphasized that the two-million city is perceived internationally as one of the most livable and safest metropolises. Nevertheless, the SPÖ lost 2 percentage points in accordance with the forecast.

The extrapolation, which has a fluctuation width of 1.8 percent, sees the Greens at around 15 percent. The liberal Neos, who have ruled with the SPÖ in Vienna in recent years, grew slightly and won around 10 percent of the vote. This lies on par with the conservative ÖVP, which fell up by about 11 percentage points.