No power shifts in district council elections in Vienna in sight
In Simmering, the SPÖ was able to achieve 42.1 percent of the votes - and thus even slightly increase by 0.6 percentage points. The FPÖ, which had hoped to capture the district as it did in 2015, reached 37 percent. This is an increase of 8.6 percentage points.
The Green stronghold Neubau was also counted relatively quickly. The Greens were able to increase by half a percentage point to 45.5 percent compared to 2020. The SPÖ in second place comes in with 22 percent, just half of the Green votes. In the Inner City, the ÖVP was able to maintain its top position, even though the 36.5 percent represented a decline of 4 percentage points.
No Blue District Chief in Sight in Vienna
Just like in Simmering, the SPÖ has also overtaken all other competitors in its traditional stronghold Favoriten. 42.6 percent were reported for the Reds there - which, however, represented a decrease of about 5 percentage points. The FPÖ climbed by 17 percentage points to 27.6 percent, but the gap remains considerable.
Overall, the tension regarding district councils seems to be limited according to a foresight projection for APA and ORF. The Greens are likely to clearly retain Josefstadt. The 8th district has changed hands repeatedly. The ÖVP was able to wrest it from the Greens in 2015. The hope for a blue district leader in Floridsdorf or Donaustadt has not been fulfilled for the FPÖ according to the projection.
Result Still Without EU Citizens' Postal Votes
In the district council elections, non-Austrian EU citizens are also allowed to participate. Their postal votes will be counted collectively over the course of Monday. These were not considered on election day, even if they had already arrived before the weekend. This distinguishes them from the postal votes of voters with Austrian citizenship. Here, only those that arrived shortly before the Vienna election will be evaluated tomorrow.
(APA/Red)
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