District Council Election: Greens Captured First Place in Vienna-Margareten
According to the preliminary final result after counting the postal votes on Monday evening (only those from Vienna-Donaustadt were still missing), the eco-party received 32.5 percent of the votes in the 5th Vienna district, while the SPÖ received 31.0 percent. This means the Greens have won another district for themselves.
Greens not only ahead in Vienna-Margareten
Previously, the Greens were already in first place in three district councils - in Vienna-Neubau (7th district), Vienna-Josefstadt (8th), and Vienna-Währing (18th). The party not only defended all these top positions but even expanded them.
In Vienna-Neubau, the Greens increased their share to a solid 48.1 percent (+3.2), while the SPÖ lost slightly to 20.4 percent (-0.2). Third place went to the NEOS with 9.3 percent (+1.4) ahead of the ÖVP (7.7/-6.0) and the FPÖ (7.5/+4.5). The KPÖ reached 6.6 percent (+1.8).
In Josefstadt, the Greens also made massive gains in the district council elections: an increase of 10.5 percentage points brought the party to 44.1 percent. The ÖVP suffered a massive loss here: with a decrease of 14.5 percentage points, their share of the vote was almost halved to 16.0 percent. The SPÖ lost only marginally here (-0.4) and is now the new second with 18.2 percent. They are followed by NEOS (9.5 percent), FPÖ (7.4), and KPÖ (4.7).
In Währing, the Greens also managed to further expand their already held top position. With an increase of 4.3 percentage points, they are now at 43.0 percent - well ahead of the ÖVP, which is only at 17.9 percent (-9.6). The SPÖ lost 2.4 points here and is in third place with 15.5 percent.
"Margareten Turns Green"
The Greens were very pleased: "Margareten turns green. We are delighted about the fourth green district leadership in Vienna. The Greens Margareten with top candidate Michael Luxenberger have focused on the right issues in the district: The construction of the subway as an opportunity and turning point to fundamentally change the district," congratulate the two party leaders of the Vienna Greens, Judith Pühringer and Peter Kraus, the future district leader Michael Luxenberger in a statement.
Margareten is a "rough diamond that still needs the right polish," said Luxenberger. "Now it is important to seize the opportunities that literally lie on the street to end through traffic in residential areas and create more green spaces."
SPÖ ahead in Simmering, ÖVP in Inner City
In Simmering, where the FPÖ had hoped to capture the district as they did in 2015, everything remained the same and the SPÖ stayed ahead. They were able to achieve 42.2 percent of the votes there - even slightly increasing by 0.7 percentage points. The FPÖ reached 36 percent, which is an increase of 7.5 percentage points.
In the Inner City, the ÖVP was able to maintain its leading position, even though the 36.2 percent represented a decline of 4.4 percentage points. The FPÖ (+6.8 to 11.7 percent) and the NEOS (+1.9 to 13 percent) were able to gain here in particular.
Just like in Simmering, the SPÖ also outperformed all other competitors in its traditional stronghold Favoriten. 42.6 percent were reported for the Reds there - which, however, represented a minus of 5.2 percentage points. The FPÖ climbed by 16.2 percentage points to 26.7 percent, but the gap remains considerable.
District Council Elections with EU Citizens
In the district council elections, non-Austrian EU citizens are also allowed to participate. Their postal votes were all counted only on 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 election were evaluated on Monday. By midnight, only the postal vote count in Vienna-Donaustadt was missing.
Lower Voter Turnout in Vienna District Council Elections
Overall, the SPÖ lost 2.6 percentage points compared to the 2020 district council elections and reached 35 percent of the votes across Vienna. The FPÖ increased significantly by 11.1 percentage points and landed at 18.9 percent.
The Greens improved slightly overall - by 0.8 points to 19.3 percent. The NEOS were able to gain 2 percentage points and reached 8.6 percent. The ÖVP also suffered significant losses at the district level. It lost 9 percentage points and achieved only 11.2 percent.
The KPÖ reached 4.53 percent (+2) and thus achieved significantly more than the Team Strache of former Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache (just under 1 percent with a minus of 1.9).
The voter turnout in the district council elections, including the postal votes counted on Monday, reached 54.2 percent - significantly less than in 2020 with 57.7 percent.
(APA/Red)
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