The Campaign Costs for the Vienna Election 2025: These Parties Are Scraping the Upper Limit
Wahlgeschenke der einzelnen Parteien zur Wien-Wahl 2025.
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SPÖ and FPÖ remain just under the legal spending limit of five million euros in the election campaign for the Vienna municipal council election on April 27, according to their own statements. The SPÖ reports expenses of almost 4.9 million euros, while the FPÖ spends over 4.7 million euros. This is evident from the parties' election advertising reports. The ÖVP reports costs of 3.7 million euros, the Greens 3.5 million euros, the NEOS 2.8 million euros, the Team HC Strache and the KPÖ around 600,000 euros.
As part of a reform initiated by SPÖ and NEOS, the cost ceiling was reduced from six to five million euros per party in the past legislative period. Additionally, election advertising reports are now mandatory.
A first report is due one week before election day - that is, last Sunday. In this report, the election advertising expenses incurred up to that point, as well as the estimated future expenses until election day, must be published and communicated to the city audit office. Otherwise, a fine of up to 50,000 euros will be imposed.
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