The parties elected to the municipal council or the respective district representation in the Vienna election 2020 did not have to submit declarations of support for the Vienna election 2025. However, additional parties wishing to participate in the election had to submit declarations of support. At the municipal council level, 100 declarations per district election proposal were required, while at the district level, 50 declarations per district election proposal were necessary.

Seven Parties Running Citywide in Vienna Election 2025

Three Lists on the Ballot in Individual Electoral Districts for Vienna Election

In addition to the citywide candidacies, there are three lists that will only appear on the ballot in some electoral districts: The party SÖZ (Social Austria of the Future) has submitted election proposals for all districts except Inner-West (consisting of districts 7, 8, and 9), Hietzing, and Döbling. The list PRO 23 is running again in Liesing, while the list HERZ is only running in the Favoriten district.

District Representation Elections: SPÖ, ÖVP, Greens, NEOS, FPÖ, and KPÖ on All Ballots

At the same time, it is now also clear who is likely to have made it onto the ballot for the district representation elections. For this, 50 declarations of support per district were necessary, unless a party had already entered the respective district parliament in 2020. In all 23 districts, SPÖ, ÖVP, Greens, NEOS, FPÖ, and KPÖ are running. In addition, there is a larger number of groups that are not running in all districts. Specifically, 17 different lists have submitted election proposals with sufficient signatures, with some intending to run in only a single district.

Vienna Election 2025: Election Authority Meetings in Mid-March

Formally, the final appearance of the ballots is not yet fixed. According to the office of the responsible city councilor Jürgen Czernohorszky (SPÖ), it will be announced who is running where after the meetings of the district election authorities on March 14 and after the meeting of the city election authority on March 18.

(APA/Red)

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