2025 Viennese state election

The 2025 Viennese state election was held to elect the members of the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna on 27 April 2025.^[1]

2025 Viennese state election

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All 100 seats in the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna 51 seats needed for a majority All 13 seats in the state government
Turnout	696,345 (62.7%) 2.5%
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Michael Ludwig Dominik Nepp Judith Pühringer Party SPÖ FPÖ Greens Last election 46 seats, 41.6% 8 seats, 7.1% 16 seats, 14.8% Seats won 43 22 15 Seat change 3 14 1 Popular vote 268,514 138,761 98,995 Percentage 39.4% 20.4% 14.5% Swing 2.2pp 13.2pp 0.3pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Selma Arapović Karl Mahrer Party NEOS ÖVP Last election 8 seats, 7.5% 22 seats, 20.4% Seats won 10 10 Seat change 2 12 Popular vote 68,152 65,820 Percentage 10.0% 9.7% Swing 2.5pp 10.8pp
Mayor and Governor before election Michael Ludwig SPÖ Elected Mayor and Governor Michael Ludwig SPÖ

Background

In the 2020 state election, the SPÖ under mayor Michael Ludwig was able to improve its 2015 result after the downward trend of the last elections and again became the strongest party with 41.6%. The Greens under Birgit Hebein also improved and achieved their best result so far in Vienna with 14.8%. The NEOS under Christoph Wiederkehr also recorded small gains and reached 7.5%. After suffering its worst result ever in 2015, the ÖVP was now able to more than double its share of the vote and received 20.4%; their lead candidate was former Federal Finance Minister Gernot Blümel. The FPÖ under Dominik Nepp lost more than two thirds of its vote share and reached 7.1%, its worst result since the state and municipal elections in 1983. The newly founded Team HC Strache – Alliance for Austria received 3.3% of the vote, which was below the electoral threshold, and thus failed to get any seats, as did the small parties LINKS with 2.1%, the Beer Party with 1.8%, and SÖZ with 1.2%. Other small parties played no significant role.^[2]

In 2020, a total of 1,133,010 people were eligible to vote, of whom 597,027 were women and 535,983 men.^[3] Voter turnout fell sharply to 65.27%, but this was still a higher turnout than in the 2005 state election, which had the lowest voter turnout to date with 60.81%.

The share of absentee votes that ended up being counted reached a new high of 28.34% among all eligible voters in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, meaning that more than 43 percent of all votes cast were by absentee ballot.^[4]

After exploratory talks between the mayoral party SPÖ with the ÖVP, the Greens and NEOS, the SPÖ surprisingly decided to start coalition negotiations with the NEOS instead of the previous coalition partner, the Greens.^[5] A coalition with the ÖVP was rejected due to little agreement on topics.^[6] A coalition with the FPÖ was rejected outright by the SPÖ.^[7]

On 16 November 2020, the first contents of the new coalition agreement were presented.^[8] On 24 November 2020, Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) was re-elected as mayor with 60 out of 100 votes – 54 of them from the new coalition – and the new city government was sworn in by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen.^[9]

A 5% threshold applies to state and municipal elections in Vienna. In the past, the NEOS have campaigned for lowering it to 3%.^[10]

Statistics

A total of 1,109,936 Austrian citizens who are at least 16 years old on election day will be eligible to vote, a slight decrease from the 1,133,010 in the previous state election in 2020. The number of voting-eligible Austrian citizens is declining for years, despite Vienna growing by more than 110,000 people between 2020 and 2025, in large parts because of non-citizen immigrants. The voting-eligible citizen population is declining because of more deaths than births among citizens and a negative migration balance to other Austrian states and countries, which is not compensated by enough naturalisations of non-citizens. 36% of Viennese older than 16 are not eligible to vote in the election due to lack of Austrian citizenship.

A total of 265,328 absentee ballots were issued for the election, or 23.9% of eligible voters. The number is much smaller than absentee ballots requested for the 2020 election, because of the Coronavirus pandemic at the time - and therefore cannot be compared. It can be compared however to the Austrian legislative election in 2024 in Vienna, when 288,156 absentee ballots were issued in Vienna to eligible Austrian voters living in the city (excl. Austrians abroad) - or 25.9% of eligible Austrian voters living in Vienna.^[11]

Contesting parties

The table below lists parties represented in the current Gemeinderat and Landtag.

Name			Ideology	Party leader(s)	2020 result
					Votes (%)	Seats	Councillors
	SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Social democracy	Michael Ludwig	41.6%	46 / 100	7 / 13
	ÖVP	Austrian People's Party Österreichische Volkspartei	Conservatism	Karl Mahrer	20.4%	22 / 100	2 / 13
	GRÜNE	The Greens – The Green Alternative Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative	Green politics	Judith Pühringer Peter Kraus	14.8%	16 / 100	2 / 13
	NEOS	NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS – Das Neue Österreich und Liberales Forum	Liberalism	Christoph Wiederkehr	7.5%	8 / 100	1 / 13
	FPÖ	Freedom Party of Austria Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs	National conservatism Right-wing populism	Dominik Nepp	7.1%	8 / 100	1 / 13

The following additional parties/lists will appear on the ballot in all 17 constituencies:^[12]

1. KPÖ und LINKS - Kommunistische Partei Österreichs und LINKS Wien - (short ballot abbreviation: KPÖ)
2. Team HC Strache - Allianz für Österreich - (short ballot abbreviation: HC)

The following additional parties/lists will appear on the ballot only in some of the 17 constituencies:

1. Soziales Österreich der Zukunft - (short ballot abbreviation: SÖZ) - (in 14/17 constituencies)
2. Pro 23 für ein lebenswertes und zukunftsfittes Liesing - (short ballot abbreviation: PRO) - (in 1/17 constituencies)
3. Plattform Obdachlos - Armut - Arbeitslos - Teuerung - (short ballot abbreviation: HERZ) - (in 1/17 constituencies)

Opinion polling

Recent opinion polling

The poll aggregator Europe Elects lists INSA, Market, Market/Lazarsfeld, Peter Hajek Public Opinion Strategies, Foresight Research Hofinger GmbH, Spectra, Unique Research GmbH, IFDD, DEMOX, OGM, GfK, IMAS, Triple M Matzka and IMAD in its database as reliable pollsters in Austria.^[13]

Polling firm/Client	Fieldwork date	Sample size	SPÖ	ÖVP	Grüne	NEOS	FPÖ	HC	KPÖ	Others	Lead
2025 state election	27 Apr 2025	–	39.4	9.7	14.5	10.0	20.4	1.1	4.1	0.9	19.0
Market-Lazarsfeld/oe24.at[14]	26–27 April 2025	784	37-38	11-12	13-14	8-9	22-23	–	4-5	2-3	15
OGM/ServusTV[14]	25–27 April 2025	1,000	37.5	11.0	12.5	9.5	22.0	2.5	3.5	1.5	15.5
Foresight/Hajek/ORF/APA/ATV/Puls24[14]	17–26 April 2025	3,764	37.0	11.5	12.5	8.5	23.5	1.5	4.0	1.5	13.5
Market-Lazarsfeld/oe24.at[14]	17–20 April 2025	845	37	11	13	9	23	–	4	3	14
IFDD/krone.at[14]	15–18 April 2025	1,000	38	11	13	9	22	2	4	1	16
Market/derStandard.at[14]	7–10 April 2025	802	38	11	12	11	21	2	4	1	17
Unique Research/Heute/ATV/Puls24[14]	3–10 April 2025	1,200	39	11	12	9	22	2	4	1	17
OGM/Kurier[14]	4–9 April 2025	917	39	12	12	9	21	2	3	2	18
Triple M/news.at[14]	28 March–7 April 2025	1,000	40	10	11	10	23	1	4	1	17
IFDD/Vienna Green Party[14]	28 March–1 April 2025	1,000	39	12	12	9	21	2	4	1	18
Market-Lazarsfeld/oe24.at[14]	27–31 March 2025	836	38	10	12	9	24	–	4	3	14
IFDD/w24.at[14]	21–24 March 2025	1,000	40	11	12	9	21	2	4	1	19
IFDD/krone.at[14]	11–15 March 2025	1,000	40	10	12	9	22	2	4	1	18
2020 state election	11 Oct 2020	–	41.6	20.4	14.8	7.5	7.1	3.3	2.1[a]	3.2	21.2

An unscientific, non-representative mock vote of both people who have Austrian citizenship and don't have Austrian citizenship (and therefore can't vote in the Viennese election) found that 47.7% would vote for SPÖ, 19.3% for the Greens, 14.3% for KPÖ, 8.1% for FPÖ, 5.2% for ÖVP, 4.7% for NEOS, and 0.7% for HC. About 60 percent of the 9.797 people voting in the unscientific, non-representative mock vote had Austrian citizenship. This so-called "passport doesn't matter"-poll was organized by the human rights NGO "SOS Mitmensch".^[15][16]

Older opinion polling

Polling firm/Client	Fieldwork date	Sample size	SPÖ	ÖVP	Grüne	NEOS	FPÖ	KPÖ	BIER	MFG	Others	Lead
Unique Research/HEUTE[14]	27–30 Jan 2025	800	40	10	11	9	23	4	1	–	2	17
Market-Lazarsfeld/oe24.at[14]	20–22 Jan 2025	800	36	12	16	10	20	4	1	–	1	16
IFDD/W24[14]	4–6 Dec 2024	1,000	37	11	12	10	22	4	3	–	1	15
Market/DER STANDARD[14]	6–12 Aug 2024	771	36	15	10	9	19	3	7	–	1	17
IFDD/W24[14]	24–27 Jun 2024	1,000	36	12	12	8	19	4	7	–	2	17
IFDD/W24[14]	21–26 Mar 2024	1,000	36	11	11	8	21	4	8	–	1	15
IFDD/W24[14]	14–19 Dec 2023	1,026	37	11	11	8	21	3	7	–	2	16
Unique Research/HEUTE[14]	2–5 Oct 2023	813	35	10	8	8	23	3	12	–	1	12
IFDD/WH Media[14]	3–5 Jun 2023	1,000	40	13	11	7	20	3	6	–	0	20
IFDD/WH Media[14]	1–7 Mar 2023	1,000	41	13	11	7	20	–	6	–	2	21
IFDD/WH Media[14]	25–29 Nov 2022	1,000	42	11	9	7	19	–	8	–	4	23
IFDD/WH Media[14]	5–9 Sep 2022	1,000	42	11	10	8	16	–	8	2	3	23
TCS-Heuritsch/n.a.[14]	Jun 2022	1,000	47	10	10	8	18	–	–	4	3	22
IFDD/WH Media[14]	25–28 Apr 2022	1,250	47	11	10	9	14	–	5	3	1	21
IFDD/Kronen Zeitung[14]	21–25 Feb 2022	800	46	12	9	8	14	–	6	4	1	23
OGM/Kurier[14]	22–24 Feb 2022	802	47	13	11	8	13	–	3	3	2	19
Market/DER STANDARD[14]	3–7 Feb 2022	805	46	14	13	10	9	–	–	3	5	28
IFDD/WH Media/W24[14]	12–16 Dec 2022	1,250	45	12	10	9	14	–	–	–	10	31
IFDD/Kronen Zeitung[14]	4–9 Oct 2021	1,000	45	13	11	9	16	–	–	–	6	29
Triple M Matzka/W24[14]	19–27 Aug 2021	1,004	45	15	11	11	15	–	–	–	3	30
Peter Hajek/SPÖ Wien[14]	16–20 Jul 2021	800	45	16	10	9	15	–	–	–	5	29
Triple M Matzka/W24[14]	27 May–4 Jun 2021	1,018	46	15	11	11	13	–	–	–	4	31
IFDD/Kronen Zeitung[14]	15–22 Apr 2021	803	46	16	9	10	14	–	–	–	5	30
Triple M Matzka/W24[14]	26 Mar–5 Apr 2021	1,014	46	16	11	11	13	–	–	–	3	30
Research Affairs/TZ Österreich[14]	6–8 Apr 2021	500	45	17	9	10	13	–	–	–	6	28
Unique Research/SPÖ Wien[14]	19–25 Feb 2021	800	46	19	9	9	12	–	–	–	5	27
Triple M Matzka/W24[14]	5–14 Jan 2021	1,009	44	18	12	9	12	–	–	–	5	26
OGM/Kurier[14]	18–19 Nov 2020	800	43	19	13	10	8	–	–	–	7[b]	24
2020 state election	11 Oct 2020	–	41.6	20.4	14.8	7.5	7.1	2.1[a]	1.8	–	4.5[c]	21.2

Projected turnout

• 68 % (stating that "I will certainly vote.") - ORF/Foresight
• 70 % (stating that "I will certainly vote.") - oe24.at/Market-Lazarsfeld

Sources: https://wien.orf.at/stories/3302404/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjfFoRSRJs

Results

2025 Viennese state election

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	268,514	39.38	–2.24	43	–3
	Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)	138,761	20.35	+13.24	22	+14
	The Greens – The Green Alternative (GRÜNE)	98,995	14.52	–0.28	15	–1
	NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS)	68,152	10.00	+2.53	10	+2
	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)	65,820	9.65	–10.78	10	–12
	Communist Party of Austria and LINKS (KPÖ)	27,657	4.06	+2.00	0	0
	Team HC Strache – Alliance for Austria (HC)	7,533	1.10	–2.17	0	0
	Social Austria of the Future (SÖZ)	5,737	0.84	–0.36	0	0
	Pro23 (PRO)	525	0.08	+0.03	0	0
	Plattform Obdachlos (HERZ)	114	0.02	new	0	0
Total		681,808	100.00	–	100	0
Valid votes		681,808	97.91	–0.20
Invalid/blank votes		14,537	2.09	+0.20
Total votes		696,345	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,109,936	62.74	–2.53
Source: Viennese Government (Results tables) Viennese Government (Press release of the official certified results)

• Party strength by administrative district
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  SPÖ
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  FPÖ
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  ÖVP
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  Greens
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  NEOS

Notes

1. as LINKS
2. HC: 3 %
3. HC: 3.3 %