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42 percent of the votes mean the victory of the Viennese SPÖ and thus probably a continuation for Michael Ludwig in the office of the mayor. Although the fluctuation range of the results is currently still 1.5 percent, the Reds are just as popular even in the worst case as they were in the 2015 election.
As far as the future coalition partner is concerned, the SPÖ is still undecided. For the time being, one could continue to govern with the Greens, or with the ÖVP, which is uncatchable in second place behind the Reds. According to first projections, the Turquoise with Gernot Blümel reached 18.8 percent of the votes and could thus double.
Greens feel confirmed
Just behind the ÖVP are the Greens with 14.1 percent of the vote. This could be the best result the party ever achieved. The head of the Viennese Green Club, David Ellensohn, interprets it as a sign from the Viennese that the “successful coalition should be continued”.
The Neos can rejoice about 1.7 percentage points more than in 2015 and get a total of 7.8 percent of the votes. They too were open to a coalition.
Dominik Nepp and his FPÖ, on the other hand, suffered a heavy loss. Only 7.7 percent of the voters voted for the FPÖ according to the first projection after Heinz-Christian Strache’s departure. That would mean a minus of more than 23.1 percentage points.
According to current projections, the former FP leader and vice chancellor and his team HC will probably not move into Vienna City Hall. Only 3.6 percent of voters ticked “THC” according to the first projection.
Plus 14 mandates for the ÖVP
If one converts preliminary results into mandates, the SPÖ would come to 47 (+3). The FPÖ has only eight seats left in the municipal council, which means a loss of 26 seats. The Greens would come to 15 (+5) seats. The ÖVP, with a plus of 14 seats, would now have 21 seats and the Neos would also get 9 (+4) seats.
— Hector Pascua with reports from orf.at.
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