There was some rare good news for Austria’s Social Democrats (SPO) as they turned in an excellent performance in the regional election in Kaernten (Carinthia) yesterday. With nearly 48 per cent of the votes the SPO came within a whisker of an absolute majority in the parliament in Klagenfurt, close to the southern border with […]
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Election result: Tirol regional parliament 2018
There was comfort for all three of Austria’s main parties in today’s regional election in the Tirol, with gains in vote share for national ruling coalition partners the People’s Party (OVP) and Freedom Party (FPO) as well the main opposition Social Democrats (SPO). With 44 per cent of the votes, the OVP adds a second […]
Lower Austria vote is first test for Kurz
Voters will go to the polls a week today in Austria’s largest region, Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria) in what will be the first electoral test for the new coalition government in Vienna led by Sebastian Kurz of the OVP (Austrian People’s Party). This will be the first in a series of regional elections in the Alpine […]
Steady start to 2018 for Austria’s new coalition
Today’s poll for Oesterreich by Research Affairs is the first national survey of the year – and shows the new OVP–FPO coalition government making a solid start. There is little movement in support among the parties, with all but the scandal-hit Pilz list still scoring within one percentage point of their 15 October election results. […]
Pilz backing halves after allegations as Austria voters approve OVP-FPO coalition
The first national poll in Austria since parliamentary elections nearly four weeks ago is released tonight. Voting intentions have moved little in the Research Affairs survey for Oesterreich, with the exception of the list of Peter Pilz, the former Green politician who won eight seats in Vienna. After Pilz sensationally resigned his seat following sexual […]
Election result: Austrian Parliament 2017
Austria’s centre-right People’s Party (OVP) achieved its expected victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday. Provisional final results, published only this morning after the counting of an unprecedented number of postal votes, showed Sebastian Kurz’s rebranded party winning 31.5 per cent of the vote, up 7.5 points from 2013 and enough to gain 15 extra seats […]