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Viennese Local Council 2001


The election of the local council of Vienna led to a massive gain in votes for the SPÖ (+7,76%), a remarkable gain in votes for the Greens (+4,5%) and heavy losses for the FPÖ (-7,78%). The ÖVP won 1,13%. The Liberals lost 4,52% and dropped out of both the state parliament and the local council.

On the evening of the Viennese local council elections, the Institute for Social Research and Analysis (SORA) calculated the following voter transitions from the national election in 1999 to the election of the local council. An analysis of voter transitions from the Viennese local council elections in 1996 to the one in 2001 using these calculation methods, was not possible due to numerous changes in Viennese voting communities.

Voter Transition Analysis

Of all parties, the SPÖ (Social Democrats) kept and accordingly mobilised most of her voters (82%). In addition they gained one fifth (19%) of all Viennese FPÖ voters of 1999, namely 39.000 votes.

At the same time the SPÖ gained 13% Green voters of 1999 and 13% Liberal voters - in sum 18.000 votes. Thus the SPÖ rather successfully attracted votes of different political parties. They, however, lost 33.000 votes, which is about one tenth of voters of 1999, to the non voters and could only gain 12.000 votes of former non voters in turn.

The FPÖ (Freedom Party) lost 39.000 votes to the SPÖ and 58.000 votes by abstention from voting. That means, that more than each fourth Austrian, who voted for the FPÖ at the national election in 1999 didn't go to the election. The fallen voter turnout was mainly traced back to the abstention of former FPÖ voters from voting. Though the FPÖ could gain 11% of former ÖVP voters and 5% of former SPÖ voters, her massive losses couldn't be compensated.

Even though the ÖVP (People's Party) lost votes to the FPÖ she won SPÖ voters and former non voters and thereby gained a small plus.

The Greens owed their increase in votes to the dissolution of the Liberals: they could attract about one third of Liberal voters of 1999.

Only just one fourth (23%) Liberal voters of 1999 voted again for the Liberals at the election of the local council. One third voted for the Greens, 13% each voted for the SPÖ and the ÖVP and 16% didn't go to the election. In return the Liberals gained only 5000 votes from the Greens, 2000 each from SPÖ and FPÖ and 3000 from the ÖVP - all in all too little to ensure her position within both the state parliament and the local council.

Table 1: Vote Migration at the election of the local council 2001, absolute figures in 1000 votes

 

SPÖ '01

FPÖ '01

ÖVP '01

Greens '01

LIF '01

Others '01

Non voters '01

Total '99

SPÖ '99

249

14

6

1

2

1

33

305

FPÖ '99

39

95

4

2

2

0

58

200

ÖVP '99

4

15

87

4

3

0

25

137

Greens '99

11

1

4

50

5

0

12

83

LIF '99

7

1

7

19

13

0

9

56

Others '99

10

4

2

4

0

1

4

25

Non voters '99

12

14

12

9

0

1

254

303

Total '01

332

143

122

88

25

4

395

1.109

E.g.: 249.000 SPÖ voters of 1999 voted again for the SPÖ, 14.000 for the FPÖ, 6.000 for the ÖVP and so on.

Table 2: Vote flow at the election of the local council in 2001, figures in percent

 

SPÖ '01

FPÖ '01

ÖVP '01

Greens '01

LIF '01

Others '01

Non voters '01

Total '99

SPÖ '99

82%

5%

2%

0%

1%

0%

11%

100%

FPÖ '99

19%

47%

2%

1%

1%

0%

29%

100%

ÖVP '99

3%

11%

63%

3%

2%

0%

18%

100%

Greens '99

13%

1%

4%

60%

6%

0%

15%

100%

LIF '99

13%

1%

13%

34%

23%

0%

16%

100%

Others '99

39%

16%

10%

14%

0%

5%

16%

100%

Non voters '99

4%

5%

4%

3%

0%

0%

84%

100%

 

30%

13%

11%

8%

2%

0%

36%

100%

E.g.: 82% of the SPÖ voters of 1999 voted for the SPÖ again, 5% for the FPÖ, 2% for the ÖVP and so on.