Vienna Election: Deadline for Election Proposals Expires on Friday

The deadline for submitting election proposals ends on Friday (February 28). Both constituency and district lists must then have been received by the authorities. What is merely a formality for the established parties represented in the city hall or districts is associated with stress for all others. Because they need sufficient signatures.

Different regulations apply at the state and district levels. At least 100 signatures are required at the municipal level for the respective constituencies, and 50 per district for the district councils. Parties already represented in the municipal council or in the districts, on the other hand, can forgo soliciting supporters.

If a party wants to run throughout Vienna, it needs signatures in all constituencies. There is a small change this year. The constituencies Hernals and Währing have been merged. The new constituency is called "North-West".

A few days after February 28, another deadline will expire: By March 3, the so-called city election proposals for the municipal council can be submitted. Through these state lists, mandates ("remaining mandates") in the municipal council are assigned to those parties in the so-called second determination procedure.

Thus, those seats are allocated that have not already been distributed through basic mandates in the constituencies. However, only groups that have cleared the hurdle for entry are considered here. This is the case if they receive at least 5 percent of the votes throughout Vienna.

Who is expected to be on the ballots will be announced on Friday. The deadline ends at 1:00 PM. In the late afternoon or early evening, the town hall will likely inform about the submitted election proposals. Who is ultimately allowed to run will only be formally confirmed in the following days. This is because the election proposals are still being reviewed by the city election authority and the district election authorities.

Some parties have already provided information on the status of things. For example, former FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache reported that it could be "damn close" for him to gather the necessary signatures in all constituencies. The electoral alliance of KPÖ and LINKS, on the other hand, announced today, Tuesday, that they have collected the necessary declarations of support for all 17 municipal council constituencies as well as for all 23 district council elections.

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