Austrian Parliamentary Election - Sept. 29

[Tender Branson]

Do you still need to know anything that's important for the election ?



Also, thanks to the 70 voters that took part in the poll on top of the page.

I was only hoping for 50 votes, but good to see it's much more than that.

[Tender Branson]

The Wall Street Journal is out with an article:

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[Tender Branson]

Seen several times in Vienna-Simmering these days (workers district, SPÖ- and FPÖ-stronghold):



"Won. Thanks."



The SPÖ suspects that either the ÖVP or the FPÖ is behind these fake posters and launched charges against "unknown".

[minionofmidas]

KPÖ in front of the Trotzkyites in front of Green. ÖVP last by far. Typical result for a German left wing Greenie, I guess. ;-)

KPÖ way ahead, Pirates second but basically tied with SLP (who?), Greens, Wandl (who?). Then SPÖ, then NEOS. Then BZÖ, actually, then two more who? reactions, then FPÖ, CPÖ, ÖVP, EUAUS behind even the ÖVP.

[Leftbehind]

[SLP >] KPÖ > [Der Wandel >] Grn > SPÖ. The rest hold no appeal.

[Tender Branson]

Vienna will release 10am and 2pm turnout data tomorrow, like in previous federal elections.

[Gustaf]

I did the test and got

1. NEOS
2. EU/AUS
3. WANDL
4. PIRAT
5. GRÜNE
6. BZÖ
7. SPÖ
8. FRANK
9. CPÖ
10. ÖVP
11. FPÖ
12. M
13.  SLP



14. KPÖ

[Tender Branson]

So, the elephant debate on the ORF was a debate without the elephants.

Faymann (SPÖ), Spindelegger (ÖVP) and Stronach (TS) did not come.

Therefore, Eva Glawischnig put a "paper-Faymann" and a "paper-Spindelegger" on the debating table:





In other final debate news, Josef Bucher (BZÖ) was pretty solid, once saying that he's the "living Austrian Statue of Liberty" ...

Maybe he can get some voters back from the ÖVP, TS or FPÖ in the final hours.

You can watch the whole thing here:

http://orf.at/wahl13/video/6784985.html

[Double Carpet]

Many thanks Tender for all the updates.

Do you or anyone else know if the ORF geoblock will be lifted for the election coverage tomorrow?

I did manage to catch some of the Faymann-Strache debate livestreamed on ORF online, so I'm hoping that it may be?

Thanks!

[peterould]

Many thanks Tender for all the updates.

Do you or anyone else know if the ORF geoblock will be lifted for the election coverage tomorrow?

I did manage to catch some of the Faymann-Strache debate livestreamed on ORF online, so I'm hoping that it may be?

Thanks!

Paul,

Just stick ORF tvthek into Google and you'll be fine.

[Leftbehind]

lol Austrian expats in the UK or summit?

[peterould]

lol Austrian expats in the UK or summit?

Pretty much in my case. Bit Austrian, bit British.

[Leftbehind]

I thought we were just naming our preferences above - missed the poll. Usual stipulations apply:

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[jaichind]

When will the polls close?  Any links to live results (websites or TV streaming news)?

[Tender Branson]

Good morning, everyone ! Today is ELECTION DAY in Austria !

Polls have opened in several polling stations already at 6 or 7am, but the vast majority of precincts will open right now at 8am local time.

When will the polls close?  Any links to live results (websites or TV streaming news)?

The polls close at 5pm local time, which is 11am Eastern time.

1st projections will be shown on ORF, PULS 4 and ATV right at 5pm.

The ORF election page is here:

http://orf.at/wahl13

The ORF live stream is here:

http://tvthek.orf.at/live (starts at 4pm)

or here:

http://megatv.to/orf-2

and for ATV here:

http://megatv.to/atv

PULS 4 livestream is only available in Austria.

For official results, you can watch the official page from the Interior Ministry (starts at 5pm):

http://wahl13.bmi.gv.at

Or you can read the Austrian newspapers election coverage:

http://derstandard.at/
http://diepresse.com/
http://kurier.at/
http://www.news.at/
http://www.oe24.at/
http://www.krone.at/
http://www.vol.at/
http://www.tt.com/
http://www.salzburg.com/
http://www.nachrichten.at/
http://www.noen.at/
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/
http://www.kleinezeitung.at/
http://www.heute.at/

Or the TV channels:

http://orf.at/
http://www.puls4.com/
http://atv.at/

...

Plus: I will post updates through the day.

[Tender Branson]

The weather today is just about perfect for voting:

Ca. 15°C, misty, slight rain comes and goes.

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[Tender Branson]

The ORF weather report yesterday evening had a graphic showing historical weather on election days and turnout:



On election days 1995 and 2002, the weather was cloudy and rainy - like today - and turnout was 86% and 84%.

When the weather was more sunny, turnout was not as high (like the 79% in 2008).

[Tender Branson]

The olds are voting ...

[Tender Branson]

The 10am turnout in Vienna is ca. 2% lower than in 2008.

(absentees, which went up, are not included in these figures - so the drop could be misleading)

[Tender Branson]

Faymann and his wife decided to go romantic in the voting precinct:

[Tender Branson]

From the derStandard.at live-ticker:

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[Tender Branson]

Spindelegger (ÖVP) has voted already:





Matthias Strolz (NEOS) has voted too:





Frank Stronach (Team Stronach) as well:

[ZuWo]

So, a new SPÖ/ÖVP coalition is a very likely scenario, and if the two parties fail to get a majority of seats a coalition of SPÖ/ÖVP/Greens is the most probable outcome, isn't it?

[Tender Branson]

So, a new SPÖ/ÖVP coalition is a very likely scenario, and if the two parties fail to get a majority of seats a coalition of SPÖ/ÖVP/Greens is the most probable outcome, isn't it?

According to the polls yes, but remember that the last polls were conducted about 10 days ago !

So, anything is possible, because in the final week more than 20% of voters made up their minds.

Anything from a FPÖ-landslide to a SPÖ victory above 30% is possible. Or that the FPÖ falls below their 2008 result, because of the corruption during 2000-2006.

But you are right, if SPÖVP have no majority on their own, the Greens are likely to help out.

[Tender Branson]

From the Ö24 live ticker:

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Translation: Turnout so far has been higher in some Lower Austrian precincts, lower in some others.