2023-10-15 04:38:04
The ÖVP, SPÖ and Freedom Party are currently tied on the Sunday question for the EU elections on June 9th. As a survey by the Institute for Demoscopy & Data Analysis (IFDD) for the APA – Austria Press Agency showed, all three parties would get 25 percent if the European Parliament were elected next Sunday. The Greens currently won 14 percent of the vote, the NEOS 8 percent.
The survey was conducted October 1-4. Those eligible to vote in the EU elections aged 16 and over were surveyed. In the Sunday question, 837 respondents declared themselves, which means a fluctuation range of plus/minus 3.4 percent.
As of today, the outcome of the election would be open. While the 25 percent would mean a massive loss for the People’s Party, which received 34.6 percent of the vote in the 2019 election, the SPÖ and FPÖ might be happy regarding a gain – the Social Democrats would have a slight gain, as they won in the last one EU election 23.9 percent. On the other hand, the 25 percent for the Freedom Party would represent a large increase. In 2019 – immediately following the Ibiza video became known – they received 17.2 percent of the votes.
At 14 percent, the Greens would achieve exactly their result from 2019 (14.1 percent). And at 8 percent, the NEOS would also be roughly where they ended up in 2019 (8.4 percent).
While Andreas Schieder and Harald Vilimsky appear to be the top candidates for the SPÖ and FPÖ, the ÖVP, “the big election loser at this moment,” is still “headless,” commented IFDD managing director Christoph Haselmayer. A decision must be made here soon if we want to continue competing for first place in the EU elections, said Haselmayer. In August, ÖVP leader Karl Nehammer promised a decision on this issue by the end of the year. And for the Greens and NEOS, too, it will be crucial who goes into the election contest as the front woman or front man, said Haselmayer.
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