Alexander Van der Bellen remains Federal President. According to the first projections, it comes to around 56 percent. The Styria results were not quite as good for the incumbent. All communities are counted, Graz saves Van der Bellen the “Absolute”. According to the Sora prognosis, including voting cards, it comes to over 52 percent in Styria.
Fewer votes for Van der Bellen and Dominik Wlazny, more for the candidates from the right-wing spectrum: the results of the federal presidential election in Styria are slightly different than the national average. According to the extrapolation by Sora and ORF, the incumbent has 52.6 percent of the valid votes, followed by Walter Rosenkranz, who has 19.8 percent. Alexander Van der Bellen: 52.6% Walter Rosenkranz: 19.8% Tassilo Wallentin: 9.3% Dominik Wlazny: 7.5% Gerald Grosz: 7.3% Michael Brunner: 2.2% Heinrich Staudinger: 1.3 % Without the polling card forecast, as calculated above, Van der Bellen received 50.8 percent of the votes in Styria. Without the provincial capital he would have missed the “absolute” and ended up with just over 47 percent. In a comparison of the federal states, Styria’s result is currently the second worst for Van der Bellen after Carinthia. Voter turnout in Styria is 65.2 percent. Best result for Van der Bellen in Graz In a comparison of districts, the incumbent did particularly well in the provincial capital of Graz, receiving 64.7 percent of the votes. In Deutschlandsberg he only gets 42.4 percent, in Leibnitz 42.8. Styrian candidate misses his goal The only Styrian candidate in the race, Gerald Grosz, missed his election goal of forcing Alexander Van der Bellen into a runoff election. He sees it as an electoral success that an incumbent had never fared so badly in the Second Republic. Big cheers among the Greens The mood among the Styrian Greens, who met in Graz to see the election results, is particularly good today the Styrian Green Party leader Sandra Krautwaschl and the Deputy Mayor of Graz Judith Schwentner. Governor Drexler congratulated The Styrian Governor also congratulated his preferred candidate Van der Bellen on the election victory. “I am glad that a decision was made in the first ballot. Because stability is particularly important at the moment,” he said. You can read more reactions from state politicians here.
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