Austrian presidential election, 2010

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Austrian presidential election, 2010
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Candidate Heinz Fischer Barbara Rosenkranz Rudolf Gehring
Party Independent FPÖ Christian Party
Alliance SPÖ
Home state Styria Lower Austria Lower Austria
Popular vote2,508,373 481,923 171,668
Percentage79.3% 15.2% 5.4%
President before election

Heinz Fischer
Independent

Elected President

Heinz Fischer
Independent

The Austrian presidential election took place on 25 April 2010. [1] It was the twelfth election of an Austrian head of state since 1951. The candidates were President Heinz Fischer (independent, formerly SPÖ), Barbara Rosenkranz (FPÖ) and Rudolf Gehring (CPÖ). Heinz Fischer won with just under 80% of the valid votes. The turnout was on the historic low of about 54%.

Austria Federal republic in Central Europe

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising 9 federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly 9 million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.

Heinz Fischer eleventh President of Austria

Heinz Fischer is a former Austrian politician. He took office as President of Austria on 8 July 2004 and was re-elected for a second and last term on 25 April 2010, leaving office on 8 July 2016. Fischer previously served as minister of science from 1983 to 1987 and as president of the National Council of Austria from 1990 to 2002. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), he suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency.

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Candidates

Social Democratic Party of Austria

Incumbent President Heinz Fischer (independent, former member of the Social Democratic Party) announced on 23 November 2009 that he will seek a second term. [2] According to a 27 June 2009, Gallup poll for the newspaper Österreich, Fischer had a job approval rating of 80%. [3]

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent.

Social Democratic Party of Austria one of the oldest political parties in Austria

The Social Democratic Party of Austria is a social-democratic political party in Austria and alongside with the People's Party one of the country's two traditional major parties.

Österreich is a national Austrian daily newspaper, based in Vienna.

Austrian People's Party

There were rumours that the candidate of the Austrian People's Party would be either Governor of Lower Austria Erwin Pröll or president of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl. On 13 October 2009 Pröll announced that he would not run for the Presidency and that he would remain Governor of Lower Austria. [4] Leitl and former governor of Styria Waltraud Klasnic also declined a presidential run. [5] On 25 February 2010, the People's Party announced that it would not nominate a candidate, and would not officially support any candidate. [6]

Austrian Peoples Party conservative political party in Austria

The Austrian People's Party is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was founded immediately following the reestablishment of the Republic of Austria in 1945 and since then has been one of the two largest Austrian political parties with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). In federal governance, the ÖVP has spent most of the postwar era in a grand coalition with the SPÖ. Most recently, it has been junior partner in a coalition government with the SPÖ since 2007. However, the ÖVP won the 2017 election, having the greatest number of seats and formed a coalition with the national-conservative Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Its chairman Sebastian Kurz is the youngest Chancellor in Austrian history.

Lower Austria State of Austria

Lower Austria is the northeasternmost of the nine states of Austria. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been St. Polten, the most recently designated capital in Austria. Previously, Lower Austria's capital was Vienna, even though Vienna has not officially been part of Lower Austria since 1921. With a land area of 19,186 km2 (7,408 sq mi) and a population of 1.612 million people, Lower Austria is the country's largest state; it is the second most populous after the federal state of Vienna.

Erwin Pröll Austrian politician, governor of Lower Austria

Erwin Pröll (born 24 December 1946 in Ziersdorf-Radlbrunn is an Austrian conservative politician. From 1992 to 2017, he was the Governor of Lower Austria.

Freedom Party of Austria

The Freedom Party announced in June 2009 that it would definitely field a candidate "to prevent Fischer['s reelection]". Possible candidates mentioned included Martin Graf, Norbert Steger, Siegfried Dillersberger, Norbert Gugerbauer, Dieter Böhmdorfer and Wilhelm Brauneder. [7] [8] [9] After the Carinthian branch of the Alliance for the Future of Austria broke away to re-unite with the Freedom Party, it was rumoured that Barbara Rosenkranz would be their candidate. [10] In early January 2010, Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the Freedom Party, guaranteed that the party would nominate a candidate to assure that Fischer would not run unopposed. [11] On 28 February 2010, Strache announced in the Kronen Zeitung that the Freedom Party would nominate Barbara Rosenkranz as its presidential candidate. [12]

Freedom Party of Austria political party in Austria

The Freedom Party of Austria is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. The party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, is a member of the Europe of Nations and Freedom group in the European Parliament, as well as of the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom.

Martin Graf is an Austrian politician. He is a member of the Freedom Party of Austria and former third president of the Austrian Parliament.

Norbert Steger is an Austrian lawyer and former politician for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). He was the FPÖ party leader from 1980 to 1986, and Vice Chancellor and Minister of Commerce of Austria from 1983 to 1987.

Alliance for the Future of Austria

Alliance for the Future of Austria leader Josef Bucher and General Secretary Stefan Petzner voiced their support for a presidential candidacy of Claudia Haider, widow of former Alliance leader Jörg Haider, by inviting the Greens and the Freedom Party to form a non-partisan committee. Carinthia Governor Gerhard Dörfler spoke out against such a candidacy, because he "wouldn't like to join forces with Heinz-Christian Strache's [Freedom Party]", but nonetheless said that Claudia Haider would be a "good candidate, who could finance her campaign on her own". On 17 August, Haider announced that she would not run for president. [13] [14] On 26 February 2010, Bucher said that he might run as a candidate for his party, because "he could appeal to [People's Party] voters". [15] On 1 March 2010, the Alliance announced that Bucher would not stand as a candidate, as the odds were clearly against him and they did not want to waste taxpayers' money. [16]

Alliance for the Future of Austria political party

The Alliance for the Future of Austria is a right-wing populist and national conservative political party in Austria.

Josef Bucher Austrian politician

Josef Bucher is an Austrian politician and former leader of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) as well as former Member of Parliament for the party. Divorced with two children, Bucher is a hotel owner.

Stefan Petzner Austrian politician

Stefan Petzner is an Austrian politician. He was a member of the right-wing Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ). Petzner is a former reporter and a student of journalism. Petzner directed the election campaigns in 2006 and 2008. In 2008 Petzner was appointed secretary general of the BZÖ.

The Greens – The Green Alternative

It was expected that former Green Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen might stand in the election, but he stated in January 2009 that if Fischer ran for reelection he would have his support. [17] In June 2009, however, Green party leader Eva Glawischnig stated that the Greens were considering fielding a candidate, and that Van der Bellen would be a very good candidate. [18] By November 2009, there was still no clear decision from the Greens, even though Van der Bellen had ruled out a run for the Presidency on 23 November 2009. [19] [20] On 25 February 2010, the Greens announced they wanted to concentrate on state elections and would not nominate a candidate. [21] After Fischer appeared at an event where the Greens questioned him on a number of issues, with questions submitted by voters via the internet, the Greens on 12 April 2010 officially endorsed his candidacy and called for their voters to vote for him, a first in the party's history. [22]

The Greens – The Green Alternative Green Party of Austria

The Greens – The Green Alternative is a political party in Austria.

Alexander Van der Bellen President of Austria

Alexander Van der Bellen is the current President of Austria. He previously served as a professor of economics at the University of Vienna, and after joining politics, as the spokesman of the Austrian Green Party.

Christian Party of Austria

The Christian Party nominated its chairman Rudolf Gehring as a presidential candidate. [23] On 25 March 2010, they announced they had gathered the necessary number signatures to run for president. [24]

Other candidates

A former judge from eastern Styria, Martin Wabl, who had twice previously tried to run for president, announced on 6 February 2009 that he would run again. [25] Green municipal councillor Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen, as a descendant of the former ruling house of Austria–Hungary incapacitated by constitutional law to run for Austria's presidency, stated that he wanted to test the law at Austria's constitutional court if his candidacy is not permitted. Bernhard Gregor Honemann (nominated by the platform agenda2020.at) also planned to run. [26] None of these candidates obtained the 6000 signatures necessary to run for president. The signatures submitted were: [27]

Voter statistics

According to the federal election commission, 6,355,800 Austrian citizens aged 16+ were eligible to vote in the presidential election. Compared with the 2004 presidential election, the number of eligible voters increased by 324,818, or 5.4% – primarily due to lowering the legal voting age to 16 between the two elections. 3,307,366 women and 3,048,434 men were eligible to vote. [28]

Total number of eligible voters by state:

Results

Heinz Fischer beat Barbara Rosenkranz by scoring 79.3% of the vote. [29] Rosenkranz received 15.2%. [29] Rudolf Gehring came third by scoring 5.4%. [29]

Opinion polls had placed Fischer in a good position on the day of the election. [30]

Fischer thanked the nation on television: "I am extremely happy and thank the Austrian population for having so much confidence in me". [31]

Poor voter turnout - only 53.6% voted [29] - led again to calls by leaders for the post to be abolished. [32]

e  •  d  Summary of the 25 April 2010 Austrian presidential election, 2010 results
Candidates (nominating parties) Votes %
Heinz Fischer (Social Democratic Party of Austria – nominally independent)2,508,37379.33
Barbara Rosenkranz (Freedom Party of Austria)481,92315.24
Rudolf Gehring (Christian Party of Austria)171,6685.43
Valid votes (turnout 53.57%)3,161,964100.00
Invalid votes 242,682 7.13
Total votes 3,404,646 53.57
Eligible voters 6,355,800
Source: Federal Ministry for the Interior

Results by state

State Heinz Fischer Barbara Rosenkranz Rudolf Gehring ElectorateVotes Valid votes Invalid votes
Burgenland 104,55320,5667,174231,257148,272132,29315,979
Lower Austria 534,583116,52035,7621,267,379759,052686,86572,187
Wien 415,74771,12416,9731,157,283534,408503,84430,564
Kärnten 140,80639,89011,211447,679207,876191,90715,969
Steiermark 315,03864,35923,681973,009430,126403,07827,048
Upper Austria 417,34080,98430,5401,092,760569,877528,86441,013
Salzburg 136,81127,92611,137391,142188,881175,87413,007
Tirol 152,35924,42911,646530,265196,079188,4347,645
Vorarlberg 70,7717,0789,383265,02690,83087,2323,598
Source: European Election Database

Opinion polls

Social Democrats v. Freedom Party v. Christian Party

Source Date Social Democrats Freedom Party Christian Party Undecided
Karmasin/Profil 17 April 2010Heinz Fischer – 82% Barbara Rosenkranz – 13% Rudolf Gehring – 5% —
Market/Standard 16 April 2010Heinz Fischer – 60% Barbara Rosenkranz – 15% Rudolf Gehring – 4% 21%
Gallup/Österreich 16 April 2010Heinz Fischer – 80% Barbara Rosenkranz – 16% Rudolf Gehring – 4% —
Gallup/Österreich 9 April 2010Heinz Fischer – 82% Barbara Rosenkranz – 14% Rudolf Gehring – 4% —
Karmasin/Profil 9 April 2010Heinz Fischer – 82% Barbara Rosenkranz – 12% Rudolf Gehring – 6% —
Market/Standard 1 April 2010Heinz Fischer – 71% Barbara Rosenkranz – 13% Rudolf Gehring – 2% 14%

Social Democrats v. Freedom Party

Source Date Social Democrats Freedom Party Undecided
Peter Hajek/ATV 31 March 2010Heinz Fischer – 80% Barbara Rosenkranz – 13% 7%
Gallup/Österreich 27 March 2010Heinz Fischer – 86% Barbara Rosenkranz – 14% —
OGM/News 17 March 2010Heinz Fischer – 81% Barbara Rosenkranz – 19% —
Gallup/Österreich 12 March 2010Heinz Fischer – 84% Barbara Rosenkranz – 16% —
Market/Standard 5 March 2010Heinz Fischer – 65% Barbara Rosenkranz – 17% 18%
OGM/News 3 March 2010Heinz Fischer – 74% Barbara Rosenkranz – 26% —
Gallup/Österreich 27 February 2010Heinz Fischer – 79% Barbara Rosenkranz – 21% —
Gallup/Österreich 27 February 2010Heinz Fischer – 84% Heinz-Christian Strache – 16% —

Social Democrats v. People's Party

Source Date Social Democrats People's Party Undecided
IMAS/Kronen Zeitung 28 June 2009Heinz Fischer – 62% Erwin Pröll – 20% 18%
Gallup/Österreich 27 June 2009Heinz Fischer – 62% Erwin Pröll – 25% 13%
OGM/News 25 June 2009Heinz Fischer – 53% Erwin Pröll – 30% 17%
Market/Standard 25 June 2009Heinz Fischer – 54% Erwin Pröll – 30% 16%
Gallup/Österreich 4 April 2009Heinz Fischer – 67% Erwin Pröll – 18% 15%

All parties

Source Date Social Democrats People's Party Freedom Party Greens Alliance Undecided
Gallup/Österreich 9 August 2009Heinz Fischer – 50% Erwin Pröll – 24% Martin Graf – 3% Alexander Van der Bellen – 8% Claudia Haider – 4% 11%
Gallup/Österreich 27 June 2009Heinz Fischer – 51% Erwin Pröll – 17% Heinz-Christian Strache – 8% Alexander Van der Bellen – 9% Claudia Haider – 5% 10%

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