2010 Austrian presidential election

none September 2022 2010 Austrian presidential election Austria state presidential no 2004 Austrian presidential election 2004 2016 Austrian presidential election 2016 yes 2010 04 25 53.57% 130x130px Heinz Fischer 2012 (cropped) (cropped).jpg Heinz Fischer Independentind The President of Austria traditionally resigns from party membership after taking office. Although Fischer was officially an independent, his campaign was endorsed and funded by Social Democratic Party of Austria. FF0000 2,508,373 79.33% Barbara Rosenkranz (cropped).jpg Barbara Rosenkranz Freedom Party of Austria 481,923 15.24% Rudolf Gehring CPÖ cropped (cropped).jpg Rudolf Gehring Christian Party of Austria 171,668 5.43% 2010 Austrian presidential election.svg President Heinz Fischer Independent (SPÖ) Heinz Fischer Independent (SPÖ) Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2010,http://www.salzburg.com/online/7mal24/aktuell/Fischer-kandidiert-fuer-zweite-Amtszeit.html?article=eGMmOI8VdICFv2WnLJLamXN6M4RBlSXzlcfsP0r&img=&text=&mode=& Fischer kündigt Kandidatur per Video an 23 November 2009 25 April 2010 Salzburger Nachrichten https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235524/http://www.salzburg.com/online/7mal24/aktuell/Fischer-kandidiert-fuer-zweite-Amtszeit.html?article=eGMmOI8VdICFv2WnLJLamXN6M4RBlSXzlcfsP0r&img=&text=&mode=& 20 July 2011 dead 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. Voter turnout was a historic low of 54%. 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.http://derstandard.at/1256745420089/Fischer-kandidiert-erneut Fischer kandidiert erneut 23 November 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard 28 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100228060129/http://derstandard.at/1256745420089/Fischer-kandidiert-erneut live According to a 27 June 2009, Gallup poll for the newspaper Österreich, Fischer had a job approval rating of 80%.http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Fischer_bei_Praesidenten-Frage_in_Front_0486150.ece Fischer bei Präsidenten-Frage in Front 27 June 2009 25 April 2010 oe24.at 29 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090629222032/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Fischer_bei_Praesidenten-Frage_in_Front_0486150.ece live 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.Quinn, Kathryn http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4082&Alias=wzo&cob=444218 Pröll will not run for presidency 13 October 2009 25 April 2010 Wiener Zeitung Leitl and former governor of Styria Waltraud Klasnic also declined a presidential run.http://derstandard.at/1254312026461/Klasnic-will-nicht-VP-Kandidatin-werden Klasnic will nicht VP-Kandidatin werden 21 October 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185659/http://derstandard.at/1254312026461/Klasnic-will-nicht-VP-Kandidatin-werden live On 25 February 2010, the People's Party announced that it would not nominate a candidate, and would not officially support any candidate.http://derstandard.at/1266541375748/Bundespraesident-OeVP-ueberlaesst-Fischer-die-Hofburg-kampflos ÖVP überlässt Fischer die Hofburg kampflos 24 February 2010 25 April 2010 Der Standard https://web.archive.org/web/20100501092225/http://derstandard.at/1266541375748/Bundespraesident-OeVP-ueberlaesst-Fischer-die-Hofburg-kampflos 1 May 2010 live 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.http://kurier.at/nachrichten/1927505.php Hier stimmt etwas nicht 25 April 2010 Kurier dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091006030710/http://www.kurier.at/nachrichten/1927505.php 6 October 2009 http://derstandard.at/1245820154369/Bundespraesidentenwahl-FPOe-stellt-Kandidaten-auf FPÖ stellt Kandidaten auf 26 June 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard 30 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090630074839/http://derstandard.at/1245820154369/Bundespraesidentenwahl-FPOe-stellt-Kandidaten-auf livehttp://derstandard.at/1244460960335/FPOe-Organisationen-uebergeben-Unterschriften-an-Graf FPÖ-Organisationen übergeben Unterschriften an Graf 18 June 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard 21 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090621132529/http://derstandard.at/1244460960335/FPOe-Organisationen-uebergeben-Unterschriften-an-Graf live 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.http://news.orf.at/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.orf.at%2Fticker%2F351960.html Zeitung: Rosenkranz soll für FPÖ/FPK um Hofburg kämpfen 25 April 2010 news.ORF.at 18 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718111029/http://news.orf.at/?href=http:%2F%2Fnews.orf.at%2Fticker%2F351960.html live 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.http://orf.at/?href=http%3A%2F%2Forf.at%2Fticker%2F353116.html Hofburg: FPÖ garantiert Fischer-Gegenkandidaten 25 April 2010 news.ORF.at 11 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611192212/http://orf.at/?href=http:%2F%2Forf.at%2Fticker%2F353116.html live On 28 February 2010, Strache announced in the Kronen Zeitung that the Freedom Party would nominate Barbara Rosenkranz as its presidential candidate.http://www.krone.at/krone/S32/object_id__187536/hxcms/index.html Strache schickt Rosenkranz ins Rennen um Hofburg 27 February 2010 25 April 2010 Kronen Zeitung 2 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100302205023/http://www.krone.at/krone/S32/object_id__187536/hxcms/index.html live 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.http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/BZOe-Streit_um_Claudia_Haider_0483218.ece BZÖ-Streit um Claudia Haider 22 June 2009 25 April 2010 oe24.at 27 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090727022954/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/BZOe-Streit_um_Claudia_Haider_0483218.ece livehttp://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Haiders-Witwe-kandidiert-nicht-0514866.ece Haiders Witwe kandidiert nicht 17 August 2009 25 April 2010 oe24.at 22 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922050308/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Haiders-Witwe-kandidiert-nicht-0514866.ece live 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".http://derstandard.at/1267131863958/BZOe-Wahlkampf-um-600000-Euro-moeglich BZÖ: Wahlkampf um 600.000 Euro möglich 26 February 2010 25 April 2010 Der Standard 1 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100301224523/http://derstandard.at/1267131863958/BZOe-Wahlkampf-um-600000-Euro-moeglich live 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.http://derstandard.at/1267132052800/Rueckzug-BZOe-schickt-niemanden-ins-Rennen BZÖ schickt niemanden ins Rennen 1 March 2010 25 April 2010 Der Standard https://web.archive.org/web/20100508001842/http://derstandard.at/1267132052800/Rueckzug-BZOe-schickt-niemanden-ins-Rennen 8 May 2010 live 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.http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/101213.html?filter=3 Archived copy 18 January 2009 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042252/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/101213.html?filter=3 dead 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.http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/108140.html?filter=3 Seite nicht gefunden 25 April 2010 Ö1 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042832/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/108140.html?filter=3 live 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.http://derstandard.at/1252037015584/Bundespraesident-Gruene-ueber-eigenen-Kandidaten-unschluessig Grüne über eigenen Kandidaten unschlüssig 10 September 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard 24 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091124154811/http://derstandard.at/1252037015584/Bundespraesident-Gruene-ueber-eigenen-Kandidaten-unschluessig livehttp://derstandard.at/1256745427688/Gruene-Entscheidung-Van-der-Bellen-tritt-nicht-an Van der Bellen tritt nicht an 23 November 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard https://web.archive.org/web/20100402092826/http://derstandard.at/1256745427688/Gruene-Entscheidung-Van-der-Bellen-tritt-nicht-an 2 April 2010 live On 25 February 2010, the Greens announced they wanted to concentrate on state elections and would not nominate a candidate.Prior, Thomas Pink, Oliver amp http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/542552/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/index.do Hofburg: Parteiinterne Kritik an ÖVP-Verzicht 25 February 2010 25 April 2010 Die Presse 18 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211118090421/https://www.diepresse.com/542552/hofburg-parteiinterne-kritik-an-ovp-verzicht?_vl_backlink=%2Fhome%2Findex.do live 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.http://www.gruene.at/topstories/artikel/lesen/60946/ Bundespräsidentschaft: Grüne empfehlen offiziell Wahl Fischers 12 April 2010 25 April 2010 The Greens – The Green Alternative https://web.archive.org/web/20100417224820/http://www.gruene.at/topstories/artikel/lesen/60946/ 17 April 2010 dead Christian Party of Austria The Christian Party nominated its chairman Rudolf Gehring as a presidential candidate.http://derstandard.at/1259281230069/Gehring-Christen-Partei-stellt-Kandidaten-auf Christen-Partei stellt Kandidaten auf 4 December 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard 10 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100210192736/http://derstandard.at/1259281230069/Gehring-Christen-Partei-stellt-Kandidaten-auf live On 25 March 2010, they announced they had gathered the necessary number signatures to run for president.http://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/2320734/drei-kandidaten-rittern-um-hoechstes-amt-staat.story Drei Kandidaten rittern um h chstes Amt im Staat > Kleine Zeitung 25 March 2010 27 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100327073739/http://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/2320734/drei-kandidaten-rittern-um-hoechstes-amt-staat.story live 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.http://derstandard.at/1233586845626 Martin Wabl will sich wieder bewerben 6 February 2009 25 April 2010 Der Standard 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.http://derstandard.at/1267132010108/Habsburg-Kandidatur-Zuversicht-fuer-Unterstuetzungserklaerungen Zuversicht für Unterstützungserklärungen 1 March 2010 25 April 2010 Der Standard 4 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100304134109/http://derstandard.at/1267132010108/Habsburg-Kandidatur-Zuversicht-fuer-Unterstuetzungserklaerungen live None of these candidates obtained the 6000 signatures necessary to run for president. The signatures submitted were:http://kurier.at/nachrichten/1989438.php "Sehr schönes Ergebnis" für Heinz Fischer 25 April 2010 Kurier https://web.archive.org/web/20100331135720/http://kurier.at/nachrichten/1989438.php 31 March 2010 dead Fischer: 45,000 signatures Rosenkranz: 10,500 signatures Gehring: 8,000 signatures 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. http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2010/Wahlberechtigte_E.aspx Bundespräsidentenwahl 2010 – endgültige Zahl der Wahlberechtigten de Federal Ministry of the Interior 30 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100428221806/http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2010/Wahlberechtigte_E.aspx 28 April 2010 live Total number of eligible voters by state: Burgenland: 231,257 Carinthia: 447,679 Lower Austria: 1,267,379 Upper Austria: 1,092,760 Salzburg: 391,142 Styria: 973,009 Tyrol: 530,265 Vorarlberg: 265,026 Vienna: 1,157,283 Opinion polls Social Democrats v. Freedom Party v. Christian Party Source Date Social Democrats Freedom Party Christian Party Undecided Karmasin/Profil 17 April 2010 Heinz Fischer – 82% Barbara Rosenkranz – 13% Rudolf Gehring – 5% — Market/Standard 16 April 2010 Heinz Fischer – 60% Barbara Rosenkranz – 15% Rudolf Gehring – 4% 21% Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20100420075659/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Umfrage-17--waehlen-weiss-0690005.ece 20 April 2010 16 April 2010 Heinz Fischer – 80% Barbara Rosenkranz – 16% Rudolf Gehring – 4% — Gallup/Österreich 9 April 2010 Heinz Fischer – 82% Barbara Rosenkranz – 14% Rudolf Gehring – 4% — Karmasin/Profil 9 April 2010 Heinz Fischer – 82% Barbara Rosenkranz – 12% Rudolf Gehring – 6% — Market/Standard 1 April 2010 Heinz 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 2010 Heinz Fischer – 80% Barbara Rosenkranz – 13% 7% Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20100331194347/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Nur-mehr-136-Prozent-fuer-Rosenkranz-0675700.ece 31 March 2010 27 March 2010 Heinz Fischer – 86% Barbara Rosenkranz – 14% — OGM/News 17 March 2010 Heinz Fischer – 81% Barbara Rosenkranz – 19% — Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20100317184107/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Rosenkranz-faellt-unter-20--Marke-0663956.ece 17 March 2010 12 March 2010 Heinz Fischer – 84% Barbara Rosenkranz – 16% — Market/Standard 5 March 2010 Heinz Fischer – 65% Barbara Rosenkranz – 17% 18% OGM/News 3 March 2010 Heinz Fischer – 74% Barbara Rosenkranz – 26% — Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20100303173239/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Rosenkranz-tritt-bei-Hofburg-Wahl-an-0653091.ece 3 March 2010 27 February 2010 Heinz Fischer – 79% Barbara Rosenkranz – 21% — Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20100303173239/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Rosenkranz-tritt-bei-Hofburg-Wahl-an-0653091.ece 3 March 2010 27 February 2010 Heinz 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 2009 Heinz Fischer – 62% Erwin Pröll – 20% 18% Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20090629222032/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Fischer_bei_Praesidenten-Frage_in_Front_0486150.ece 29 June 2009 27 June 2009 Heinz Fischer – 62% Erwin Pröll – 25% 13% OGM/News 25 June 2009 Heinz Fischer – 53% Erwin Pröll – 30% 17% Market/Standard 25 June 2009 Heinz Fischer – 54% Erwin Pröll – 30% 16% Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20090415082436/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Fischer_entscheidet_nach_dem_Sommer_0448359.ece 15 April 2009 4 April 2009 Heinz Fischer – 67% Erwin Pröll – 18% 15% All parties Source Date Social Democrats People's Party Freedom Party Greens Alliance Undecided Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20090918133922/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Hartes-Match-ums-erste-Amt-0510030.ece 18 September 2009 9 August 2009 Heinz Fischer – 50% Erwin Pröll – 24% Martin Graf – 3% Alexander Van der Bellen – 8% Claudia Haider – 4% 11% Gallup/Österreich https://web.archive.org/web/20090629222032/http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Fischer_bei_Praesidenten-Frage_in_Front_0486150.ece 29 June 2009 27 June 2009 Heinz Fischer – 51% Erwin Pröll – 17% Heinz-Christian Strache – 8% Alexander Van der Bellen – 9% Claudia Haider – 5% 10% Results Heinz Fischer beat Barbara Rosenkranz by scoring 79.3% of the vote. http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2010/Ergebnis.aspx Bundespräsidentenwahl 2010 de Federal Ministry of the Interior 30 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100429090253/http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_wahlen/bundespraes/bpw_2010/Ergebnis.aspx 29 April 2010 live Rosenkranz received 15.2%. Rudolf Gehring came third by scoring 5.4%. Opinion polls had placed Fischer in a good position on the day of the election.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/25/c_13266842.htm Austria holds presidential election 25 April 2010 25 April 2010 Xinhua News Agency 10 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610002708/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/25/c_13266842.htm dead Fischer thanked the nation on television: "I am extremely happy and thank the Austrian population for having so much confidence in me".https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/austrian-president-cruises-to-2nd-term-1.898337 Austrian president cruises to 2nd term 25 April 2010 25 April 2010 CBC News 26 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126015954/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/austrian-president-cruises-to-2nd-term-1.898337 live Poor voter turnout – only 53.6% voted – led again to calls by leaders for the post to be abolished.Scally, Derek http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0426/1224269091601.html Poor turnout gives Fischer hollow re-election victory 26 April 2010 26 April 2010 The Irish Times 17 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101117132505/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0426/1224269091601.html live Heinz Fischer Independent (SPÖ) 2508373 Barbara Rosenkranz Freedom Party of Austria 481923 Rudolf Gehring Christian Party of Austria 171668 242682 6355800 Federal Ministry for the Interior By state StateHeinz FischerBarbara RosenkranzRudolf GehringElectorateVotesValid votes Invalid votes Burgenland104,55320,5667,174231,257148,272132,29315,979Lower Austria534,583116,52035,7621,267,379759,052686,86572,187Wien415,74771,12416,9731,157,283534,408503,84430,564Kärnten140,80639,89011,211447,679207,876191,90715,969Steiermark315,03864,35923,681973,009430,126403,07827,048Upper Austria417,34080,98430,5401,092,760569,877528,86441,013Salzburg136,81127,92611,137391,142188,881175,87413,007Tirol152,35924,42911,646530,265196,079188,4347,645Vorarlberg70,7717,0789,383265,02690,83087,2323,598Source: European Election Database https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200112/http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webview/index.jsp?study=http%3A%2F%2F129.177.90.166%3A80%2Fobj%2FfStudy%2FFIREF1994_Display&node=0&mode=cube&v=2&cube=http%3A%2F%2F129.177.90.166%3A80%2Fobj%2FfCube%2FFIREF1994_Display_C1&top=yes 24 June 2021 Notes ind References External links Heinz Fischer Campaign Website Barbara Rosenkranz Campaign Website https://web.archive.org/web/20161125142140/http://www.barbara-rosenkranz.at/ 25 November 2016 Rudolf Gehring Campaign Website NSD: European Election Database – Austria https://web.archive.org/web/20150224082219/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/austria/ 24 February 2015 Austria President Category:Presidential elections in Austria Presidential