2022 Austrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Austria on 9 October 2022.[1] Current President Alexander Van der Bellen from the Greens was able to run for one more term.[2] About 6.36 million voting-age citizens were eligible to vote.

9 October 2022
Turnout65.19% (Decrease3.31pp)
 
Candidate Alexander Van der Bellen Walter Rosenkranz Dominik Wlazny
Party Greens FPÖ BIER
Popular vote 2,299,590 717,097 337,010
Percentage 56.69% 17.68% 8.31%
 
Candidate Tassilo Wallentin Gerald Grosz
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 327,214 225,942
Percentage 8.07% 5.57%
President before election

Alexander Van der Bellen
Greens

 Elected President

Alexander Van der Bellen
Greens

Final results showed that Van der Bellen was re-elected in the first round with 57% of the vote. Van der Bellen won in all of the 116 administrative districts of Austria.[3][4]

References
  1. red, ORF at/Agenturen (2022-06-26). "9. Oktober: Termin für Hofburg-Wahl steht". news.ORF.at (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  2. "The Federal President". Austrian Embassy Washington. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  3. "Austria elections: Van der Bellen set to win presidential race". Deutsche Welle. 9 October 2022. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. "Re-elected Van der Bellen: "Grateful for avoiding the runoff"". ORF (in German). 9 October 2022. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.



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