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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Election Sunday.

Today, parliamentary elections took place in Austria and full of excitement I'm listening to the latest news on the radio (thank God you can listen to Austrian radio stations via internet). My favoured party, the Green Party, has gained about one percent and thereby accomplished its goal of getting more than 10%. Hooray!
The results you see in the image are not the final results yet: firstly, as of yet still 2% of the casted ballots remain uncounted and secondly, because absentee ballots will only be counted in a week.
So the final results of today's elections will be available next week. However, big changes are not very likely. The Green Party might still overtake the Freedom Party but that's quite unlikely too, because with 0,7% the distance between those two parties is quite large.
So, it's the People's Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Freedom Party, the Green Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria that will constitute the Austrian Nationalrat.
Which parties will then actually form the Austrian government for the next four years, is normally decided within the next month. This time it might not go so smoothly though. We'll see...

2 Comments:

  • The Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs have a share of power? fuck. I definitely won't be going to austria anytime soon.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Monday, 02 October, 2006  

  • I don't approve of the FPÖ policies as well but, hey! It's quite likely that they'll have to stay in opposition this time!

    By Blogger Global Bernie, at Tuesday, 03 October, 2006  

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