FPÖ on record course: 36 percent - SPÖ and ÖVP continue to weaken!

FPÖ on record course: 36 percent - SPÖ and ÖVP continue to weaken!

Österreich - The political landscape of Austria is characterized by significant shifts. In a recent survey by the Institute Insa on behalf of the Express, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) under Herbert Kickl achieved first place with 36 percent and thus remains unchallenged. The SPÖ and the ÖVP, which perform at 20 percent each, are significantly behind the FPÖ. This development shows an almost combined strength of the two major opposition parties, which together only come to 40 percent, which is a clear sign of the political trend in the country, such as , of course, magazine reported.

The number of votes for the SPÖ fell by two percentage points in the last survey while the ÖVP stagnated. The Greens benefit easily and reach nine percent, while the Neos lose a point and fall to eight percent. The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) remains stable at four percent. These results come from an online survey, which was carried out between 19 and 21, 2025 and interviewed 1,000 persons entitled to vote.

Current survey data at a glance

• FPÖ: 36%
• SPÖ: 20%
• ÖVP: 20%
• Greens: 9%
• neos: 8%
• KPÖ: 4%

In addition, another survey by INSA, which took place from February 24th to 26th, 2025, shows similar results. According to this, the FPÖ even achieved a 34 percent share, while the SPÖ was 23 percent. The current coalition under the leadership of Christian Stocker, which includes ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS, remains a relatively stable backing with 54.6 percent of the virtual seats, but also lost in voting, as was to read on PolitPro is.

The political situation is also complicated by the fact that the next National Council election is expected to take place until 2028. At least 92 out of 183 MPs are necessary for government formation, which means that the still governing parties need a majority to stay in office.

overall policy context

The election trend shows that the FPÖ could increase the most with an increase of +5.2 percent. In contrast, the ÖVP loses votes over -6.3 percent. These developments happen in a political climate in which the combination of left -liberal parties continues to have problems to prevail against the dominant rights; The current government parties have a total of 55.2 percent of the vote, whereby the distribution of the MPs is as follows:

Since the next election is in the distance, it remains to be seen how the political forces will develop in Austria. The Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and Chancellor Christian Stocker face the challenge of stabilizing the coalition dynamics and taking into account the will to voters in the coming time. For more detailed information about the current political status and the surveys, interested parties can use Politpro