Austria opinion polls

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Freedom Party of Austria leads the polling average with 39.2%, 19.3 points ahead of Austrian People's Party.

Average

Updated 34 minutes ago

FPÖFreedom Party of Austria 39.2 +1.1

ÖVPAustrian People's Party 19.9 −0.9

SPÖSocial Democratic Party of Austria 14.0 −1.4

GrüneThe Greens 13.1 +1.0

NEOS 6.8 −0.3

KPÖCommunist Party of Austria 4.3 +0.4

Trend

FPÖÖVPSPÖGrüneNEOSKPÖ

Stances

FPÖÖVPSPÖGrüneNEOSKPÖ

Immigration

ExpandRestrictRemigration

Economy

Free marketState-directed

Christian identity

SecularChristian

Abortion

Broad accessProtect unborn life

Marriage & family

Individual choiceTraditional

National culture

CosmopolitanPreserve heritage

Subsidiarity

CentraliseDevolve

Technology1 unplaced

Light-touchRein in Big Tech

Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology

Why these scores

Immigration

Freedom Party of Austria: 8.5 of 10 2024 programme: 'remigration offensive', end asylum applications in Austria, abolish family reunification, back border pushbacks
Austrian People's Party: 5.5 of 10 Led 2025 suspension of family reunification; wants asylum centres in third countries and tougher citizenship rules
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 4 of 10 In government backed the family reunification pause; favours asylum procedures at EU borders and compulsory integration year
The Greens: 2 of 10 Calls for safe legal escape routes and easier citizenship; opposed suspending family reunification
NEOS: 3.5 of 10 Programme: safe escape routes, lower citizenship hurdles; in government agreed to the family reunification pause
Communist Party of Austria: 1.5 of 10 Wants easier citizenship for working residents; rejects EU asylum pact and third-country processing; asylum for deserters

Economy

Freedom Party of Austria: 4 of 10 Rejects any new taxes and wants lower tax burden, but promises welfare protection limited to citizens
Austrian People's Party: 3.5 of 10 Rejects wealth and inheritance taxes; pledges lower tax burden and non-wage labour cost cuts, budget consolidation
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 6.5 of 10 Babler's programme: millionaire and inheritance taxes, rent caps, bank levy, shorter working week
The Greens: 6 of 10 Proposes taxes on fortunes and inheritances over one million euros and large climate investment programmes
NEOS: 2.5 of 10 Wants lower non-wage labour costs, pension reform with higher retirement age and spending cuts, no new taxes
Communist Party of Austria: 8 of 10 Rent caps, vacancy tax, municipal housing, no privatisation; calls expropriating big landlords a 'legitimate' last resort

Christian identity

Freedom Party of Austria: 5.5 of 10 2024 programme demands crosses in classrooms and Nikolo celebrations in kindergartens; warns of imported Islamism
Austrian People's Party: 5 of 10 ÖVP minister kept denominational religion classes, ethics only for opt-outs; drove 2025 school headscarf ban
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 2 of 10 No church agenda in 2024 programme; in government voted for the under-14 school headscarf ban
The Greens: 2 of 10 Only party to vote against 2025 school headscarf ban, calling it unconstitutional; no church agenda
NEOS: 1.5 of 10 Wants one ethics-and-religions class for all pupils instead of denominational religious education
Communist Party of Austria: 1.5 of 10 No religion policy in its 2024 platforms; Marxist party in the secular tradition, no church agenda

Abortion

Freedom Party of Austria: 4 of 10 Accepts current first-trimester law; opposes public insurance funding; women's spokesperson urges alternatives to abortion
Austrian People's Party: 3.5 of 10 Accepts the 1975 first-trimester law but blocks removing abortion from the criminal code or free public provision
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 1 of 10 2024 programme: free abortion in public hospitals; women's minister Holzleitner seeks removal from criminal code
The Greens: 1 of 10 Former health minister Rauch and party want abortion struck from the criminal code and available free
NEOS: 1.5 of 10 Favours removing abortion from the criminal code while keeping current access rules
Communist Party of Austria: 1 of 10 Supports decriminalising abortion and free provision in public hospitals

Marriage & family

Freedom Party of Austria: 6.5 of 10 Wants two sexes fixed in the constitution, drag-queen ban in schools, childcare years credited to pensions
Austrian People's Party: 5 of 10 2024 programme: generous childcare allowance, choice of home or nursery care, grandparent leave, Family Bonus kept
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 1.5 of 10 Champions marriage equality, LGBTQ protections and universal free childcare from age one
The Greens: 1 of 10 Backed marriage equality, conversion-therapy ban and gender self-determination; all family forms treated equally
NEOS: 1 of 10 Long-standing backer of marriage equality and adoption rights; liberal on gender and family forms
Communist Party of Austria: 1.5 of 10 Supports LGBTQ equality and free public childcare; no traditional family agenda

National culture

Freedom Party of Austria: 8.5 of 10 Programme lists 'homogeneity' as a core value; 'Fortress Austria' framing against mass migration and gender language
Austrian People's Party: 6 of 10 Promotes a 'Leitkultur' integration agenda: mandatory integration programme, values courses, headscarf ban for under-14s
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 3 of 10 In government voted for under-14 headscarf ban and compulsory integration programme; favours integrative German support
The Greens: 1.5 of 10 Civic integration model, language support within regular classes; rejects 'Leitkultur' framing and the headscarf ban
NEOS: 2 of 10 Wants a European passport and EU citizenship; civic integration through schooling, voted for headscarf ban
Communist Party of Austria: 1.5 of 10 Wants easier citizenship for working residents; class and housing focus, no national-identity agenda

Subsidiarity

Freedom Party of Austria: 7.5 of 10 Austria must not take orders from EU, WHO or international courts; wants binding citizen-initiated referendums
Austrian People's Party: 4 of 10 Pro-EU EPP member; defends Austria's federalism and the powers of ÖVP-led state governments
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 3 of 10 Pro-EU, favours common EU asylum and tax rules; accepts current federal structure
The Greens: 2.5 of 10 Favours deeper EU integration on climate, asylum and taxation, with majority voting in the Council
NEOS: 1.5 of 10 2024 EU programme 'Our way to the United States of Europe': end unanimity, EU army, European passport
Communist Party of Austria: 5 of 10 No longer seeks EU exit but opposes EU militarisation and neoliberal rules; defends neutrality

Technology

Freedom Party of Austria: 2.5 of 10 Filed motion 776/A to scrap the under-14 social media ban as censorship; rejects online ID checks
Austrian People's Party: 7 of 10 Digital state secretary Pröll drives under-14 social media ban with mandatory age checks; backed messenger surveillance law
Social Democratic Party of Austria: 7 of 10 Media minister Babler co-authored the under-14 social media ban with fines up to 6% of turnover
The Greens: 5.5 of 10 Backs EU DSA-style platform rules but calls under-14 ban symbolic and warns against state ID collection
NEOS: 5 of 10 Sceptical of national under-14 ban, preferring EU-level rules; agreed coalition deal while voicing data-protection concerns

Recent polls

Date	Pollster	FPÖ	ÖVP	SPÖ	Grüne
13 Oct	Market-Lazarsfeld	40	19	14	12
10 Oct	IFDD	40	19	13	14
7 Oct	OGM	39	21	12	15
6 Oct	Market-Lazarsfeld	41	20	14	12
1 Oct	Market	38	20	16	12
22 Sept	Market-Lazarsfeld	38	21	15	13
15 Sept	OGM	37	21	15	14
15 Sept	Market-Lazarsfeld	37	22	16	13
10 Sept	OGM	38	21	15	13
8 Sept	Market-Lazarsfeld	39	21	14	13
1 Sept	Market-Lazarsfeld	39	21	15	12
25 Aug	Market-Lazarsfeld	38	22	15	11
17 Jul	IFDD	37	20	15	13
15 Jul	INSA	39	19	18	8

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