Politics
| District Directors from 1945 | |
|---|---|
| Hans Mayer (KPÖ) | 4/1945–7/1945 |
| Anton Figl (SPÖ) | 7/1945–1946 |
| Josef Cudlin (ÖVP) | 1946–1950 |
| Otmar Hassenberger (ÖVP) | 1950–1953 |
| Ernst Florian (ÖVP) | 1953–1959 |
| Josef Fischer (SPÖ) | 1959–1964 |
| Josef Gerstbach (ÖVP) | 1964–1969 |
| Eduard Popp (SPÖ) | 1969–1976 |
| Eugen Gutmannsbauer (SPÖ) | 1976–1978 |
| Elfriede Bischof (ÖVP) | 1978–1990 |
| Heinz Gerstbach (ÖVP) | 1990– |
The role as majority-party and thereby the claim to the District Director has long been disputed between the SPÖ and ÖVP political parties: the traditional, conservative-oriented residential neighborhoods, versus the "public housing" complexes and the large nursing home Lainz, both with a predominantly social democratic electorate. In the postwar years, initially from 1946 to 1959, the ÖVP named the District Director. Afterward, the majority alternated as the most votes from the ÖVP or SPÖ party. From 1978, the ÖVP was able to regain its position as the largest party; they could hold this position until today.
While the ÖVP majority has been relatively stable since 1991, in later election results, starting from 1996, the Social Democrats slipped to a low point, from which benefited in particular the Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the Liberal Forum (LiF). After the electoral defeats of the FPÖ and LiF in 2001 and 2005, the SPÖ was able to regain votes. In 2005, the Greens overtook the Freedom Party (FPÖ) and rose to the third strongest force. After an intermezzo the defeat-serie of the SPÖ continued in 2010 also the ÖVP and the Greens lost votes that year and FPÖ, BZÖ and the LIF could increase their votes.
| Jahr | SPÖ | ÖVP | FPÖ | Grüne | LIF | BZÖ | Sonstige |
| 1991 | 37.7 | 38.2 | 15.4 | 8.2 | n.k | - | 0.5 |
| 1996 | 29.0 | 38.6 | 16.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | - | 1.5 |
| 2001 | 31.7 | 36.7 | 15.1 | 12.2 | 3.7 | - | 0.7 |
| 2005 | 33.4 | 39.5 | 8.8 | 16.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 29.2 | 36.5 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
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