Politics
| District Directors from 1945 | |
|---|---|
| Josef Wolf (unbekannt) | 4/1945-7/1945 |
| Karl Michael (SPÖ) | 1945–1954 |
| Franz Koblizka (SPÖ) | 1954–1969 |
| Johann Stroh (SPÖ) | 1969–1978 |
| Anton Deistler (SPÖ) | 1978–1987 |
| Karl Lacina (SPÖ) | 1987–2008 |
| Hannes Derfler (SPÖ) | 2008– |
The SPÖ has always been the strongest party in Brigittenau. In 1996, the SPÖ's absolute majority was broken by heavy losses to the FPÖ. With 31.1% of the vote, the FPÖ reached their third highest result in Vienna. In the 2001 election, the SPÖ reclaimed the absolute majority, due to a general FPÖ downturn. This downturn continued in 2005, when the FPÖ reached only 16.6% of the vote, a 15% decline since 1996. Brigittenau has however been a battle district between the fronts of FPÖ and SPÖ. The next time things moved was in 2010 when the SPÖ was decreased 8.5% and lost their absolute majority reaching 47.8% now and the FPÖ increased 11.3% up to now 27.9%. The Green Party reached 12.0% of the votes and stagnated. The ÖVP traditionally only plays a small role in Brigittenau and even fall down to 8.5% (the first time in history they were below the 10% in Brigittenau) only being 4th strongest party in the 2010 elections. And the new found BZÖ reached 1.0% in the 2010 elections.
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