ÖH Elections

Your Voice Matters!
ÖH is your legal representation. Every two years, you have the opportunity at three levels – student representation, university representation and federal representation – to elect those people and groups who represent you to the professors, the university management and politics.
Use your voice and actively shape the future of your studies! We can only achieve change together.

Who? What? When? Where?

The most important information about the ÖH election

Who can vote?

All regular members of the Austrian National Student Union who have paid the ÖH fee and, if applicable, tuition fee for the current semester are eligible to vote.
The ÖH contribution must be paid by 25.03.2025 at the latest in order for you to be eligible to vote.

Who will be elected?

The election of the study representative is a election of individuals. Here, people are elected directly, depending on the number of students in the respective field of study. Elections to the University and the Federal representatives are elections of lists. Here, a certain group of people is elected in a certain order, with this order determining how many mandates each group receives.

How do you vote?

You can vote in person on the three election days: May 13, 14 and 15 directly at the polling station (Aula) at the University of Klagenfurt for your student representatives, the ÖH Federal Representation and your ÖH University Representation.

With a voting card (postal vote): you can apply for a voting card from April 3rd to May 6th. This must be received by the electoral commission by 6 p.m. on May 14 at the latest. You can use the absentee ballot to vote for your ÖH Federal Representation and your ÖH University Representation; you can only vote for the Student Representation directly at your university.

You can apply for a postal voting card via the following link: wahlportal.oeh.ac.at

ATTENTION: If you have already applied for an absentee ballot, you can only vote for the student representatives if all absentee ballot documents sent to you are exchanged for ballot papers on site at a polling station. The enclosed declaration in lieu of an oath must also not yet be completed.

When is the election?

The next elections for all three levels of representation (federal representation, university representation and study representation) will take place in 2025.
– Tuesday, 13.05.2025
– Wednesday, 14.05.2025
– Thursday, 15.05.2025

Where do you vote?

At the University of Klagenfurt, the polling station is located in the Omansaal (Z.1.29) on all three election days, just after the doorman at the main entrance on the right.

Are you studying at several universities? No problem!

At all enrolled universities, you can vote for the university representatives and the study representatives for the degree programs you are enrolled in. Please note: The federal representation can only be elected once in each case.

Do you want to become a student representative?

Then register with the election commission from March 25 to April 17, 2025 at the latest and let yourself be nominated: silvia.melischnig@aau.at (Office: Z.1.35b)

You can find all the information you need in our StV flyer!
Here is the registration form!

All the current information (election results etc.) about the 2023 election can be found on our download page.