Local elections were held in Graz on 20 January 2008. Apart from the five parties present in the municipal council – the Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, the Communist Party of Austria, the Freedom Party of Austria and the Greens – The Green Alternative – the Alliance for the Future of Austria also contested the election. A poll from early December 2007 saw the lead of incumbent mayor Siegfried Nagl (ÖVP) diminish: ÖVP: 32% (2003: 36.1%) SPÖ: 28% (2003: 25.9%) KPÖ: 15% (2003: 20.8%) Grüne: 14% (2003: 8.3%) FPÖ: 8% (2003: 8%) BZÖ: 2% (2003: n/a) |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |+/– ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Councillors ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |+/– |- | style="text-align:left;" |Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | style="text-align:right;" |43,274 | style="text-align:right;" |38.37 | style="text-align:right;" |23 | style="text-align:right;" |+2 | style="text-align:right;" |4 | style="text-align:right;" |±0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) | style="text-align:right;" |22,266 | style="text-align:right;" |19.74 | style="text-align:right;" |11 | style="text-align:right;" |–4 | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |–1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |The Greens – The Green Alternative (Grüne) | style="text-align:right;" |16,416 | style="text-align:right;" |14.56 | style="text-align:right;" |8 | style="text-align:right;" |+4 | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:right;" |+1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | style="text-align:right;" |12,611 | style="text-align:right;" |11.18 | style="text-align:right;" |6 | style="text-align:right;" |–6 | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:right;" |–1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | style="text-align:right;" |12,235 | style="text-align:right;" |10.85 | style="text-align:right;" |6 | style="text-align:right;" |+2 | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:right;" |+1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) | style="text-align:right;" |4,857 | style="text-align:right;" |4.31 | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |+2 | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— |- | style="text-align:left;" |Austrian Drivers' and Citizens' Party (ÖABP) | style="text-align:right;" |556 | style="text-align:right;" |0.49 | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— |- | style="text-align:left;" |Wegscheidler's List (WEG) | style="text-align:right;" |231 | style="text-align:right;" |0.20 | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— |- | style="text-align:left;" |Peter Pailer's List (SALZ) | style="text-align:right;" |218 | style="text-align:right;" |0.19 | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— |- | style="text-align:left;" |Centre Party Austria (ZPA) | style="text-align:right;" |111 | style="text-align:right;" |0.10 | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— | style="text-align:right;" |— |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 57.90%) |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|114,654 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|56 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|— |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|9 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|— |-