The present study tries to document the election campaigns of the most important Vienna parties prior to the local elections in October 2005. The parties, which were represented in the Vienna state parliament and local council, were: the Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ, the Austrian People's Party ÖVP, the Greens, the Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ and the Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ, which separated from the latter in April 2005. Strategies and concepts, means of advertising and media work, events and all other essential elements of the respective election campaigns are documented in a concise way.