Hans Peter Doskozil was appointed new leader on Saturday, but after the mistake was discovered on Monday, the position is in the hands of Andreas Babler. The mistake in the SPÖ congress, which was supposed to open a new stage to close the internal division, has embarrassed locals and strangers.

The confusion in the results unleashed a wave of disbelief and also mockery in the media and on social networks. "Banana republic," said Kleine Zeitung deputy editor-in-chief Michael Jungwirth. "Our work is done," tweeted Die Tagespresse.