'The Christians' (Die Christen Partei or DCP) got 27,993 votes or 0.63 % of the vote. Compared to other parties that participated in the federal election for the first time, such as the Animal Rights Party and the Left party, this is a reasonable result.

The party states that although this result is clearly not what they had hoped for, they will continue their efforts. The party is for example still gathering signatures for a petitioning for a 'Child and family'-referendum, concerning tax cuts for families with children, an allowance for parents that stay stay home to raise their children and an increase of the assistance to families that require it. Some for 8,000 signatures are needed to enter the petition for a referendum and some 4,000 have allready been collected by the party.

ECPYN encourages 'The Christians' to continue their efforts, secretary general Jonathan van Tongeren states: "There are clear opportunities for an explicitely Christian-social party in Austria, especially now that ÖVP leader Molterer has so bluntly asserted in public that he is not interested in the social teachings of the church (1)."

 1 See news article: ÖVP leader: We will have a gay marriage!