Lower Austria Municipal Elections: Mayors Often Also "Preference Vote Emperors"

Baden was an exception. In the spa town near Vienna, the ÖVP city chief had eleven nominations less than the top candidate of the SPÖ. In Wiener Neustadt, the People's Party has set the course for a possible reshuffle.

The future 15-member municipal council team in Lower Austria's second largest city currently also includes the acting ÖVP chief First Deputy Mayor Christian Stocker. He received 583 preference votes. If Stocker "becomes a member of the new federal government, he will renounce his mandate in the municipal council and Wolfgang Horvath will succeed him," the Wiener Neustadt People's Party announced.

For Stefan Szirucsek (ÖVP) in Baden, there were 873 preference votes out of 2,985 for the party. SPÖ city chairman Markus Riedmayer received 884 out of 2,114, narrowly overtaking the mayor. Deputy Mayor and state spokeswoman Helga Krismer received 601 personal nominations out of 2,106 votes for the Greens.

Lower Austrian Municipal Elections: Top Candidate of "Zwettl Needs" Strong in Preference Votes

The new list "Zwettl Needs" not only made a splash with a vote share of 27.94 percent (1,956 absolute) as the future second strongest force in the Waldviertel district town. Their top candidate Alexander Leutgeb also impressed with 1,300 preference votes. Mayor Franz Mold was the only other candidate with more, having 1,986 out of 3,366 for the ÖVP. He will need a partner in the city government in the future.

The ÖVP mayors of Klosterneuburg (Tulln district), Amstetten and Mistelbach took the undisputed first place in the preference votes. Christoph Kaufmann in the Babenberger city received 2,334 out of 4,974 for his party. Christian Haberhauer (Amstetten) gathered 2,328 out of 4,822. In the Weinviertel district town, Erich Stubenvoll received 1,972 out of 3,208, with the ÖVP also achieving the "absolute". Kaufmann and Haberhauer will need to find partners.

(APA/Red)

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