On Sunday, 277,477 residents of Burgenland decide on their mayors and municipal councils in 171 places. In other words, those representatives of the people who, compared to state or federal politicians, have the most and most direct contact with voters. Nevertheless, the “mother parties” up to the governor are trying to get involved at the community level. Peter Filzmaier analyzes in advance the most important points for the “Krone”.
1) In the municipal elections in Burgenland, it is a popular sport – not only for parties, but also for the media – to add up the national results of 171 separate election campaigns. To be able to say afterwards that the SPÖ or ÖVP is the overall winner. Most recently, in 2017, 44 percent of the vote was for SPÖ lists and 42 percent for the ÖVP.
Source: Krone
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