After the second round of elections in Innsbruck, the only green mayoral spot will disappear from the political map of the Austrian capitals. Nationally these are dominated by the SPÖ.
With Johannes Anzengruber (JA – Now Innsbruck) replacing Green Georg Willi, the city of Mozart will have a civilian leader again (probably from mid-May).
Second election in Innsbruck:
Mayors in state capitals:
State capitals: Five in red hands, ÖVP has only one mayor
Nationally, however, the state capitals are dominated by the social democrats; after the Salzburg elections their number reaches five. In addition to the Social Democratic election winner Bernhard Auinger from Salzburg – who will be officially sworn in on May 8 – there are four other Social Democratic city leaders in office: Michael Ritsch in Bregenz, Klaus Luger in Linz, Matthias Stadler in St. Pölten and Michael Ludwig in Vienna. The ÖVP has only one person left, namely Thomas Steiner in Eisenstadt.
Graz is communist
In Austria’s second largest city, Graz, a communist mayor, Elke Kahr, is at the helm.
In Klagenfurt, Christian Scheider from Team Carinthia sits in the mayor’s seat. Before that he was anchored in the FPÖ and the BZÖ/FPK. Anzengruber in Innsbruck, on the other hand, comes from a traditional ÖVP dynasty, but broke with his political homeland.
Source: Krone
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