The elections for the National Council have been defeated, the result in Carinthia is like a blue miracle. Now the question arises: which people will represent Carinthian interests in Vienna in the future? And who else should worry about their mandate?
Due to its population size, Carinthia should actually be entitled to 12 mandates (in the last National Council elections this was 13). However, some mandates are divided on the federal list due to the different calculation methods. In other words: in Carinthia only eight mandates are awarded permanently!
The election results also turned the previous mandate distribution upside down. The Freedom Party can look forward to four mandates instead of the previous two; in fact, they achieved this with a direct mandate in every constituency. Christian Ragger (Carinthia-East constituency), Gernot Darmann (Klagenfurt constituency), Maximilian Linder (Villach constituency) and Tina Berger (Carinthia-West constituency) will stand in for the FPÖ.
The Carinthian SPÖ even had to tremble for second place during the count, but overall the Reds had to accept a loss of three percent. They also lose a mandate and can only send two Carinthian MPs to the House instead of the previous three. On the one hand, this will be the top candidate Philip Kucher – who was also brought in via the federal list – and on the other hand, Petra Oberrauner from Villach, who is leaving the state list.
For the big election loser – the ÖVP – the mandates of the National Council of Carinthia will be halved. While four MPs (Gabriel Obernosterer, Johann Weber, Elisabeth Scheucher-Pichler and Peter Weidinger) previously represented the Carinthian People’s Party in Vienna, after the huge loss of more than 14 percent, there are now only two: Gabriel Obernosterer and Elisabeth Scheucher-Pichler.
No mandates for NEOS and the Greens
The meager 4.6 percent (Greens) and also the 7.7 percent for the NEOS do not actually mean a mandate for top candidate Olga Voglauer and top candidate Janos Juvan. Voglauer is lucky because she can now move on to the National Council thanks to fifth place on the federal list, making her Carinthia’s only green vote in Vienna. Juvan still has to tremble, only with a pink government participation will the resident of Klagenfurt move up. Because he ranks twelfth on the federal list, those before him were partially secured by federal-state mandates.
Who can hope?
But it could also be exciting for one or two Carinthian politicians. If Gernot Darmann actually becomes minister – as is often said in blue party circles – Kajetan Glantschnig, councilor in Eberndorf, would rise via the state list. The deputy mayor of St. Veit, Clemens Mitteregger (SPÖ), could also move up because Kucher was brought in via the federal list. Within the SPÖ, however, it is said that the rule applies that the first mandate obtained (which would be the state list mandate with Kucher) must be accepted. Last but not least, Johann Weber from the ÖVP can also hope. Because ÖVP veteran Elisabeth Scheucher-Pichler is in twelfth place on the federal list, she has a good chance of securing her mandate and freeing up the place in Carinthia for her colleague from Wolfsberg.
Who will be the emperor with a preferential vote?
Candidates who had requested preferential votes could of course still move on. This requires preferential votes equal to the number of state voters or at least 10 percent of the votes cast by the party in the state constituency (in the regional constituency this is 14 percent). However, the final results of the preferential vote are not yet available.
Source: Krone
I am Ida Scott, a journalist and content author with a passion for uncovering the truth. I have been writing professionally for Today Times Live since 2020 and specialize in political news. My career began when I was just 17; I had already developed a knack for research and an eye for detail which made me stand out from my peers.
