The 26-year-old Alexander Leutge won the stitch election of the mayor in Baumgartenberg with a clear voice lead for VP candidate Natascha Burian. The winner was also satisfied in a first explanation about the particularly high turnout.
The Runoff election around the mayor’s post of Baumgartenberg was very clear on Sunday. SP -candidate Alexander Leutge won with 667 votes, while rival Natascha Burian (ÖVP) received 435 votes. The 26-year-old is the youngest mayor of all of Austria.
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With 76.4 percent, the turnout was even higher than in the first vote. In a first statement, the election winner was overwhelmed by the result and especially the high turnout.
Heart for Social Democracy
Spö Oö Landes Managing Director Nicole Trudenberger also congratulated her party colleague: “A great victory for Alexander Leutgeb and the Upper Austrian social democracy! We congratulate the future mayor of Baumgartenberg and therefore the youngest mayor in Austria. We are very happy that the Baumgartenberger has shown at the urns that cohesion and social politics are very important to them.
Source: Krone
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