Decision on Coalition in Burgenland Should be Finalised by Monday
This week, Doskozil will hold initial talks with all parties represented in the state parliament and will then discuss the main topics internally on Saturday before announcing his decision, he announced on Monday in advance of a state party executive meeting with journalists.
"Preliminary Exploration" with Top Candidates from ÖVP, FPÖ and Greens
As a kind of "preliminary exploration", he will sit down for one-on-one talks with the top candidates from ÖVP, FPÖ and the Greens in the coming days. "We are having talks with everyone," Doskozil stated - including with the Freedom Party. At an internal retreat on Saturday, the most important topics and future priorities will be determined. After that, the decision for a potential coalition partner should be made and announced on Monday.
The one-on-one talks with the heads of the state parties are fixed and will take place this week in the order of the election results, it was said on Monday evening on APA request. The FPÖ, as the second-placed party, will therefore start. The invitation to their top candidate Norbert Hofer was sent to the Freedom Party. As for the specific dates, confidentiality has been agreed, it was emphasized.
Also Staff Discussions: SPÖ Team Must Downsize
In today's board meeting, he will discuss this procedure with party colleagues and there will probably also be staff discussions, he said on arrival. After all, the SPÖ now has fewer mandates and the government team will also have to downsize because space has to be made for a coalition partner. Who this will affect, he has not yet decided. He has always been able to trust his team and it has "worked well", he stated.
Doskozil also Wins Preferential Votes
The state electoral authority has announced the preferential vote results after the Burgenland state election on Sunday. Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) received the most preferential votes on the state list by far with 48,033. FPÖ top candidate Norbert Hofer was able to achieve a total of 29,628 preferential votes here.
Doskozil achieved the most preferential votes in his home district of Oberwart as well (6,134). Deputy Governor Astrid Eisenkopf received 4,104 preferential votes on the state list and 5,987 in the Eisenstadt Umgebung constituency. The mayor of Schattendorf, Thomas Hoffmann, who will be newly elected to the state parliament, received 3,039 preferential votes in the Mattersburg district. State Councillor Heinrich Dorner achieved 4,709 preferential votes in the Oberpullendorf district and State Councillor Daniela Winkler 3,979 in the Neusiedl am See district - the mayor of Gols, Kilian Brandstätter, who is second on the list behind Winkler, received 5,333. State Councillor Leonhard Schneemann, second on the list in the Oberwart constituency, achieved 2,424 preferential votes here. Newcomer to the state parliament, Christian Drobits, received 4,133 in the Oberwart district.
Hofer is by far the first among the Blues
Among the Freedom Party, club chairman Johann Tschürtz followed Hofer with the second most preferential votes, but with a large gap. Tschürtz received 582 votes on the state list, and 1,362 in his Mattersburg constituency. Top candidate Hofer received 4,354 preferential votes in his home district of Oberwart. State party chairman Alexander Petschnig, who had given Hofer the first place on the list and only ran for the last, received 54 preferential votes on the state list.
State party chairman of the ÖVP, Christian Sagartz, received 12,242 preferential votes over the state list and 1,349 in the Mattersburg constituency. More were received by club chairman Markus Ulram in the Neusiedl am See district (3,204) and the mayor of Eisenstadt, Thomas Steiner, in the Eisenstadt Umgebung district (3,323). State Managing Director Patrik Fazekas received 2,204 preferential votes in his home constituency of Oberpullendorf.
Among the Greens, the top candidate and state spokeswoman Anja Haider-Wallner received the most preferential votes with 2,941 on the state list. The second on the list, Wolfgang Spitzmüller, received 445.
The NEOS did not make it into the state parliament. State spokesman Christoph Schneider was considered by the voters with 982 preferential votes at the state level. List Hausverstand founder Geza Molnar received 511 preferential votes, he also did not make it - again - into the state parliament. Molnar was last a free mandate after he had been excluded from the FPÖ.
(APA/Red)
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