How the Top Candidates Performed in Their Home Communities in the Burgenland Election
The Freedom Party achieved 30.1 percent there and an increase of 19.6 percentage points compared to 2020. Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) lost 2.9 percentage points in Oberwart at a high level and ended up at 47 percent. ÖVP and Greens did not benefit from the home advantage.
For ÖVP top candidate Christian Sagartz, there was a decrease of 9.3 percentage points in his home municipality Pöttsching (Mattersburg district). He was thus at 18.1 percent. The Greens' top candidate, Anja Haider-Wallner, also had to accept a decrease in her home town Eisenstadt. 12.2 percent meant 1.6 percentage points less than in 2020.
Planned Hospital Location Brought SPÖ Plus in Gols
The top candidates of those parties that did not make it into the state parliament were able to benefit slightly from the home advantage. NEOS top candidate Christoph Schneider achieved 6.5 percent in Breitenbrunn (Eisenstadt-Umgebung district) with an increase of 4.2 percentage points and would have cracked the four percent hurdle required for entry into the state parliament. Geza Molnar from the Hausverstand list would have also clearly missed the entry in Eisenstadt. With 1.9 percent, however, he was still above the nationwide 0.8 percent.
The SPÖ was able to gain a little in Gols (Neusiedl am See district) and thus in the municipality that was also a topic in the election campaign due to the planned construction of a new hospital. From 50.5 percent, the Social Democrats increased there again to 51.4 percent. For the Greens, who heavily criticize the location, there was a decrease of 3.4 percentage points to 7.1 percent. The ÖVP lost significantly with 15 percent and the Freedom Party increased to 22.9 percent.
(APA/Red)
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