In the Burgenland Election, Six Parties are Likely to be Available for Selection
The deadline for the parties to submit their district election proposals ended on Friday. In addition to the state parliament parties SPÖ, ÖVP, FPÖ and Greens, the NEOS and the "Liste Hausverstand" of the non-party state parliament member Geza Molnar also submitted their candidate lists on time, according to a request from the state election authority.
Six Parties Expected on the Ballot in Burgenland Election
The six parties are running in all seven electoral districts. Their election proposals are now being checked for deficiencies and necessary corrections. In the coming days, these can still be supplemented or withdrawn. They will be finalised and published on December 23. On this day, the district election authorities will meet.
In the 2020 state election in Burgenland, six parties were also represented on the ballot - at that time, the alliance Liste Burgenland (LBL) was still running, which this year is entering the race together with the "Liste Hausverstand" in the person of Manfred Kölly in third place on the list. Only the subsequently single-governing SPÖ as well as ÖVP, FPÖ and Greens managed to enter the state parliament. LBL failed to overcome the four percent hurdle after two periods in the state parliament. The same applies to the NEOS, who want to make it into the parliament for the first time in their third attempt this year.
Only NEOS Successfully Collected Support Declarations
The NEOS were the only ones who successfully collected the necessary 180 support declarations for the state election in Burgenland on January 19 - five times as many in each electoral district as there are mandates to be awarded. The KPÖ also collected, but announced on Thursday that they will not run and will focus on the municipal election 2027 in Eisenstadt. The "Liste Hausverstand" saved itself the collection of support declarations, because Molnar's signature as a member of the state parliament is sufficient for a candidacy. The former FPÖ club chairman was expelled from the FPÖ in 2021 after internal turmoil and has since been represented as an independent member of parliament.
The parties have until December 18 to submit their state election proposals. Their completion takes place on December 27, when they will also be officially announced.
(APA/Red)
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