Lower Austria State Elections: ÖVP Mayor in Wiener Neustadt Wants to Continue

As early as Sunday evening, the mayor of Wiener Neustadt, Klaus Schneeberger (ÖVP), had announced that as the first-placed candidate, he wanted to negotiate "with the other parties about the continuation of the colourful cooperation". Despite losses, the ÖVP achieved the second-best result of all time in the city.

Wiener Neustadt: Mayor Schneeberger in First Place for Preferential Votes

The mayor's first conversation partner, according to city hall information from Monday, will be FPÖ top candidate city councillor Philipp Gerstenmayer. He will be followed on Wednesday by Rainer Spenger (SPÖ), with whom Schneeberger actually wanted to start. Scheduling reasons of the second deputy mayor led to the swap, "so that no time is lost". Wiener Neustadt has been governed "colourfully" since 2015. Schneeberger has crowned himself the "preferential vote emperor" in the municipal council election. According to information from Monday evening, he received 2,633 personal nominations. In the SPÖ, top candidate Spenger (1,982) led the ranking, in the FPÖ the list first Gerstenmayer (1,585). The managing ÖVP chief first deputy mayor Christian Stocker received 583 preferential votes, closely followed by club chairman state managing director Matthias Zauner with 566 in fifth place. FPÖ state leader deputy governor Udo Landbauer landed with 492 nominations in second place of his party.

Lower Austria Municipal Council Elections: Mandate for State Parliament President Wilfing in Poysdorf

State Parliament President Karl Wilfing (ÖVP) has received a mandate in the municipal council in his home town of Poysdorf (Mistelbach district) due to preferential votes. His entry would be a comeback. Wilfing was already a municipal councillor (1985-1990), then a city councillor until 2000 and finally mayor until 2011. In Traiskirchen (Baden district), Sabrina Divoky achieved by far the best result in the preferential votes. According to city hall information from Monday evening, 2,324 fell to the SPÖ mayor and successor to Andreas Babler. The new city chief was the only candidate to receive four-digit personal nominations.

(APA/Red)

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