Innsbruck is facing one of the most exciting ballots of all time. In today’s local council and mayoral direct election, there are 13 lists and just as many mayoral candidates on the ballot paper. Will there be a duel between the FPÖ and the Greens when it comes to the city boss? Or can ex-State Secretary Florian Tursky, ex-ÖVP man Johannes Anzengruber or SPÖ frontwoman Elisabeth Mayr get involved? A runoff election is considered certain.
100,564 eligible voters are allowed to cast their cross, 3,681 fewer than at the last ballot in 2018. “Krone” graphic: All data and facts about the Innsbruck election Polling stations close at 4 p.m. The voter turnout in particular promises to be exciting. This was recently at a record low since 1945 of 50.38 percent. Please be careful when voting closes: this year it has been brought forward to 4 p.m. – this means that the polling stations are open an hour less than last time. Preliminary final result only in the evening. Voting takes place in a total of 153 polling stations, divided into 43 districts. The preliminary final result, including postal votes, should be available between 6 and 7 p.m. There will be no projections before then. The preferential vote result should then be available on Monday. Who will make it into the runoff election? The fight to get into the likely mayoral runoff election will be dramatic. Green Party city leader Georg Willi, FPÖ candidate Markus Lassenberger, ÖVP ex-state secretary Florian Tursky and ÖVP “split-off” Johannes Anzengruber are considered hot contenders. Political observers only give SPÖ top candidate Elisabeth Mayr outsider chances. Can Willi take his mayor’s chair Defend?In the last local council and mayoral election six years ago, the Greens and especially their top candidate scored a major coup: Willi and his Greens came clearly in first place with 24.16 percent and beat his competitor, incumbent Christine, in the mayoral runoff election Oppitz-Plörer (For Innsbruck), by. This made Willi the first Green mayor of a state capital. Four percent hurdle for the first time in the Innsbruck election. All 13 top candidates are also standing for direct mayoral election. It will be difficult for smaller parties or lists to get into the local council. Keyword: four percent hurdle. This was collected for the local council collection and is valid for the first time this year.
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