Despite losses, the Social Democratic Trade Unionist Group (FSG) with President Andreas Stangl clearly remained the strongest force in the Chamber of Labor elections in Upper Austria, according to the preliminary final result late on Tuesday evening. The Freedom Workers (FA-FPÖ) pushed the Christian Trade Unionist Group (ÖAAB-FCG) out of second place.
President Andreas Stangl, who entered the race for the first time as the top candidate for the FSG, had inherited a difficult legacy from his long-standing predecessor as AK and ÖGB boss in Upper Austria. The president, who resigned in 2021, achieved the best result so far for the red trade unionists with 71.02 percent in the 2019 election. Under Stangl, the FSG achieved 66.2 percent. New second place The ÖAAB-FCG lost 2.3 percentage points and is now in third place behind the FA-FPÖ with 11.09 percent. The Freedom Employee Representatives gained almost 3.8 percentage points and now have a share of the vote of 14.99 percent. The green trade unionists recorded slight losses, they achieved 3.93 percent (2019: 4.21 percent). Voter turnout was 35 percent. The PFG list – your non-party interest group – took part in the election for the first time. With 2.43 percent, they achieved a better result than the Trade Union Left Bloc (GLB) with 1.4 percent. According to the preliminary final result – the remaining postal voting cards will still be counted by Friday – the voter turnout was 35.25 percent. Almost 570,000 people were eligible to vote, 230,000 of whom were able to go to the polls in their companies.
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