City council election in Innsbruck 2012
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The municipal council election in Innsbruck 2012 took place on April 15, 2012. At the same time, the first course for the direct election of the mayor took place. The winner of the election was the Innsbruck ÖVP, which gained just over seven percentage points. In addition, the Pirate Party of Tyrol made it into an Austrian municipal council for the first time. There were also slight gains for the FPÖ, the Greens and the KPÖ. The list for Innsbruck and the SPÖ Innsbruck suffered great losses.
background
In 2006, the bourgeois list for Innsbruck emerged as the party with the strongest vote despite significant losses. The camp to the left of the center was clearly strengthened.
Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer wanted to win votes again in this election and defend her seat. The Greens and the SPÖ also expected themselves to have a chance of first place, the ÖVP wanted to score points with former Vice Mayor Christoph Platzgummer , who took over from party leader Franz Xaver Gruber .
The FPÖ election campaign caused a lot of excitement. On their posters the slogan love for home instead of Moroccan thieves could be read, which caused diplomatic resentment between Austria and Morocco .
Campaigning parties
Nine lists stood for election: For Innsbruck , SPÖ, Greens, ÖVP, List Rudi Federspiel, FPÖ, Tyrolean Seniors' Association, KPÖ and the Innsbruck Pirate Party.
For Innsbruck
After Hilde Zach left politics in 2010, Christine Oppitz-Plörer took over as mayor. During the election campaign, she particularly tried to highlight the city government's previous successes and at the same time focused on economic and social issues. Housing policy also played a major role.
Oppitz-Plörer ruled out a cooperation with the FPÖ and pointed out the possibility of a yellow-green-red alliance.
SPÖ Innsbruck
The SPÖ under Marie-Luise Pokorny-Reitter focused on social issues and education, pointing to lower incomes, a lack of equal opportunities and expensive rents. For example, she called for a housing offensive by the city, an expansion of all-day childcare and general investments in educational institutions.
Pokorny-Reitter closed a coalition with the FPÖ.
The Innsbruck Greens
The Greens led their election campaign under the motto Gemma's . Among other things, they called for more citizen participation, an end to the friendship economy , halving the prices for public annual tickets, more green areas and lower rents.
A collaboration with the FPÖ and the list Rudi Federspiel was excluded.
ÖVP Innsbruck
The ÖVP originally campaigned with Franz Xaver Gruber, but swapped the top candidate six weeks before the election and presented Christoph Platzgummer as the new first on the list. Platzgummer was originally part of the For Innsbruck list , but retired after affairs at the Innsbruck European Championship stadium . At the beginning of the election campaign, he rejected yellow-red-green experiments . The ÖVP made urban development and the Innsbruck operating location their election campaign topics.
List Rudi Federspiel
During the election campaign, the Federspiel list called for, among other things, a stricter policy on foreigners, more personal responsibility, free enterprise and stricter controls on social benefit recipients.
FPÖ Innsbruck
The FPÖ Innsbruck drew attention to itself with its homeland love instead of Moroccan thieves campaign , which caused a sensation in Austria as well as in Morocco and other countries. Leading candidate Penz apologized for this and had the posters covered with the slogan. For example, the FPÖ called for a stronger security policy, the introduction of youth starting apartments and general free travel for seniors on public transport.
Tyrolean Seniors' Association
The Tyrolean Seniors' Association took part with the support of the former governor Herwig van Staa and did not rule out a list linking with the ÖVP.
KPÖ Innsbruck
The KPÖ enters the race with the aim of entering the local council. During the election campaign, she mainly addressed work and social issues.
Pirate Party Tyrol
The Pirate Party of Tyrol drew attention to itself at the beginning with the split from the Pirate Party of Austria.
Survey
The polls for the municipal council election predicted a completely open race between Für Innsbruck, SPÖ, Greens and ÖVP. In November 2011 the Innsbruck Greens were just ahead, but over the winter the list for Innsbruck was able to catch up and build up a large lead. When the People's Party presented Platzgummer as the top candidate, it was ahead again. The FPÖ and the Rudi Federspiel list were beaten with 8 to 10 and 6 to 8 percent of the vote. The KPÖ and the Innsbruck Pirate Party were also given chances to join the municipal council.
Government formation
After the municipal council and mayor elections, Oppitz-Plörer (for Innsbruck) announced that he wanted to form a coalition with the Greens. A short time later, the ÖVP and the SPÖ declared that they would work together. A government made up of four parties was initially sought, but this did not materialize due to some claims to power by the ÖVP. The first traffic light coalition was presented in Innsbruck in mid-May . For the first time since 1945, the ÖVP was not represented in the city government. Quarrels arose within the Tyrolean People's Party, which led to Oppitz-Plörer being excluded from the state executive.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local council and mayor election 2012 - quick report based on the preliminary results: tables
- ^ Election of the municipal council and mayor of Innsbruck 2012
- ↑ Initial situation of the municipal council election . In: tirol.orf.at. February 27, 2012, accessed November 24, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.fuer-innsbruck.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P69_017_000_Zeitung_FI_Programm_2_12_Ansicht_DS.pdf
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://neuwal.com/index.php/2012/03/09/wahlumfrage-innsbruck-fi-27-spo-15-grune-22-ovp-15-flrf-10-fpo-10-tsb-1 -karmasintt-03-03-12-n /
- ↑ http : //regionaut.mein district.at/innsbruck/politik/platzgummer-holt-stark-auf-rennen-voellig-offen-d157912.html
