Local council election in St. Pölten 1960

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Local council election 1960
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47.3%
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34.9%
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13.2%
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4.6%
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1955

1960

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c 1955 as an electoral community of the Austrian People's Opposition (VO)

The municipal council election in 1960 took place on April 10, 1960 and was the third municipal council election in St. Pölten after the end of the war. The Socialist Party of Austria was able to unite the most votes in spite of severe losses, but lost the absolute majority .

Starting position

In the election of April 24, 1955 , the SPÖ was able to unite the most votes and gain an absolute majority with slight gains . While the electoral community of the Austrian People's Opposition , an electoral community made up of the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) and the Left Social Party , lost a lot of votes, the ÖVP made gains.

Wilhelm Steingötter resigned as district chairman in 1959, but remained mayor. In the following months, a successor was sought who, in Rudolf Singer, was not found until the end of February.

Campaigning parties and election process

In the elections, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) joined the three parties already represented in the municipal council . The Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) ran with the new district chairman Rudolf Singer as the top candidate, the previous mayor Wilhelm Steingötter was not available for any further election. The ÖVP competed under Andreas Buchberger, the KPÖ under Franz Käfer .

Election result

In the election of April 10, 1960, the SPÖ was again able to unite the most votes, but the absolute majority could not be held due to the heavy losses . While the ÖVP and KPÖ gained slightly votes, the FPÖ received 4.6% of the vote when they first took office.

Official final result of the municipal council elections in 1955
Results 1960 Results 1955 Differences
be right % Mand. be right % Mand. be right % Mand.
Eligible voters 28,783 27,524 + 1,259
Votes cast 26,572 92.3% 26,181 95.1% + 391 - 2.8%
invalid votes 776 2.9% 716 2.7% + 60 + 0.2%
valid votes 25,796 97.1% 25,465 97.3% + 331 - 0.2%
Political party
SPÖ 12,201 47.3% 20th 13,458 52.8% 22nd - 1,257 - 5.5% - 2nd
ÖVP 9.005 34.9% 15th 8,826 34.7% 15th + 179 + 0.2% ± 0
KPÖ 3,394 13.2% 5 3,181 12.5% 5 + 213 + 0.7% ± 0
FPÖ 1,196 4.6% 2 not running
total 25,796 100.0% 42 24,465 100.0% 42 + 331 ± 0 ± 0

Effects

Since the SPÖ lost the absolute majority, it had to look for a partner that it found in the FPÖ. On May 2, 1960, Singer was elected mayor with the votes of the SPÖ and FPÖ , Engelbert Laimer and Andres Buchberger remained vice mayors.

literature

  • Siegfried Nasko , Willibald Rosner (ed.): St. Pölten in the 20th century. History of a city. Residenz-Verlag, St. Pölten et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-7017-3155-8 .
  • Siegfried Nasko: Up out of dull dreams. Labor movement and social democracy in the St. Pölten area (= our St. Pölten district. No. 7, ZDB -ID 2292151-5 ). With a biographical part by Wilhelm Stiowicek. SPÖ district organization, Vienna et al. 1986, pp. 367–372.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Municipal council elections 1950-2001 on st-poelten.gv.at
  2. ^ Rudolf Singer - Mayor of St. Pölten . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 3, 1960, p. 02 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).