Local council election in St. Pölten 1972

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Local council election 1972
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55.1%
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35.7%
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6.5%
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1970

1972


The 1972 municipal council election took place on March 19, 1972 and was the sixth municipal council election in St. Pölten after the end of the war. Despite losses, the Socialist Party of Austria was again able to unite the most votes and defend the absolute majority .

Starting position

In the election of April 5, 1970 , the SPÖ was able to unite the most votes and defend the absolute majority with strong profits . While the ÖVP lost votes slightly and the KPÖ lost a lot of votes, the FPÖ recorded slight gains, but they did not make it into the local council.

On January 1, 1972, numerous localities in St. Pölten were incorporated , including today's districts of Pottenbrunn , Ratzersdorf an der Traisen and St. Georgen am Steinfelde . As the population increased by almost 7,000, a new council was elected less than two years after the last election.

Campaigning parties and election process

The four parties represented in the municipal council ran for the elections. The Socialist Party of Austria ran with Hans Schickelgruber as the top candidate, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) under Anton Korner.

Election result

In the election of March 19, 1972, the SPÖ was again able to unite the most votes and defend the absolute majority with losses. ÖVP, KPÖ and FPÖ recorded slight gains, the FPÖ managed to re-enter the local council.

Official final result of the local council election in 1972
Results 1972 Results 1970 Differences
be right % Mand. be right % Mand. be right % Mand.
Eligible voters 35,486 31,028 + 4,458
Votes cast 30,763 86.7% 27,353 88.2% + 3,410 - 1.5%
invalid votes 869 2.8% 565 2.0% + 304 + 0.8%
valid votes 29,894 97.2% 26,788 97.9% + 3,106 - 0.7%
Political party
SPÖ 16,462 55.1% 24 15,269 57.0% 25th + 1,193 - 1.9% - 1
ÖVP 10,687 35.7% 15th 9,326 34.8% 15th + 1,361 + 0.9% ± 0
KPÖ 1.938 6.5% 2 1,664 6.2% 2 + 774 + 0.3% ± 0
FPÖ 807 2.7% 1 529 2.0% 0 + 278 + 0.7% + 1
total 29,894 100.0% 42 26,788 100.0% 42 + 3,106 ± 0 ± 0

Effects

At the constituent meeting of the municipal council on April 12, 1972, Schickelgruber was elected mayor , while Oswald Hameder (SPÖ) and Anton Korner (ÖVP) were again deputy 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, p. 387.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Municipal council elections 1950–2001 on st-poelten.gv.at
  2. ↑ Cities elected their mayors . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 13, 1972, p. 06 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).