Local council election in St. Pölten 1977
The municipal council election 1977 took place on March 13, 1977 and was the seventh municipal council election in St. Pölten after the end of the war. With strong profits, the Socialist Party of Austria was again able to unite the most votes and defend the absolute majority .
Starting position
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.
Campaigning parties and election process
The four parties represented in the municipal council ran for the elections. The Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) ran with Hans Schickelgruber as the top candidate, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) under Anton Korner.
Election result
In the election of March 12, 1977, the SPÖ was again able to unite the most votes and defend the absolute majority with strong profits . While the ÖVP and KPÖ lost a lot, the FPÖ recorded gains.
| Results 1977 | Results 1972 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| Eligible voters | 36,785 | 35,486 | + 1,299 | ||||||
| Votes cast | 31,254 | 84.9% | 30,763 | 86.7% | + 491 | - 1.8% | |||
| invalid votes | 645 | 2.1% | 869 | 2.8% | - 224 | - 0.7% | |||
| valid votes | 30,609 | 97.9% | 29,894 | 97.2% | + 715 | + 0.7% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| SPÖ | 17,679 | 57.8% | 25th | 16,462 | 55.1% | 24 | + 1,217 | + 2.7% | + 1 |
| ÖVP | 10,353 | 33.8% | 15th | 10,687 | 35.7% | 15th | - 334 | - 1.9% | ± 0 |
| KPÖ | 1.314 | 4.3% | 1 | 1.938 | 6.5% | 2 | - 624 | - 2.2% | - 1 |
| FPÖ | 1,263 | 4.1% | 1 | 807 | 2.7% | 1 | + 456 | + 1.4% | ± 0 |
| total | 30,609 | 100.0% | 42 | 29,894 | 100.0% | 42 | + 715 | ± 0 | ± 0 |
Effects
At the constituent meeting of the municipal council on April 5, 1977, 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. 389.
Web links
- Great SPÖ election victory in St. Pölten . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 14, 1977, p. 02 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal council elections 1950-2001 on st-poelten.gv.at
- ↑ No privileges, but support . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 6, 1977, p. 06 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
