Municipal council elections in Burgenland 2012

The municipal council elections in Burgenland 2012 took place on October 7, 2012 and were held simultaneously with direct mayor elections in all 171  Burgenland municipalities . The by-election - runoff elections in the direct mayor elections - was held on November 4th. The last municipal council election took place on October 7, 2007.

Starting position

In the 2007 municipal council elections, the SPÖ won 47.7% of the vote and lost slightly. Since then, the Social Democrats have appointed local councils in 1546. The ÖVP came to 43.3% and 1377 local councils. The FPÖ lost half of the municipal councils after the FBL split off , which became the LBL list in 2012 , and came to 2.9% or 53 councilors. The FBL came to 1.9% and provides 30 local councils. The Greens got 1.4% and got 20 council seats. Other lists of names were made up of 91 municipal councils in the Burgenland municipalities.

requirements

basis

The implementation of municipal council and mayoral elections were decided by the Burgenland provincial government and announced in the Provincial Law Gazette on July 10, 2012 (day of the announcement). October 7, 2012 was set as the election day and November 4, 2012 as the day of the shortlisted mayor. The legal basis for holding the elections was the municipal electoral code 1992 (GemWO 1992).

Right to vote

In the municipal council and mayor elections in Burgenland in 2012, all men and women who were Austrian citizens on the cut-off date (July 10, 2012) were eligible to vote. Citizens of a member state of the European Union who had registered in the municipal electoral register or had submitted an application for inclusion in the electoral register by the deadline were also entitled to vote. In addition, voters had to be 16 on election day (October 7, 2012) and have a place of residence in a Burgenland municipality on the reference date. Furthermore, the voter could not be excluded from the right to vote on the cut-off date.

Those entitled to vote were entered by the municipalities in the respective municipal electoral register. The electoral roll was then publicly available in the municipalities from 14 to 23 August 2012. During this period there was the possibility of inspection and objection. Only people who appeared in the completed electoral roll were entitled to vote on election day.

Passive suffrage

The passive right to vote could be exercised in the municipal council elections by all people who were actively eligible to vote and who had reached the age of 18 on election day (October 7, 2012). Thus, if Austrian citizens and citizens of the European Union were eligible for election, only Austrian citizens who were actively eligible to vote and who had reached the age of 18 on election day were eligible to vote as mayors.

In order to participate in the municipal council elections, it was necessary to submit a nomination, which, depending on the number of eligible voters in a municipality, could include a maximum of 18 to 58 applicants. In order for the candidacy to be valid, the nomination required supporting signatures from people who were actively eligible to vote, the minimum number of which varied between 5 and 30 signatures per municipality, depending on the number of eligible voters. The election proposal for the direct mayor elections could only be submitted by campaigning parties that had also submitted an election proposal for the municipal council elections.

The election proposals had to be submitted to the municipal electoral authority by the campaigning parties by September 7, 2012 and were able to amend or withdraw them by September 17 at the latest. If the candidacy was withdrawn, the lists were able to submit a supplementary proposal by September 21 at the latest. The municipal electoral authority had until September 27 to decide whether to approve or reject the nomination.

Exercising the right to vote

Every eligible voter had to exercise his or her right to vote in the respective community of residence. For the first time in 2012, municipal council elections offered the option of voting using a voting card. If there was a residence in two or more municipalities, the right to vote could be exercised in all of these municipalities. If they were bedridden, eligible voters could apply to exercise their right to vote before the special electoral authority, which visited the voters at home on election day.

The actual election took place using two official ballot papers, one ballot paper each being required for the election of the municipal council and the election of the mayor. In the municipal council elections, in addition to the election of the party, up to three preferential votes could be distributed, whereby a maximum of two votes could be given to a candidate of the elected party. However, the preferential votes were only valid if they were given to members of the elected party.

Overall result

Attribution of election results

In some municipalities, parties did not run as a party but as a list. The following list shows which lists are to be added to which party.

Political party	Attributed Lists	running for
SPÖ	SP PL SPÖ UH SP u UA SPÖuM SPÖueB	Eberau Heiligenbrunn mosque village Strem Tobaj
ÖVP	no other lists	-
FPÖ	no other lists	-
LBL	FBLrg FBL GfJ UBFK LPL LAG FBL BLS	Eltendorf Heiligenkreuz Jois Kittsee Leithaprodersdorf Market Allhau Oggau Stadtschlaining
GREEN	UNABuGRÜNE GUW	Großwarasdorf Weiden am See
Others	no other lists	-

Municipal council elections

Graphic overview

Local council elections 2012  % 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 46.21% (-1.49  % p ) 42.13% (-0.94  % p ) 4.04% (+1.10  % p ) 1.62% (-0.24  % p ) 1.80% (+ 0.44  % p ) 4.18% (+1.11  % p ) SPÖ ÖVP FPÖ LBL GREEN Otherwise. 2007  2012 

Table overview

Preliminary final result of the municipal council elections in Burgenland 2012
	Results 2012			Results 2007		Results 2002		Mandates
	be right	%	Difference to 2007 in%	be right	%	be right	%	2012	Difference to 2007	2007	2002
Eligible voters	259,441			251,339		241,482		3.143	+45	3,098	3,075
Votes cast	214.012	82.49	−0.44	208,434	82.93	207.053	85.74
Of which invalid	17,789	8.31	+2.08	15,072	7.23	16,248	7.85
Of which valid	196.223	91.69	−1.08	193,362	92.77	190,805	92.15
Of these accounted for
SPÖ	90,684	46.21	−1.49	92,225	47.70	93,409	48.96	1,511	−26	1,537	1,556
ÖVP	82,678	42.13	−0.94	83.286	43.07	82,312	43.14	1,363	- 05th	1,368	1,343
FPÖ	7,936	4.04	+1.10	5,680	2.94	9,703	5.09	81	+28	53	96
LBL	3,186	1.62	−0.25	3,607	1.87	-	-	39	+ 09	30th	-
GREEN	3,532	1.80	+0.44	2,626	1.36	1,793	0.94	27	+ 08	19th	13
Others	8,207	4.18	+1.11	5,938	3.07	3,588	1.88	122	+31	91	67

Local council elections since 1950

Election date	Eligible voters	off abandoned votes	Wahlbe- pation in%	of which invalid	of which valid	SPÖ			ÖVP			FPÖ			Greens, LBL and others
						be right	percent	Mandates	be right	percent	Mandates	be right	percent	Mandates	be right	percent	Mandates
11/26/1950	172.493	151.853	88.0	1,375	150,478	67,981	45.2	1,532	75,064	49.9	2,065	7,433	4.9	113	not running
11/28/1954	173,545	157.042	90.5	2,086	154,956	70.501	45.5	1,576	75.198	48.5	1,988	9,257	6.0	130	not running
11/23/1958	173.387	157.907	91.1	2,282	155,570	72,532	46.6	1,559	73.160	47.0	1.933	4,059	2.6	62	5,819	3.7	123
11/25/1962	177.355	156,475	88.2	1,675	157.322	73,095	46.5	1,577	74,447	47.3	1,940	4,564	2.9	76	5,216	3.3	90
05/11/1967	174,544	161,738	92.7	2,729	159.010	79,417	49.9	1,665	72,875	45.8	1.910	2,724	1.7	42	3,994	2.5	58
October 29, 1972	183.014	165.939	90.7	2,995	162,944	77.005	47.3	1,214	76,794	47.1	1,206	3,384	2.1	34	5,761	3.5	81
10/23/1977	187.418	173.619	92.6	3.137	170,482	82,568	48.4	1,260	78,708	46.2	1,191	2,756	1.6	27	6,450	3.8	82
October 24, 1982	198.223	180.864	91.2	4,763	176.101	87,925	49.9	1,318	80.405	45.7	1,195	2,333	1.3	25th	5,438	3.1	70
10/25/1987	203,601	184,528	90.6	5,343	179.185	87,898	49.1	1.312	80,530	44.9	1,178	3,414	1.9	34	7,343	4.1	86
10/18/1992	211,548	186.027	87.9	13,339	172,688	81,452	47.2	1,429	75,586	43.8	1,288	8,562	5.0	92	7,088	4.1	112
05/10/1997	226,582	194,879	86.0	21,206	173.673	78,575	45.2	1,393	72,677	41.8	1,279	15,588	9.0	204	6,833	3.9	111
10/06/2002	241,482	207.092	85.8	16,278	190.814	93,357	48.9	1,555	82,349	43.2	1,344	9,724	5.1	96	5,384	2.8	80
07/10/2007	252,597	209.423	82.9	15,144	194.279	92,614	47.7	1,546	83,706	43.1	1,377	5,685	2.9	53	12,274	6.3	141
07.10.2012	259,441	214.012	82.5	17,790	196.222	90,684	46.2	1,511	82,678	42.1	1,363	7,936	4.0	81	14,924	7.6	188

Mayoral elections

Mayoral election 2012

• See also: Elected Mayors in Burgenland 2012

After run-off elections for mayors had to be held on November 4, 2012 in 13 municipalities, this result is only provisional.

Table overview

Preliminary final result of the Burgenland mayoral elections
	Results 2012				Results 2007		Results 2002
	be right	%	Difference to 2007 in%	Civil master 1)	be right	%	be right	%
Eligible voters	259,441				251,339		241,482
Votes cast	214.012	82.49	−0.44		208,444	82.93	206,896	85.68
Of which invalid	8,620	4.03	−0.16		8,731	4.19	7.124	3.44
Of which valid	205.392	95.97	+0.16		199.713	95.81	199,772	96.56
Of these accounted for
SPÖ	97,474	47.46	−2.08	81/12	98,932	49.54	100,698	50.41
ÖVP	88,753	43.21	−1.19	72/12	88,671	44.40	86,168	43.13
FPÖ	5,851	2.85	+1.56		2,582	1.29	7,682	3.85
LBL	3,324	1.62	+0.23	1/ 01	2,769	1.39	-	-
GREEN	1,192	0.58	+0.20	0	752	0.38	243	0.12
Others	8,143	3.96	+1.27	4/ 01	5,366	2.69	3,911	1.96
1) The number after the slash indicates the number of municipalities in which runoff elections were pending.

Mayor runoff elections

Runoff elections for the mayor took place on November 4, 2012 in the following 13 municipalities:

Andau , Deutsch Jahrndorf , Großhöflein , Illmitz , Kittsee , Kobersdorf , Lutzmannsburg , Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz , Oberdorf im Burgenland , Oberwart , Ritzing , Schützen am Gebirge and Wulkaprodersdorf .

In eleven municipalities the decision was made between SPÖ and ÖVP candidates, in two municipalities candidates from lists could qualify for the runoff election. In Großhöflein there was a duel between the SPÖ and the Burgenland List (LBL) and in Lutzmannsburg the Active Village List (ADL) was able to challenge the ÖVP.

Results of the closer mayoral elections
			Result Nov. 4, 2012			Result Oct. 7, 2012		Results 2007		annotation
local community	candidate	Political party	be right	%	Difference in%	be right	%	be right	%
Andau	Josef Thyringer	SPÖ	890	45.81	- 01.43	890	47.24	908	50.78	Predecessor Matthias Gelbmann
	Andreas Peck	ÖVP	1053	54.19	+ 04.46	937	49.73	880	49.22	Predecessor Erich Lidy
German Jahrndorf	Gerhard Bachmann	SPÖ	295	50.86	+ 02.71	260	48.15	0166	31.92	Predecessor Johann Muhr
	Reinhold Reif	ÖVP	285	49.14	+ 00.81	261	48.33	0258	49.62
Großhöflein	Oswald Kucher	SPÖ	522	38.61	+ 09.18	425	29.43	626	46.86
	Wolfgang Rauter	LBL	830	61.39	+18.52	619	42.87	296	22.16
Illmitz	Alois Wegleitner	SPÖ	1099	54.11	+ 04.78	994	49.33	1038	53.26	Predecessor Loos
	Helene Wegleitner	ÖVP	932	45.89	+ 03.81	848	42.08	911	46.74	Predecessor Haider
Kittsee	Gabriele Nabinger	SPÖ	749	53.20	+12.06	601	41.14	829	59.51	Predecessor Klaus Senftner
	Franz Buchta	ÖVP	659	46.80	+11.55	515	35.25	488	35.03
Kobersdorf	Klaus Schütz	SPÖ	846	53.65	+ 04.48	797	49.17	783	50.22
	Martina Pauer	ÖVP	731	46.35	+11.25	569	35.10	664	42.59	Predecessor binder
Lutzmannsburg	Günther Toth	ÖVP	341	43.83	+ 05.64	299	38.19	271	37.64
	Christian Rohrer	ADL	437	56.17	+19.52	287	36.65	252	35.00
Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz	Johann Schedl	SPÖ	792	52.76	+ 04.49	699	48.27	552	37.42	Predecessor binder
	Rudolf Draskovits	ÖVP	709	47.24	- 01.17	701	48.41	923	62.58
Oberdorf in Burgenland	Johann Szimits	SPÖ	436	49.60	+ 07.56	359	42.04	411	44.10	Predecessor Konrath
	Josef Lorenz	ÖVP	443	50.40	+ 02.51	409	47.89	504	54.08
Oberwart	Gerhard Pongracz	SPÖ	1999	46.39	+ 04.48	1702	41.91	2262	57.29
	Georg Rosner	ÖVP	2310	53.61	+10.57	1748	43.04	1686	42.71	Predecessor Schloffer
Ritzing	Johann Reissner	SPÖ	375	42.04	+ 02.22	354	39.82	231	32.17	Karenits predecessor
	Walter Roisz	ÖVP	517	57.96	+11.95	409	46.01	487	67.83
Protect on the mountains	Manfred Feiler	SPÖ	427	41.99	+ 08.15	378	33.84	324	30.37
	Roman Zehetbauer	ÖVP	590	58.01	+13.34	499	44.67	461	43.21	Predecessor Walter Hofherr
Wulkaprodersdorf	Rudolf Haller	SPÖ	638	47.58	+ 04.52	568	43.06	834	64.45
	Friedrich Zarits	ÖVP	703	52.42	+14.74	497	37.68	291	22.49	Predecessor Stagl

Web links

• Provincial government of Burgenland: Election of municipal councils and mayors - election results , accessed on November 6, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Burgenland Provincial Government: Legal basis , accessed on October 8, 2012
2. ↑ Federal Chancellery, Legal Information System : Law of May 7, 1992 on the election of municipal bodies (municipal election regulations 1992 - GemWO 1992) , accessed on October 8, 2012
3. ↑ ^{a b} Burgenland Provincial Government: Who can vote? , accessed October 8, 2012
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Burgenland Provincial Government: Who can be elected? , accessed October 8, 2012
5. ↑ ^{a b} Burgenland Provincial Government: Where, when and how can you vote? , accessed October 8, 2012
6. ↑ Burgenland Provincial Government: Attribution of election results (PDF document, 18 KB; accessed on October 8, 2012)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Burgenland Provincial Government: election results , accessed on October 8, 2012
8. ^ Wiener Zeitung : Burgenland elections with surprises , accessed on October 8, 2012
9. ↑ Election of the last 13 mayors , accessed on November 4, 2012
10. ↑ Burgenland Provincial Government: Counted municipalities shortlisted 2012 , accessed on November 4, 2012
11. ↑ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Andau - Mayor: runoff election , accessed on November 5, 2012
12. ^ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Deutsch Jahrndorf - Mayor: Gerhard Bachmann , accessed on November 5, 2012
13. ↑ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Großhöflein - Mayor: Wolfgang Rauter , accessed on November 5, 2012
14. ↑ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Illmitz - Mayor: Alois Wegleitner , accessed on November 5, 2012
15. ↑ ORF Burgenland from November 4, 2012: Kittsee - Mayor: Gabriele Nabinger , accessed on November 5, 2012
16. ^ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Kobersdorf - Mayor: Klaus Schütz , accessed on November 5, 2012
17. ^ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Lutzmannsburg - Mayor: Christian Rohrer , accessed on November 5, 2012
18. ^ ORF Burgenland from November 4, 2012: Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz - Mayor: Johann Schedl , accessed on November 5, 2012
19. ^ ORF Burgenland from November 4, 2012: Oberdorf im Burgenland - Mayor: Josef Lorenz , accessed on November 5, 2012
20. ↑ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Oberwart - Mayor: Georg Rosner , accessed on November 5, 2012
21. ^ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Ritzing - Mayor: Walter Roisz , accessed on November 5, 2012
22. ↑ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Schützen am Gebirge - Mayor: Roman Zehetbauer , accessed on November 5, 2012
23. ^ ORF Burgenland of November 4, 2012: Wulkaprodersdorf - Mayor: Friedrich Zarits , accessed on November 5, 2012