Local council elections in Burgenland 2017

Local council elections 2017

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50

40

30th

20th

10

0

44.42%
(-1.79  % p )

41.83%
(-0.30  % p )

6.33%
(+ 2.29  % p )

1.86%
(+0.06  % p )

1.61%
(-0.01  % p )

3.69%
(-0.49  % p )

SPÖ

ÖVP

FPÖ

GREEN

LBL

Otherwise.

2012



2017



Majorities after the 2017 municipal council elections

The municipal council elections in Burgenland 2017 took place on October 1st, 2017 and were held simultaneously with direct mayor elections in all 171  Burgenland municipalities . The by-election (runoff) in the direct mayor elections was held on October 29, 2017. The last municipal council election took place on October 7, 2012. According to the municipal electoral code that came into force in January 2017, there was an “early election day” for the first time in the 2017 municipal council elections. This was set on September 22, 2017.

Summary

Both big parties suffered slight losses in the municipal council elections. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) lost 1.79 percent of its voters, which meant the loss of 50 municipal council seats. In the case of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the loss of 0.30 percent was limited. Remarkably, despite the negative result, it won another mandate. The winner of the elections was the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which increased its share of the vote by 2.29 percent and won no fewer than 63 municipal council seats. Nevertheless, the FPÖ did not achieve the election target it had set itself - 160 municipal councils were targeted. With a gain of 0.06 percent, the Greens and, with a loss of 0.01 percent, the List Burgenland (LBL) remained practically unchanged. Nevertheless, the Greens also missed their election target, as they ran in more municipalities than in 2012 and were therefore hoping for more seats. The NEOS competed for the first time in the municipal council elections . They ran for candidates in four municipalities and made it into the local parliament in Pinkafeld . The other lists fell by 0.49 percent and lost 15 mandates as a result.

The direct elections for the mayors brought a lot of movement . In 22 of the 171 municipalities, there were electoral changes at the municipal leadership. In eleven communities, ÖVP mayors are now at the top of the community, where there were previously SPÖ mayors. Conversely, the mayor's chair moved from the ÖVP to the SPÖ in only seven municipalities. However, the SPÖ was also able to win a mayor from the LBL and a list mayor. The ÖVP suffered the most painful losses in the district capitals Jennersdorf and Neusiedl am See . In Jennersdorf, the lateral entrant Reinhard Deutsch from the Jennersdorf list broke the years of dominance of the ÖVP, and in Neusiedl am See Elisabeth Böhm (SPÖ) prevailed in the runoff election against Thomas Halbritter , who had succeeded Landtag member Kurt Lentsch . On the other hand, the SPÖ has to complain about the loss of the former stronghold Hornstein , where the ÖVP state manager Christoph Wolf prevailed against Judith Pratl , who had only succeeded long-term mayor Herbert Worschitz at the beginning of 2017. Overall, the SPÖ 83, the ÖVP 82 and the LBL have 2 mayors. The ADL (Active Village List), the JES List (Jennersdorf Citizens List), the LIPA List (Parndorf List) and the ROHR list each have a local chief. The mayoral election was disappointing for the FPÖ, as Roman Amring in Loipersbach was a candidate who made it into the runoff election, but was defeated by Erhard Aminger (SPÖ).

Although the proportion of women in mayors increased in the 2017 election, it remained a domain of the male gender. Only twelve women were elected local chiefs, which corresponds to only seven percent of the communities. Eight is the SPÖ and four are the ÖVP. In the first ballot, Renate Habetler (SPÖ) in Bernstein, Andrea Reichl (SPÖ) in Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Friederike Reismüller (SPÖ) in Forchtenstein, Angelika Mileder (ÖVP) in Frankenau-Unterpullendorf, Karin Kirisits (ÖVP) in Hackerberg, Inge Posch -Gruska (SPÖ) in Hirm, Ingrid Salamon (SPÖ) in Mattersburg, Michaela Wohlfart (ÖVP) in Podersdorf am See, Andrea Netuschill (SPÖ) in Potzneusiedl, Michaela Raber (SPÖ) in Rauchwart and Klaudia Friedl (SPÖ) in Steinberg- Dörfl. In the runoff elections, Elisabeth Böhm (SPÖ) joined Neusiedl am See as the twelfth mayor, while three other candidates fell by the wayside in the shortlist.

Local council elections 2002–2017 in comparison

Local council elections 2002–2012 in comparison
	Results 2017		Results 2012		Results 2007		Results 2002			Mandates
	be right	%	be right	%	be right	%	be right	%		2017	2012	2007	2002
Eligible voters	261.963		259,441		251,339		241,482			3.143	3.143	3,098	3,075
Votes cast	212,327	81.05	214.012	82.49	208,434	82.93	207.053	85.74
Of which invalid	16,969	7.99	17,790	8.31	15,072	7.23	16,248	7.85
Of which valid	195.358	92.01	196.222	91.69	193,362	92.77	190,805	92.15
Of these accounted for
SPÖ	86,770	44.42	90,684	46.22	92,225	47.70	93,409	48.96		1,461	1,511	1,537	1,556
ÖVP	81,713	41.83	82,678	42.13	83.286	43.07	82,312	43.14		1,364	1,363	1,368	1,343
FPÖ	12,375	6.33	7,936	4.04	5,680	2.94	9,703	5.09		144	81	53	96
GREEN	3,625	1.86	3,532	1.80	2,626	1.36	1,793	0.94		27	27	19th	13
LBL	3.151	1.61	3,186	1.62	3,607	1.87	-	-		39	39	30th	-
NEOS	519	0.27	-	-	-	-	-	-		1	-	-	-
Others	7.205	3.69	8,207	4.18	5,938	3.07	3,588	1.88		107	122	091	067

Starting position

Review of the 2012 municipal council elections

Mayoral election 2012

In the 2012 municipal council elections, which were held on October 7th, the SPÖ won 46.21 percent of the vote, which meant a loss of 1.49 percent. The Social Democrats thus set up local councils in 1511. The ÖVP came to 42.13 percent (-0.94 percent) and 1,363 local councilors. The FPÖ posted 4.04 percent and after the spin-off of the FBL , which started as the LBL list in 2012 , was able to increase by 1.10 percent. You could book 81 council seats for yourself. The LBL lost 0.25 percent of the vote with 1.62 percent and provided 39 councilors. The Greens came to 1.80 percent (growth of 0.44 percent) and achieved 27 municipal council mandates. Other lists of names were made up of 122 municipal councils in the Burgenland municipalities (31 seats increased).

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 

Starting point for the 2017 municipal council elections

In the 2017 municipal council elections in Burgenland, 261,963 people were eligible to vote in 171 municipalities , who elected 3,143 councilors and 171 mayors .

• Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ):

The SPÖ ran for elections in each of the 171 municipalities. She stood for mayoral election in 168 municipalities. Before the 2017 municipal council elections, she appointed mayors in 87 municipalities.

• Austrian People's Party (ÖVP):

The ÖVP ran for elections in 170 municipalities. Only in the traditional SPÖ stronghold Tschanigraben did she refrain from putting candidates. She stood for mayoral election in 161 communities. Before the local council elections in 2017, she appointed the mayor of 79 municipalities. The People's Party officially competed for the first time in the 2017 election with the new party color turquoise . This was taken into account in all statistics by the Burgenland electoral authority.

• Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ):

The FPÖ ran for elections in 99 municipalities. She stood for mayoral election in 72 municipalities. Before the 2017 municipal council elections, she did not appoint the mayor of any municipality.

• The Greens - The Green Alternative :

The Greens ran for elections in 28 municipalities, which was a new high among the Greens. She stood for mayoral election in 12 municipalities. Before the 2017 municipal council elections, she did not appoint the mayor of any municipality.

• List Burgenland (LBL):

The LBL alliance did not appear in this form in 2017 because it wanted to push the lists of names this time. However, as an umbrella organization, it supported the candidacies. Before the local council elections in 2017, it will appoint the mayor of two municipalities.

• NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum :

The NEOS ran for election in four municipalities. They also put a candidate for mayoral election in three municipalities. In addition, they were represented in several local lists of names and citizens.

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 4, 2017 (day of the announcement). October 1, 2017 was set as the election day and October 29, 2017 as the shortlisted mayor day. The legal basis for carrying out the elections is the municipal election regulations 1992 (GemWO 1992).

Right to vote

In the 2017 municipal council and mayor elections in Burgenland, all men and women who were Austrian citizens on the cut-off date (July 4, 2017) 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 1, 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 July 18 to 27, 2017. 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 1, 2017). While all Austrian citizens and citizens of the European Union could be elected to the municipal council, only Austrian citizens who were actively eligible to vote could be elected as mayors. In both cases, the prerequisite was the eligibility to vote and the completion of the 18th year of life on election day. Also excluded from eligibility were persons who had been legally sentenced by a domestic court to a prison term of more than one year (except conditional custodial sentences), whereby the exclusion ends after six months.

Number of eligible voters	Maximum number of applicants	necessary support signatures
up to 250 eligible voters	maximum 18	at least 5
251 to 500 eligible voters	maximum 22
501 to 750 eligible voters	maximum 26	at least 10
751 to 1000 eligible voters	maximum 30
1001 to 1500 eligible voters	maximum 38	at least 15
1501 to 2000 eligible voters	maximum 42
2001 to 3000 eligible voters	maximum 46	at least 20
more than 3000 eligible voters	maximum 50	at least 30
Free city of Eisenstadt	maximum 58	according to the number of eligible voters
Free city of Rust	maximum 38

In order to participate in the municipal council elections, it was necessary to submit an election proposal by August 4, 2017. Depending on the number of eligible voters, this could include a maximum of 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, depending on the number of eligible voters, comprised at least 5 signatures. The election proposal for the direct mayor elections could only be submitted by campaigning parties that had 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 August 4, 2017. You could change or withdraw this no later than August 14, 2017. If the candidacy was withdrawn, the lists were able to submit a supplementary proposal by August 18, 2017 at the latest. The municipal electoral authority had to decide whether to approve or reject the nomination by August 20, 2017.

141 complaints relating to the electoral roll were submitted to the regional administrative court in Eisenstadt on time. This had to decide on the objections within eleven days. Due to the lack of the necessary legal decisions by the municipal electoral authorities, 66 decisions had to be revoked, which means that the municipal electoral authorities have to issue new decisions. In 63 cases the coveted inclusion in the electoral roll was rejected or the deletion confirmed. The entry was only ordered for twelve people. The most serious case occurred in Sieggraben , where the SPÖ challenged the admission of 13  Hungarian workers and was given the right.

Exercising the right to vote

Every eligible voter had to exercise his or her right to vote in the respective community of residence. It was not possible to vote using a voting card in a municipality other than the municipality that issued the voting card. If there was a residence in two or more municipalities, the right to vote could be exercised in all of these municipalities. For the first time in the 2017 municipal council elections, there was the possibility of casting one's vote on the early election day, which was scheduled for September 22, 2017. If they were bedridden, due to inability to walk and transport or because they were placed in prisons, eligible voters could apply to the special electoral authority ("flying electoral authority") to exercise their right to vote until September 29, which visited the electorate at home on election day.

The actual election took place using two official ballot papers, one of which was required for the election of the municipal council and the second for 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.

Election results 2017

Early election day

district	Turnout on the early election day
Free city of Eisenstadt	04.88 percent
Free city of Rust	10.04 percent
Eisenstadt area	12.19 percent
Güssing district	13.97 percent
Jennersdorf district	10.11 percent
Mattersburg district	11.29 percent
Neusiedl am See district	10.15 percent
Oberpullendorf district	14.38 percent
Oberwart district	12.99 percent

In the 2017 municipal council elections, it was possible for the first time to cast one's vote on the early election day, which was scheduled for September 22, 2017. This innovation was used by 31,058 eligible voters, which corresponds to 11.86 percent of those eligible to vote. That is 3.31 percent more than in the 2015 state elections , in which 8.55 percent of those eligible to vote used this option. The Oberpullendorf district led the way with 14.38 percent, while the state capital Eisenstadt brings up the rear with 4.88 percent. For the state capital, in which the ÖVP dominates, there was negative criticism from the SPÖ because the city, apart from the municipal parts of Kleinhöflein and St. Georgen , had only opened one polling station.

For Regional Councilor Astrid Eisenkopf , the early election day was a complete success. She stressed that this additional offer is important for the voters and contributes to more democracy.

The votes cast were kept locked and counted together with the other votes cast on election day - October 1, 2017 - after the election deadline.

District results

The majorities in the districts are highlighted in the sponsor color. The SOÖ was able to maintain its majority in the districts of Mattersburg, Neusiedl am See, Oberpullendorf and Oberwart, as was the ÖVP in the districts of Güssing and Jennersdorf (the results from 2012 are shown in gray). There was a change in the majority from the SPÖ to the ÖVP in the Eisenstadt Umgebung district (including the statutory cities of Eisenstadt and Rust).

district	choice	SPÖ			ÖVP			FPÖ			GREEN			LBL			NEOS			Others
		voices men	production center	Man- date	voices men	production center	Man- date	voices men	production center	Man- date	voices men	production center	Man- date	voices men	production center	Man- date	voices men	production center	Man- date	voices men	production center	Man- date
Burgenland as a whole	2017	86,770	44.42	1461	81,713	41.83	1364	12,375	6.33	144	3,625	1.86	27	3.151	1.61	39	519	0.27	1	7.205	3.69	107
	2012	90,684	46.22	1511	82,678	42.13	1363	7,936	4.04	81	3,531	1.80	27	3,186	1.62	39	not running			8,207	4.18	122
	Diff.	−3,914	−1.80	−50	−965	−0.30	+1	+4,439	+2.29	+63	+94	+0.06	± 0	−35	−0.01	± 0	+519	+0.27	+1	−1.002	−0.49	−15
District Eisenstadt-Umgebung (with Freistadt Eisenstadt and Freistadt Rust)	2017	15,590	42.94	236	16,592	45.70	231	2,196	6.05	21st	824	2.27	3	439	1.21	6th	161	0.44	0	503	1.39	8th
	2012	16.001	44.74	242	15,423	43.12	213	1,418	3.96	13	824	2.27	3	439	1.21	6th	not running			503	1.39	8th
	Diff.	−411	−1.80	−6	+1,169	+2.58	+18	+778	+2.09	+8	−244	−0.72	−2	−544	−1.54	−7	+161	+0.44	± 0	−372	−1.06	−7
Güssing district	2017	8,698	43.77	180	9,334	46.98	197	917	4.61	14th	51	0.26	0	not running			not running			870	4.38	19th
	2012	9,016	44.57	194	10,001	49.44	204	278	1.37	2	not running			not running			not running			933	4.61	20th
	Diff.	−318	−0.8	−14	−667	−2.46	−7	+639	+3.24	+12	+51	+0.26	± 0	not running			not running			−63	−0.23	−1
Jennersdorf district	2017	4,345	36.38	87	4,675	39.14	86	1,030	8.62	13	193	1.62	1	not running			not running			1,701	14.24	23
	2012	4,748	38.65	88	5,545	45.14	92	397	3.23	5	485	3.95	5	400	3.26	7th	not running			709	5.77	11
	Diff.	−403	−2.27	−1	−870	−6.00	−6	+633	+5.39	+8	−292	−2.33	−4	−400	−3.26	−7	not running			+992	+8.47	+12
Mattersburg district	2017	11,938	49.91	191	8,284	34.63	135	1,805	7.55	22nd	331	1.38	3	1,000	4.18	14th	not running			562	2.35	6th
	2012	11,515	48.28	181	8,037	33.70	137	1,760	7.38	20th	550	2.31	5	not running			not running			1,990	8.34	28
	Diff.	+423	+1.63	+10	+247	+0.93	−2	+45	+0.17	+2	−219	−0.93	−2	+1,000	+4.18	+14	not running			−1,428	−5.99	−22
Neusiedl am See district	2017	15,806	41.49	238	15,609	40.97	239	2,606	6.84	29	1,247	3.27	11	388	1.02	5	122	0.32	0	2,321	6.09	29
	2012	17,507	46.59	266	15.003	39.92	225	2.014	5.36	21st	669	1.78	5	313	0.83	4th	not running			2,072	5.51	24
	Diff.	−1,701	−5.10	−28	+606	+1.05	+14	+592	+1.48	+8	+578	+1.49	+6	+75	+0.19	+1	+122	+0.32	± 0	+249	+0.58	+5
Oberpullendorf district	2017	13,765	48.04	253	12,056	42.08	219	713	2.49	8th	351	1.23	4th	1,223	4.27	13	not running			545	1.90	11
	2012	14,248	47.80	253	12,867	43.17	228	392	1.32	1	293	0.98	4th	1,210	4.06	11	not running			796	2.67	13
	Diff.	−483	0.24	± 0	−811	−1.09	−9	+321	+1.17	+7	+58	+0.25	± 0	+13	+0.21	+2	not running			−251	−0.77	−2
Oberwart district	2017	16,628	45.47	276	15.163	41.47	257	3,108	8.50	37	628	1.72	5	101	0.28	1	236	0.65	1	703	1.92	11
	2012	17,649	48.08	287	15,802	43.05	264	1,677	4.57	19th	466	1.27	3	280	0.76	4th	not running			832	2.27	11
	Diff.	−1.021	−2.61	−11	−639	−1.58	−7	+1,431	+3.93	+18	+162	+0.45	+2	−179	−0.48	−3	+236	+0.65	+1	−129	−0.35	0

Changed majorities in the municipal council

In the following municipalities, there were changes in the majority ratios in the municipal council in the 2017 municipal council elections:

Legend:

• (A) means absolute majority in the municipal council,
• (R) means relative majority in the local council.

local community	Number of municipal councils	Local council elections 2017		Local council elections 2012
		Political party	Mandates	Political party	Mandates
Andau	23	ÖVP	(R) 11	SPÖ	(A) 13
Bad Tatzmannsdorf	19th	SPÖ	00007th	ÖVP	(R) 08
Bocksdorf	13	SPÖ	(A) 07	LB	(R) 07
Forchtenstein	23	SPÖ	(R) 11	SPÖ	(A) 12
Gattendorf	19th	ÖVP	(R) 09	SPÖ	(R) 09
Großhöflein	21st	SPÖ	(R) 10	LBL	(R) 08
Merrily	11	ÖVP	(A) 07	SPÖ	(A) 06
Hannersdorf	15th	SPÖ	00006th	SPÖ	(A) 08
Horitschon	21st	ÖVP	(R) 10	SPÖ	(A) 11
Chert	23	ÖVP	(A) 13	SPÖ	(A) 13
Illmitz	23	SPÖ	(A) 12	SPÖ	(R) 11
Jennersdorf	25th	ÖVP	(R) 10	ÖVP	(A) 15
Jois	21st	ÖVP	(A) 12	SPÖ	(A) 11
Kittsee	23	ÖVP	(R) 09	SPÖ	(R) 09
Petty	09	SPÖ	00004th	SPÖ	(A) 05
Kohfid	19th	SPÖ	00009	ÖVP	(A) 12
Loipersdorf Kitzladen	19th	SPÖ	00008th	SPÖ	(A) 11
Lutzmannsburg	15th	SPÖ	(R) 06	ÖVP	(R) 06
Neuhodis market	15th	SPÖ	(A) 08	ÖVP	(A) 08
Mörbisch am See	21st	SPÖ	(R) 10	SPÖ	(A) 11
Neudorf near Parndorf	13	SPÖ	(A) 09	ÖVP	(A) 07
Oberdorf in Burgenland	15th	ÖVP	(A) 08	SPÖ	00007th
Oberwart	25th	ÖVP	(A) 13	ÖVP	(R) 11
Oggau on Lake Neusiedl	21st	SPÖ	(A) 12	SPÖ	(R) 10
Protect on the mountains	19th	ÖVP	(A) 13	ÖVP	(R) 08
Sieggraben	19th	SPÖ	00009	ÖVP	(A) 12
Steinbrunn	23	SPÖ	(R) 11	SPÖ	(A) 13
Stinatz	19th	SPÖ	(A) 10	ÖVP	(A) 10
St. Andrä am Zicksee	19th	ÖVP	(A) 10	SPÖ	(A) 10
Tadten	19th	ÖVP	(A) 10	SPÖ	(A) 10
Willows by the lake	23	ÖVP	(R) 11	ÖVP	(A) 13
Wiesfleck	15th	ÖVP	(A) 08	SPÖ	(A) 08
Wimpassing on the Leitha	19th	SPÖ	00008th	ÖVP	(A) 10
Wolfau	19th	ÖVP	(R) 09	ÖVP	(A) 11
Wulkaprodersdorf	21st	ÖVP	(R) 10	SPÖ	(R) 09
Zurndorf	21st	SPÖ	(R) 09	SPÖ	(A) 13

Election splinter

Wolfgang Kovacs sovereign election winner in Parndorf

Bad Tatzmannsdorf

There was a coup in the southern Burgenland spa town of Bad Tatzmannsdorf . While the ÖVP was able to keep the loss within tolerable limits with 33.70%, this was not the case with the ÖVP top candidate Barbara Baldasti . Compared to her predecessor, Mayor Ernst Karner, she had to accept the loss of 26.40% (most recently 55.66%) and thus in a runoff election against the SPÖ candidate Gert Polster , who gained 5.70% and rose to 41.30% came. In the shortlist for the mayor's chair, the previous vice mayor Polster finally came out on top with 54.41%. The SPÖ also gained in the municipal council votes and overtook the ÖVP with 37.75%, which had to be satisfied with 33.70% and the loss of a mandate. Both hold seven seats after the election and have to look for a coalition partner.

Jennersdorf

No stone unturned in the district capital Jennersdorf . The ÖVP, which last reached 59.02% and had previously governed with an absolute majority, had to accept the loss of 22.34%. This means that she had to give up five of her previous 15 mandates. But the SPÖ and the Greens were also hit hard. Both lost three mandates and now only have two or one mandate. The big election winner was the new JES list under its top candidate Reinhard Deutsch, which got 27.79% right from the start and will move into the city government with seven mandataries. The second winner was the FPÖ, which gained 11.44% and now holds five instead of one mandate. Mayor Bernhard Hirczy was hit even harder, with a mere 41.38% (2012 his predecessor still achieved 64.11%) and in the runoff election on October 29 against Reinhard Deutsch, chairman of the Economic Association, who got 25.97% must compete. Because the eliminated candidates received almost a third of the votes. In the runoff election, the Wirtschaftsbund candidate Reinhard Deutsch prevailed against the ÖAAB regional chairman with 53.23%.

Jois

In the wine-growing community of Jois there was a change from the SPÖ to the ÖVP. The discussion about the housing project “Jois 2025”, which is supposed to create living space for 500 people in eight years, was the dominant topic in the local election campaign. The ÖVP managed to mobilize the population because of the threat of “mass settlement”. This had an effect, because the absolute majority of the SPÖ and the long-term mayor of the SPÖ, Leonhard Steinwandnter, were voted out after 15 years. In 2012 it was 61.07% of the votes, in 2017 it only reached 35.99%. The ÖVP candidate, Hannes Steurer, was elected the new mayor with 53.46% in the first ballot. The People's Party also achieved an absolute majority in the local council, with 51.12% and a plus of 20.45%. This has doubled the number of mandates from six to twelve. The SPÖ came with a minus of 18.95% to 34.00% and seven seats. The list Together for Jois (GFJ) reached 12.72% and was able to hold both of its mandates. The FPÖ missed entry into the municipal council with 2.16%. With the preferential votes, the newly elected Mayor Steurer was with 369 votes ahead of the chairman of the Young People's Party , Sascha Krikler, with 285 votes. The previous mayor Steinwandtner was third with 247 votes.

March

The result was eagerly awaited in March . As is well known, the SPÖ had submitted its list of candidates too late in 2012 and was therefore not allowed to run for the municipal council election. This gave the ÖVP practically a sole government with 19 mandates, because the FPÖ only had 2 seats. The ÖVP also clearly prevailed this time with mayor Gerald Hüller with 67.10% and 12 seats, but had to give up the absolute majority in the municipal council with a loss of 31.21% and 7 seats. With the 50-year-old top candidate Ursula Linninger, the SPÖ immediately won 37.63% and 8 mandates, one of which was at the expense of the FPÖ.

After the election, there were disagreements within the SPÖ, because not Linninger, who moved from Wiener Neustadt , who won 27.69% of the votes in the mayoral election, will move into the community board as vice mayor, but the experienced Marzer Jürgen Lehrner, while Linninger did not even receive one of the eight SPÖ mandates. After the election, Lehrner had demanded an internal redefinition of the top position because he had achieved the greater number of preferential votes. The accusation of electoral deception rejected the local party leader and community board member Roman Schiller. Linninger declared that he no longer wanted to participate in the Marzer SPÖ.

Neudorf near Parndorf

Just one day after long-term mayor Stefan Mikula (ÖVP), who at 27 years of office was the longest serving mayor of Burgenland and who had chaired the community since the large community split with Gattendorf and Potzneusiedl in 1990, was bid farewell at the Local council election 2017 to change the color of the community. The ÖVP fell from seven to four seats and after 27 years lost its majority to the SPÖ, which increased from six to nine seats and now holds the absolute majority in the local council. For Mikula's designated successor, Helmut Loncsar, the direct mayor election ended with a bitter disappointment, because he received 27.20% less votes than his ÖVP (30.87%). Karel Lentsch (SPÖ) became the new mayor and won a remarkable 72.80% of the vote.

Neusiedl am See

New mayor of the district capital Neusiedl am See: Elisabeth Böhm

The 2017 municipal council election in Neusiedl am See brought heavy losses for the ÖVP . If the loss of 4.86% of the votes and a council seat could still be cope with, the loss of the mayor's chair hurts all the more. The ÖVP had brought Thomas Halbritter into position as the successor to Kurt Lentsch, who had acted as mayor since 1997 . However, this clearly missed the majority with only 43.06% and therefore had to go into a runoff election against the former SPÖ Vice Mayor Elisabeth Böhm , who was only just behind with 40.13%. In the runoff election, Böhm then gained a lot of the votes of the eliminated candidates and with 53.81% the position of mayor. Halbritter only achieved 46.19% and clearly had to admit defeat. The 48-year-old employee and trained banker has achieved two remarkable facts at the same time, because never before has a woman been at the helm of the district capital Neusiedl am See, the second largest municipality in Burgenland, and never since 1921 has a social democrat been mayor .

Parndorf

The time of the SPÖ, which had the majority in the community until 2012, seems to be over in Parndorf for good. It again lost 8.85% and only holds at 26.15%. So she had to hand over two mandates, one to the Greens and one to the FPÖ. The independent Parndorf List (LIPA) achieved 54.53% and was thus able to keep its share of the vote almost unchanged. LIPA Mayor Wolfgang Kovacs was able to increase his share of the vote by almost 3% and now received 72.22%. He is the only mayor of Burgenland who does not belong to a party.

Ritzing

After the numerous quarrels between Mayor Walter Roisz (ÖVP) and Deputy Mayor and Head of Department Johann Reissner (SPÖ), the result in the municipality of Ritzing was awaited with great excitement . The reason is, on the one hand, that the mayor accused the chief of staff of refusing to work and suspended him, and on the other hand, that the mayor was reported to the supervisory authority more than 70 times. Both parties entered the election with new top candidates. No candidate was able to achieve a qualified majority, which is why they have to run against each other again in the runoff election on October 29th. In the first ballot, Robert Trimmel (SPÖ) had the majority with 361 votes ahead of Ernst Horvath (ÖVP, 312). The green candidate Andreas Guzmits fell by the wayside with 214 votes. The SPÖ finally won the mayor's office from the ÖVP in the runoff election: Gert Polster received 54.41% of the vote.

Sieggraben

The election in the central Burgenland municipality of Sieggraben caused a real sensation . The ÖVP, which has dominated for 62 years, lost 12.88%, fell back to 45.23% and lost 3 mandates. The SPÖ gained 9.21% and overtook the ÖVP with 47.37%. She also won two mandates. One mandate went to the new Zukunft Sieggraben list , which brought it to 7.40%. For the ÖVP, the loss of the mayor was even more bitter than the loss of the majority. Despite another competitor on the Zukunft Sieggraben list , the previous Vice Mayor Andreas Gradwohl (SPÖ) won the first ballot with 51.58% and was elected as the new mayor. The previous incumbent Vinzenz Jobst (ÖVP), who had been in office for 25 years, only achieved 43.13% this time, which means he lost 17.45%.

Mayors elected in the first ballot

Result of the mayoral elections after the second ballot

In 152 of 171 municipalities, one of the mayoral candidates received an absolute majority in the first ballot. With 74 community leaders each, the SPÖ and ÖVP achieved a balanced result. The Burgenland list was able to defend its two mayors. In 19 municipalities, the decision was postponed until the runoff election, in which only the two strongest candidates were allowed to run.

The most outstanding result was in Mühlgraben in southern Burgenland (Jennersdorf district). There the 20-year-old SPÖ candidate Fabio Halb was elected mayor with 79.44%. He exceeded his predecessor Reinhard Knaus by a remarkable 19.25% and is thus by far the youngest mayor not only of Burgenland, but of Austria. At the same time, the local SPÖ was able to gain 5.56% and is now holding at 63.87%, which meant that a mandate from the FPÖ, which did not take up this time, was won. The youngest ÖVP mayor in Burgenland is 24-year-old Daniel Ziniel in the Badersdorf community (Oberwart district). Ziniel took over the mayor's chair from Franz Heiden , who had been in office for 24 years, at the municipal council meeting on January 12, 2017 . At the time of the election he was the youngest mayor of Bungenland. In the municipal council election he came to 85.65%, which he was able to increase by 8.14% compared to Heiden.

There was great jubilation at the ÖVP in Hornstein. There the ÖVP state manager Christoph Wolf succeeded in the second attempt to break the previous dominance of the SPÖ. Wolf gained 15.42% and was elected mayor with 56.98% in the first ballot. Judith Pratl , who succeeded long-term mayor Herbert Worschitz at the beginning of 2017 , only got 43.02% and had to vacate the mayor's chair after only nine months. At the same time, the majority turned around and held with 55.77% in 13 seats, while the SPÖ only got 44.23% and 10 seats.

• SPÖ (74 mayors): Tschanigraben (98.36%), Olbendorf (92.62%), Neustift bei Güssing (89.57%), Siegendorf (85.65%), Neutal (83.96%), Grafenschachen ( 82.92%), Kemeten (81.02%), Rohrbach near Mattersburg (80.21%), Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal (80.05%), Bruckneudorf (79.99%), Neufeld an der Leitha (79.95 %) %), Rauchwart (79.71%), Mühlgraben (79.44%), Baumgarten (79.13%), Schattendorf (78.68%), Draßburg (77.85%), Bocksdorf (77.53%) , Mariasdorf (76.84%), Weppersdorf (75.58%), Neustift an der Lafnitz (75.20%), Markt St. Martin (74.77%), Deutsch Jahrndorf (74.48%), Stadtschlaining ( 74.08%), Sigleß (73.72%), Neudorf near Parndorf (72.80%), Weingraben (72.73%), Hirm (72.50%), Stoob (71.65%), Trausdorf the Wulka (71.19%), Rotenturm an der Pinka (70.57%), Deutsch Kaltenbrunn (68.78%), Minihof-Liebau (67.05%), Inzenhof (65.88%), Wallern in Burgenland (65.00%), Lackenbach (64.98%), Jabing (64.71%), Neudörfl (64.69%), Klingenbach (64.27%), Piringsdorf (63.44%) , Schandorf (62.99%), Breitenbrunn am Neusiedler See (62.83%), Müllendorf (62.58%), Bernstein (62.10%), Gols (61.83%), Stegersbach (61.70% ), Pinkafeld (61.40%), Güssing (60.55%), Winden am See (60.46%), Zagersdorf (60.41%), Rechnitz (59.87%), Nikitsch (59.86% ), Unterkohlstätten (59.10%), Lockenhaus (58.80%), Oggau am Neusiedler See (58.72%), Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz (58.08%), St. Martin an der Raab (57.93 %) %), Mattersburg (57.92%), Rust (57.54%), Wortberg (57.44%), Lackendorf (57.27%), Unterfrauenhaid (56.42%), Pama (55.74%) , Riedlingsdorf (55.18%), Großpetersdorf (54.25%), Zillingtal (54.01%), Forchtenstein (53.81%), Illmitz (52.93%), Nickelsdorf (52.41%), Frauenkirchen (52.40%), Sieggraben (51.58%), Steinberg-Dörfl (51.43%), Neuhaus am Klausenbach (51.40%), Kaisersdorf (50.86%), Pöttsching (50.54%) .
• ÖVP (74 mayors): Badersdorf (85.65%), Stotzing (83.52%), Oberschützen (81.13%), Edelstal (78.44%), Pilgersdorf (76.50%), Loretto (76, 15%), Bildein (75.96%), Strem (74.21%), Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg (74.03%), Weiden bei Rechnitz (73.27%), Leithaprodersdorf (73.13%), Weichselbaum (72.66%), Ollersdorf in Burgenland (72.59%), Burgauberg-Neudauberg (72.29%), Schützen am Gebirge (72.22%), Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland (70.79%), Oberloisdorf ( 70.70%), Pöttelsdorf (69.43%), Unterrabnitz-Schwendgraben (69.03%), Halbturn (69.02%), Krensdorf (68.44%), Antau (68.13%), Mönchhof ( 67.57%), Pamhagen (67.38%), Marz (67.10%), Güttenbach (66.58%), Donnerskirchen (66.23%), Litzelsdorf (65.79%), Wiesen (65, 36%), Frankenau-Unterpullendorf (65.12%), Eberau (64.99%), Schachendorf (64.71%), Mogersdorf (64.50%), Hackerberg (62.94%), Zemendorf-Stöttera ( 62.34%), St. Michael im Burgenland (62.07%), Raiding (61.95%), Markt Allhau (61.23%), Andau (61.10%), Moschendo rf (60.65%), Podersdorf am See (60.49%), Eisenstadt (60.32%), Großmürbisch (60.21%), Neuberg im Burgenland (59.98%), Oslip (59.43%) ), Wiesfleck (58.44%), Heugraben (58.23%), Oberwart (58.10%), Oberdorf im Burgenland (57.82%), Großwarasdorf (57.50%), Eltendorf (57.36% ), Unterwart (57.10%), Hornstein (56.98%), Gerersdorf-Sulz (56.56%), Tadten (56.36%), Draßmarkt (55.99%), Potzneusiedl (55.44% ), Wolfau (55.26%), Horitschon (54.88%), Rudersdorf (54.78%), Kukmirn (54.77%), Oberpullendorf (54.33%), Stinatz (54.11%), Mischendorf (53.96%), Apetlon (53.71%), Jois (53.46%), Heiligenbrunn (53.13%), Neckenmarkt (52.74%), Wulkaprodersdorf (52.36%), Tobaj ( 52.20%), Kohfidisch (51.38%), Gattendorf (50.97%), Purbach am Neusiedler See (50.47%), Markt Neuhodis (50.30%).
• LBL (2 mayors): Bad Sauerbrunn (67.12%), Deutschkreutz (59.92%). ^Note3
• LIPA (1 mayor): Parndorf (72.22%). ^{Note 1}
• PIPE: Rohr in Burgenland (83.70%). ^Note2

annotation

^{Note 1} The LIPA list (Parndorf List) is an independent list

^Note2 The ROHR list is a list close to the ÖVP

^Note3 In the re-election ordered in September 2018, Kölly received only 49.08% in the first ballot, and 56.17% in the second ballot in October 2018

Change of mayor

New mayor of Neudorf near Parndorf: Karel Lentsch

In the ten municipalities, the majorities of mayors changed in the first ballot. On the occasion of the second ballot, there were changes in the majorities of mayors in a further twelve municipalities. Here is the full list:

local community	2017			2012
	Political party	mayor	percent	Political party	mayor	percent
Bad Tatzmannsdorf	SPÖ	Gert upholstery	54.41	ÖVP	Ernst Karner	55.66
Bocksdorf	SPÖ	Franz Pelzmann	77.53	LB	Adolf Schabhüttl	71.53
Großhöflein	SPÖ	Heinz Heidenreich	54.63	LBL	Wolfgang Rauter	61.39
Merrily	ÖVP	Jürgen Kurta	60.21	SPÖ	Siegfried Klucsarits	52.77
Hannersdorf	ÖVP	Gerhard Klepits	65.01	SPÖ	Erich Werderits	61.63
Horitschon	ÖVP	Georg Dillhof	54.88	SPÖ	Peter Heger	56.22
Chert	ÖVP	Christoph Wolf	56.98	SPÖ	Herbert Worschitz	55.56
Jennersdorf	JES	Reinhard German	53.23	ÖVP	Wilhelm Thomas	64.11
Jois	ÖVP	Hannes Steurer	53.46	SPÖ	Leonhard Steinwandtner	61.07
Kittsee	ÖVP	Johannes Hornek	57.04	SPÖ	Gabriele Nabinger	53.20
Königsdorf	SPÖ	Mario Trinkl	53.08	ÖVP	Dieter Wirth	51.22
Loipersdorf Kitzladen	ÖVP	Thomas Boehm	53.54	SPÖ	Hans Oberhofer	62.49
Neuhodis market	ÖVP	Joachim Radics	50.30	SPÖ	Johann Wallner	50.47
Mörbisch am See	ÖVP	Markus Binder	51.24	SPÖ	Jürgen Marx	56.95
Neudorf near Parndorf	SPÖ	Karel Lentsch	72.80	ÖVP	Helmut Mikula	64.81
Neuhaus am Klausenbach	SPÖ	Reinhard Mund	51.40	ÖVP	Helmut Sampt	59.80
Neusiedl am See	SPÖ	Elisabeth Bohm	53.81	ÖVP	Kurt Lentsch	52.04
Sieggraben	SPÖ	Andreas Gradwohl	51.58	ÖVP	Vincent Jobst	60.58
Steinbrunn	ÖVP	Thomas Kittelmann	52.44	SPÖ	Klaus Mezgolits	52.94
St. Andrä am Zicksee	ÖVP	Andreas Sattler	62.75	SPÖ	Erich Goldenitsch	59.60
Tadten	ÖVP	Willibald Goldenits	56.36	SPÖ	Robert Csukker	54.74
Wimpassing on the Leitha	SPÖ	Ernst Edelmann	50.69	ÖVP	Josef Wolowiec	84.87

There is a change of mayor in the following eight municipalities, but without a change of party affiliation: Andau , Deutsch Jahrndorf , Illmitz , Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz , Oberdorf im Burgenland , Oberwart , Schützen am Gebirge and Wulkaprodersdorf .

Mayor without a majority in the municipal council

While only 13 mayors did not have an absolute majority in the municipal council in the municipal council and mayoral elections on October 1, 2017, after the narrower elections on October 29, 2017, another 16 municipalities were added in which the mayors do not have an absolute majority in the municipal council. These 29 municipalities are:

local community	Political party	mayor	Mandates party mayor	Total mandates in the municipal council
Andau	ÖVP	Andreas Peck	11	23
Bad Tatzmannsdorf	SPÖ	Gert upholstery	07th	19th
Eltendorf	ÖVP	Josef Pfeiffer	07th	15th
Forchtenstein	SPÖ	Friederike Reismüller	11	23
Gattendorf	ÖVP	Franz Vihanek	09	19th
Großhöflein	SPÖ	Heinz Heidenreich	10	21st
Hannersdorf	ÖVP	Gerhard Klepits	06th	15th
Horitschon	ÖVP	Georg Dillhof	10	21st
Jennersdorf	JES	Reinhard German	07th	25th
Kittsee	ÖVP	Johannes Hornek	09	23
Petty	SPÖ	Martin Frühwirth	04th	09
Kohfid	ÖVP	Norbert Sulyok	09	19th
Königsdorf	SPÖ	Mario Trinkl	05	13
Kukmirn	ÖVP	Werner Kemetter	10	21st
Loipersdorf Kitzladen	ÖVP	Thomas Boehm	08th	19th
Lutzmannsburg	ADL	Christian Rohrer	05	15th
Neuhodis market	ÖVP	Joachim Radics	07th	15th
Mörbisch am See	ÖVP	Markus Binder	09	21st
Neuhaus am Klausenbach	SPÖ	Reinhard Mund	07th	15th
Neusiedl am See	SPÖ	Elisabeth Bohm	10	25th
Ritzing	ÖVP	Ernst Horvath	05	15th
Sieggraben	SPÖ	Andreas Gradwohl	09	19th
Steinbrunn	ÖVP	Thomas Kittelmann	09	23
Stinatz	ÖVP	Andreas Grandits	09	19th
Willows by the lake	ÖVP	Wilhelm Schwartz	11	23
Wimpassing on the Leitha	SPÖ	Ernst Edelmann	09	19th
Wolfau	ÖVP	Walter Pfeiffer	08th	19th
Wulkaprodersdorf	ÖVP	Friedrich Zarits	10	21st
Zurndorf	SPÖ	Werner Friedl	09	21st

Mayoral elections

In the following 19 municipalities, no candidate for mayor achieved a qualified majority in the first ballot, which is why a run-off election between the two candidates with the highest voting power was required, which took place on October 29. The SPÖ candidates won in nine municipalities, the ÖVP in eight, the Active Village List (ADL) in one and the Jennersdorf Citizens List (JES) also in one municipality.

Results of the closer mayoral elections
	Candidates (the elected mayors are in bold)	Political party	Result October 29, 2017			Result October 1, 2017		2012 result		annotation
local community			be right	%	Difference in%	be right	%	be right	%
Bad Tatzmannsdorf	Gert upholstery	SPÖ	555	54.41	+13.11	446	41.30	371	35.60
	Barbara Baldasti	ÖVP	465	45.59	+16.33	316	29.26	580	55.66	Predecessor Ernst Karner
Großhöflein	Heinz Heidenreich	SPÖ	702	54.63	+4.78	664	49.85	425	29.43	Predecessor Oswald Kucher
	Maria Zoffmann	ÖVP	583	45.37	+13.24	428	32.13	400	27.70	Predecessor Ondrag
Hannersdorf	Gerhard Klepits	ÖVP	457	65.01	+21.56	325	43.45	154	21.33	Predecessor Kristaloczi
	Roland Gabriel	SPÖ	246	34.99	+2.19	246	32.89	445	61.63	Predecessor Roland Gabriel
Jennersdorf	Bernhard Hirczy	ÖVP	1363	46.77	+5.39	1179	41.38	1699	64.11	Predecessor Wilhelm Thomas
	Reinhard German	JES	1551	53.23	+27.26	740	25.97	-	-	new list
Kittsee	Johannes Hornek	ÖVP	851	57.04	+18.91	609	38.13	515	35.25	Predecessor Franz Buchta
	Gabriele Nabinger	SPÖ	641	42.96	+8.40	552	34.56	601	41.14	acting mayor
Petty	Martin Frühwirth	SPÖ	122	51.26	+10.12	105	46.26	146	63.76	acting mayor
	Wolfgang Wolf	ÖVP	116	48.74	+12.50	102	44.93	83	36.24	Predecessor Schaberl
Kobersdorf	Klaus Schütz	SPÖ	789	53.71	+6.18	722	47.53	797	49.17	acting mayor
	Martina Pauer	ÖVP	680	46.29	+13.11	504	33.18	569	35.10
Königsdorf	Dieter Wirth	ÖVP	289	46.92	+1.36	277	45.56	314	51.22	acting mayor
	Mario Trinkl	SPÖ	327	53.08	+15.25	230	37.83	299	48.78
Loipersbach in Burgenland	Erhard Aminger	SPÖ	464	55.90	+7.59	387	48.31	527	62.37	acting mayor
	Roman Amring	FPÖ	366	44.10	+15.01	233	29.09	155	18.34	Predecessor Zeltner
Loipersdorf Kitzladen	Jürgen Zimara	SPÖ	460	46.46	+2.20	432	44.26	593	62.49	Predecessor Oberhofer
	Thomas Boehm	ÖVP	530	53.54	+ 10.40	421	43.14	356	37.51
Lutzmannsburg	Christian Rohrer	ADL	427	62.89	+13.09	368	49.80	287	36.65	acting mayor
	Roman Kainrath	SPÖ	252	37.11	+8.15	214	28.96	197	25.16
Mörbisch am See	Markus Binder	ÖVP	850	51.24	+2.05	757	49.19	446	29.81	Predecessor Cvitkovits
	Jürgen Marx	SPÖ	809	48.76	+1.91	721	46.85	852	56.95	acting mayor
Neusiedl am See	Thomas Halbritter	ÖVP	2013	46.19	+3.13	1968	43.06	2054	52.04	Predecessor Kurt Lentsch
	Elisabeth Bohm	SPÖ	2345	53.81	+13.68	1834	40.13	1706	43.22
Ritzing	Robert Trimmel	SPÖ	402	46.10	+5.40	381	40.70	354	39.82	Predecessor Johann Reissner
	Ernst Horvath	ÖVP	470	53.90	18.73	312	35.17	409	46.01	Predecessor Walter Roisz
Steinbrunn	Gerhard Frasz	SPÖ	856	47.56	+0.75	857	46.81	837	52.94	Predecessor Klaus Mezgolits
	Thomas Kittelmann	ÖVP	944	52.44	+8.15	811	44.29	615	38.90
St. Andrä am Zicksee	Andreas Sattler	ÖVP	672	62.75	+13.38	548	49.37	440	40.40	Predecessor luck
	Erich Goldenitsch	SPÖ	399	37.25	−0.77	422	38.02	649	59.60	acting mayor
Willows by the lake	Wilhelm Schwartz	ÖVP	951	52.17	+3.15	928	49.02	1073	61.24	acting mayor
	Heinrich Hareter	SPÖ	872	47.83	+14.50	631	33.33	679	38.76	Predecessor flicker
Wimpassing on the Leitha	Marion Poeschl	ÖVP	430	49.31	+7.42	367	41.89	606	84.87	Predecessor Josef Wolowiec
	Ernst Edelmann	SPÖ	442	50.69	+10.28	354	40.41	-	-	not running
Zurndorf	Werner Friedl	SPÖ	851	54.00	+8.44	729	45.56	1027	66.26	acting mayor
	Werner Falb-Meixner	ÖVP	725	46.00	+11.44	553	34.56	250	16.13	Predecessor Pronai

Full-time mayor

At the end of 2016, the Burgenland state parliament reformed the municipal law so that the mayors are given the opportunity for the first time to carry out their political activities in the municipality full-time. The wages for this increase by 25 percent in accordance with Section 25b of the Municipal Compensation Act, but they must not have any taxable income above the marginal earnings threshold. The mayors have to submit a written declaration no later than four weeks after the inauguration as to whether they want to exercise their function full-time or part-time. The Land Department has only received four applications. These concern the communities Deutsch Jahrndorf ( Gerhard Bachmann ), Deutsch Kaltenbrunn (Andrea Reichl), Neusiedl am See ( Elisabeth Böhm ) and Purbach am Neusiedler See (Richard Hermann). Since it is sufficient to just submit the declaration to the municipal office, the municipal department cannot make a reliable statement about the number as of November 22, 2017, but it is collected. While the ÖVP community federation does not believe in unreported numbers, the SPÖ community representatives association estimates the number of full-time mayors at up to ten.

Election Challenges

Deutschkreutz

As the ÖVP announced on October 2, 2017, it will contest the election in the wine-growing community of Deutschkreutz because there were inconsistencies in more than one hundred voting cards. As ÖVP state manager Christoph Wolf emphasized, the local party will send a statement of the facts to the state electoral authority and the public prosecutor that the crosses on the polled ballot papers look the same. She wants to create clarity through this. The provisional election winner in Deutschkreutz was the LBL with 42.78% (10 seats), ahead of the ÖVP (29.04 / 7) and the SPÖ (28.18 / 6). The mayor election was won by the former FPÖ and now LBL mayor Manfred Kölly with 59.92%, ahead of Johann Steinhofer (SPÖ, 22.99%) and Andreas Kacsits (ÖVP, 17.09%). On October 13, 2017, it became known that after the examinations by the state electoral authority, the public prosecutor's office would also investigate abuse of office. Since Kölly enjoys political immunity as a member of the state parliament, the Burgenland state parliament first had to repeal this before the public prosecutor could investigate. A request to this effect was submitted to all parties in the state parliament. The subject of the investigation was that the crosses had been affixed “in an approximately identical manner” to 223 ballot papers. The mayor and the last municipal council remained in office until the state electoral authority made a decision. ÖVP-Burgenland asked Kölly to resign in a press release from state manager Christoph Wolf.

As the state electoral authority announced on November 30, 2017, Kölly's immunity was lifted on November 16 - even Kölly had supported the application - so that the Eisenstadt public prosecutor was able to lead the investigation. The state electoral authority obtained graphological reports and interviewed witnesses.

In the re-election held on September 9, 2018, the LBL won 36.91% one seat less than in 2017 (9 instead of 10 seats), ahead of the ÖVP, which won one seat (36.15 / 8) and the SPÖ (26, 94/6). Manfred Kölly won the mayoral election with 49.08%, ahead of Andreas Kacsits (ÖVP, 29.66%) and Johann Steinhofer (SPÖ, 21.27%). Kölly lost over 10% in the repeat election compared to the invalid election, while his opponent Kacsits gained more than 12%.

Kittsee

On November 6, 2017 it became known that the Kittsee List (LIKI) had contested the result of the municipal council election in Kittsee . The reason for this is the noticeably high number of invalid votes. In fact, out of 1651 votes cast, 158 were deemed invalid, which gives a share of 9.57 percent. A recount was requested because there were noticeably many invalid votes. The chairman of the Kittsee List (LIKI), David Valentin , suspects no election manipulation, but inaccuracies in the counting, which "only happened once under time pressure". The background to the challenge is that the LIKI, which increased its stake by 2.02, is only missing a single vote on winning the fifth mandate. The mayoral election, which was only decided in favor of Johannes Hornek (ÖVP) in the second ballot, was not challenged. The state election authority will examine the challenge.

The state electoral authority dealt with the LIKI's objection on November 30, 2017. The nine-member committee came to the unanimous conclusion that the proceedings should be dismissed “for lack of substance”. In this context it became known that there was also an objection from a private person in Bernstein , which was also rejected for lack of substance.

Local council elections since 1950

Election date	Eligible voters	off abandoned votes	Wahlbe- pation in%	of which invalid	of which valid	Man- date total	SPÖ			ÖVP			FPÖ			Greens, LBL and others
							voices men	%	Man-date	voices men	%	Man- date	voices men	%	Man- date	voices men	%	Man- date
11/26/1950	172.493	151.853	88.0	1,375	150,478	3.710	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	3,694	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	3,677	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	3,683	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	3,675	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	2,535	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	2,560	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	2,608	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	2,610	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	2,921	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	2,987	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	3,075	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	3.117	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	3.143	90,684	46.2	1,511	82,678	42.1	1,363	7,936	4.0	81	14,924	7.6	188
10/01/2017	261.963	212,327	81.1	16,969	195.358	3.143	86,770	44.4	1,461	81,713	41.8	1,364	12,375	6.3	144	14,500	7.4	174

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results (accessed on October 2, 2017)
2. ↑ ORF -Burgenland of March 21, 2017: election date has been set (accessed on August 22, 2017)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} ORF Burgenland of October 30, 2017: After the runoff elections: An analysis (accessed on November 12, 2017)
4. ↑ ORF Burgenland of October 2, 2017: More female mayors in Burgenland (accessed on November 13, 2017)
5. ↑ Burgenland Provincial Government: election result (accessed on 23 August 2017)
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} ORF -Burgenland from August 21, 2017: The ORF Burgenland municipality report (accessed on August 22, 2017)
7. ↑ Burgenland Provincial Government: Legal basis (accessed on August 22, 2017)
8. ↑ Federal Chancellery, legal information system: Law of May 7, 1992 on the election of municipal bodies (municipal election regulations 1992 - GemWO 1992) in the version of June 19, 2017 (accessed on August 22, 2017)
9. ↑ ^{a b} Burgenland Provincial Government: Who can vote? (accessed on August 22, 2017)
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Burgenland Provincial Government: Who can be elected? (accessed on August 22, 2017)
11. ↑ ORF -Burgenland of August 22, 2017: 141 complaints about electoral rolls (accessed on August 22, 2017)
12. ↑ Provincial Administrative Court of Burgenland of August 21, 2017: Voting registers - LVwG confirms many deletions (accessed on August 23, 2017)
13. ↑ ORF -Burgenland of August 22, 2017: Hungarian workers are not allowed to vote (accessed on August 22, 2017)
14. ↑ ^{a b} Burgenland Provincial Government: Where, when and how can you vote? , (accessed on August 22, 2017)
15. ↑ ^{a b c} ORF Burgenland from September 23, 2017: Early election day a success (accessed on September 29, 2017)
16. ↑ ORF Burgenland from September 25, 2017: Final spurt of the election campaign: SPÖ confident (accessed on September 29, 2017)
17. ^ Province of Burgenland: election results of the Province of Burgenland (accessed on October 27, 2017)
18. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results district Eisenstadt-Umgebung (accessed on October 27, 2017)
19. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results for the district of Güssing (accessed October 27, 2017)
20. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Election results for the Jennersdorf district (accessed on October 27, 2017)
21. ^ Province of Burgenland: Election results for the Mattersburg district (accessed on October 27, 2017)
22. ^ Province of Burgenland: Election results for the district of Neusiedl am See (accessed on October 27, 2017)
23. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results for the Oberpullendorf district (accessed October 27, 2017)
24. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results for the Oberwart district (accessed on October 27, 2017)
25. ↑ ^{a b} courier from October 1, 2017: runoff election in Jennersdorf, clear victories in Oberwart and Güssing (accessed on October 3, 2017)
26. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Bad Tatzmannsdorf election results (accessed on October 3, 2017)
27. ^ Province of Burgenland: Jennersdorf election results (accessed on October 3, 2017)
28. ^ ORF Burgenland: The winners of the mayor's runoff elections (accessed on October 30, 2017)
29. ↑ Burgenländische Volkszeitung from March 1, 2017: ÖVP-Jois against building project - criticism of "Jois 2025" (accessed October 29, 2017)
30. ↑ mein district.at of October 13, 2017: "Turquoise Revolution" in Jois (accessed October 29, 2017)
31. ^ Province of Burgenland: Jois election results (accessed October 29, 2017)
32. ↑ ^{a b} Courier of October 1, 2017: Thrill in Ritzing and Marz, complaint on suspicion of election fraud in Deutschkreutz (accessed October 3, 2017)
33. ↑ Province of Burgenland: March election results (accessed on October 3, 2017)
34. ↑ Courier of November 10, 2017: March remains red problem area (accessed on November 13, 2017)
35. ↑ BVZ of October 1, 2017: landslide victory for SPÖ (accessed on November 29, 2017)
36. ^ Province of Burgenland: Election results Neudorf bei Parndorf (accessed on November 29, 2017)
37. ^ Province of Burgenland: Election results Neusiedl am See (accessed on October 15, 2017)
38. ^ Province of Burgenland: Election results Neusiedl am See (accessed on October 15, 2017)
39. ^ Association of municipalities: Personnel: Elisabeth Böhm: "Time for change in Neusiedl" (accessed on November 15, 2017)
40. ^ City of Neusiedl am See: The mayors of the city (accessed on November 15, 2017)
41. ^ Province of Burgenland: Parndorf election results (accessed on October 3, 2017)
42. ↑ ORF Burgenland from October 1, 2017: LIBS and LIPA celebrate success (accessed October 9, 2017)
43. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Sieggraben election results (accessed on October 3, 2017)
44. ↑ mein district.at of October 2, 2017: ÖVP loses the mayor's chair in Sieggraben (accessed on October 9, 2017)
45. ↑ ORF Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Mühlgraben: Youngest Mayor (accessed October 3, 2017)
46. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Mühlgraben (accessed on October 10, 2017)
47. ↑ Burgenland People's Newspaper of January 13, 2017: Mayor at 23? Daniel Ziniel is ready to go (accessed October 10, 2017)
48. ^ Province of Burgenland: Badersdorf election results (accessed October 10, 2017)
49. ↑ ORF Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Wolf wins Hornstein for ÖVP (accessed October 3, 2017)
50. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Hornstein election results (accessed on October 3, 2017)
51. ↑ Province of Burgenland: SPÖ mayor shares (accessed on October 2, 2017)
52. ^ Province of Burgenland: Mayor's shares ÖVP (accessed on October 2, 2017)
53. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Bad Sauerbrunn election results (accessed on October 2, 2017)
54. ^ Province of Burgenland: election results Deutschkreutz (accessed on October 2, 2017)
55. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Parndorf election results (accessed on October 2, 2017)
56. ↑ Province of Burgenland: election results Rohr im Burgenland (accessed on October 2, 2017)
57. ↑ Burgenland: election results of the repeat election on September 9, 2018 and the shortlisted mayoral election on October 7, 2018
58. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Change of mayor (accessed October 1, 2017)
59. ^ Province of Burgenland: Change of Mayor (accessed October 29, 2017)
60. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Mayor without an absolute majority in the municipal council (accessed on October 30, 2017)
61. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Mayor without an absolute majority in the municipal council (accessed on October 30, 2017)
62. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Shortlist required (accessed October 1, 2017)
63. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Number of mayors per party (accessed on October 29, 2017)
64. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Bad Tatzmannsdorf - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
65. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Bad Tatzmannsdorf - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
66. ^ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Großhöflein - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
67. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Großhöflein - election result shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
68. ^ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Hannersdorf - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
69. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Hannersdorf - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
70. ^ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Jennersdorf - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
71. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 29, 2017: Jennersdorf - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
72. ^ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Kittsee - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
73. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 29, 2017: Kittsee - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
74. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Kleinmürbisch - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
75. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Kleinmürbisch - election result shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
76. ^ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Kobersdorf - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
77. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Kobersdorf - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
78. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Königsdorf - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
79. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Königsdorf - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
80. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Loipersbach im Burgenland - election results for mayor , accessed on October 1, 2017
81. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Loipersbach im Burgenland - election result shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
82. ^ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Loipersdorf-Kitzladen - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
83. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Loipersdorf-Kitzladen - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
84. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Lutzmannsburg - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
85. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Lutzmannsburg - Shortlisted election results for mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
86. ^ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Mörbisch am See - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
87. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Mörbisch am See - election results of the mayor's shortlist , accessed on October 29, 2017
88. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Neusiedl am See - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
89. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Neusiedl am See - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
90. ^ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Ritzing - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
91. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 29, 2017: Ritzing - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
92. ^ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Steinbrunn - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
93. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Steinbrunn - election result shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
94. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: St. Andrä am Zicksee - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
95. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: St. Andrä am Zicksee - election result shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
96. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Weiden am See - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
97. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Weiden am See - election result shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
98. ↑ Province of Burgenland from October 1, 2017: Wimpassing an der Leitha - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
99. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Wimpassing an der Leitha - Mayor election results , accessed on October 29, 2017
100. ^ Province of Burgenland of October 1, 2017: Zurndorf - Mayor election results , accessed on October 1, 2017
101. ↑ Province of Burgenland of October 29, 2017: Zurndorf - election results shortlisted mayor , accessed on October 29, 2017
102. ↑ Courier of November 22, 2017: Full-time mayors remain a small minority (accessed December 6, 2017)
103. ↑ ORF Burgenland of October 2, 2017: ÖVP contests election in Deutschkreutz (accessed on October 3, 2017)
104. ↑ Courier of October 13, 2017: Contestation of the election: Public prosecutor wants to investigate Kölly (accessed on October 20, 2017)
105. ↑ ^{a b} ORF Burgenland from November 18, 2017: ÖVP calls on Kölly to resign (accessed December 7, 2017)
106. ↑ ^{a b} Courier dated November 30, 2017: two election challenges rejected (accessed December 6, 2017)
107. ↑ Burgenland: municipal council election September 9, 2018 (compared to October 1, 2017)
108. ↑ ORF Burgenland of November 6, 2017: List wants to be recounted in Kittsee (accessed on November 12, 2017)
109. ↑ Province of Burgenland: Kittsee election results (accessed on November 12, 2017)