Municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020

Local council elections 2020

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60

50

40

30th

20th

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52.69%
(+ 2.43 % p )

27.76%
(-3.25 % p )

5.90%
(+1.40 % p )

5.81%
(-1.95 % p )

1.26%
(+ 0.37 % p )

6.57%
(+ 0.98 % p )

Otherwise.

2015

2020

The municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 took place on January 26, 2020 in 567 of the 573 Lower Austrian municipalities. At the same time, the early state elections in Burgenland 2020 took place.

history

The statutory cities of St. Pölten , Krems an der Donau and Waidhofen an der Ybbs had different dates. In Stockerau ( Korneuburg district ), Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel and Pillichsdorf (both Mistelbach district ) were only elected on March 24, 2019. The Lower Austrian municipal council electoral code stipulates that there will be no new elections there in the event that a new election has taken place within twelve months of the general municipal elections.

The election date on January 26, 2020 was announced to the public on September 10, 2019 by three club officials from the state parliament parties Klaus Schneeberger (ÖVP), Reinhard Hundsmüller (SPÖ) and Udo Landbauer (FPÖ).

1,459,072 citizens were eligible to vote, 38,455 fewer than in 2015, also because the electoral register was adjusted for non-integrated second homes. A special feature in Lower Austria is the validity of unofficial ballot papers, which are typically given out by parties to potential voters before the election.

Elections were made in 567 municipalities, only the ÖVP stood - with 570 (sometimes only related) lists - in all municipalities; the SPÖ with 546 lists in 545 municipalities. The FPÖ ran 365 times, the Greens 126 and NEOS 37 times. There were also 207 independent lists.

With 9, the most lists were available in Amstetten, including 2 FPÖ spin-offs. There were original abbreviations from ALFA (alternative for Amstetten) to ZZ (Zillingdorf first).

The repetition of the ballots in Perchtoldsdorf , Alland and Schrattenberg , originally planned for April 26, 2020 , has been postponed to June 7, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In Ebreichsdorf it is repeated in a district. In Schwarzau am Steinfeld there is to be another election in September 2020 after all SPÖ MPs resigned from their seats. As in January, the People's Party had 13 seats in Alland and Schrattenberg. The partial repetition in Ebreichsdorf brought the SPÖ a mandate. In Perchtoldsdorf, the ÖVP lost a mandate compared to the January ballot that was canceled.

The Constitutional Court gave in its June session of challenging the poll in Kottingbrunn instead that local elections must be repeated there. The contests of the elections in Marchegg and Langenrohr were found to be unfounded, those of the polls in Litschau were rejected.

Results

Preliminary country result

Political party	GRW 2020				GRW 2015			difference
Political party	be right	%	Mandates	%	be right	%	Mandates	be right	%	Mandates
eligible to vote	1,480,968	-	-	-	1,519,489	-	-	-38,558	-	-

submitted total	972.570	65.67	11,725	-	1,000,156	65.83	11,725	-27,695	−0.16	± 0
invalid	016,159	01.66	-	-	022,891	02.29	-	- 06,732	-	-
valid	956.411	98.34	-	-	977.374	97.71	-	−20,963	+0.63	-
of which accounted for
ÖVP and lists	503,957	52.69	7,000	59.69	491.211	50.26	6,692	+12,764	+2.43	+308
SPÖ and lists	265,529	27.76	3.130	26.70	303.054	31.01	3,478	−37,525	−3.25	−348
FPÖ and lists	055,566	05.81	0486	04.14	075,580	7.76	0672	-20,284	-1.95	−186
GREEN and lists	056,445	05.90	0406	03.47	043,934	4.50	0309	+12,511	+1.40	+ 098
NEOS and lists	012,064	01.26	0058	00.50	8,661	0.89	36	+ 03,403	+0.37	+ 022
other lists	062,832	06.57	0645	05.50	054,664	5.59	0538	+ 08,168	+0.98	+107