"Election delicacies"

Tops, flops and some curiosities in Tyrol

There was an exciting race for victory between the ÖVP and FPÖ in the district of Schwaz and its district capital, for example(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

The FPÖ only suffered a loss in one municipality. The ÖVP also slumped in the hometowns of party celebrities, with a stalemate in the municipality of LHStv. The SPÖ achieved exactly the same result as in 2019 in four municipalities.

The FPÖ only suffered a loss in Jungholz compared to 2019 (-0.41%). There were huge gains in Zillertal in particular - plus 40.41% in Gerlosberg, plus 28.41% in Rohrberg, plus 27.96% in Stummerberg. In Aschau, where LHSt. Josef Geisler was once head of the village, there was a tie with his ÖVP - 352:352 votes!

Party grandees lost ground in hometowns
The ÖVP shrank to 56.75% in Galtür, the home town of LH Anton Mattle (2019: 72.88%). In Reith im Alpbachtal, home to NR Josef Hechenberger, the Blue Party (36.58%) is also a wafer-thin margin ahead of the dramatically shrunken ÖVP (now 36.38%). The ÖVP lost more than a third in Spiss, Gerlosberg and Niederndorferberg. There was a drop in all Tyrolean municipalities, the smallest in Rattenberg (-3.19%).

Small red point victories in Lechtal
The SPÖ lost in the home town of LHStv. Georg Dornauer, specifically -5.8% (now 23.19%). Otherwise, gains predominated, with clear gains of more than 8% in Lechtal (Vorderhornbach and Elmen). One of the biggest losses (-4.74%) was in the district capital Reutte. Curious: four times - in Biberwier, Going, Kirchberg and Gramais - they achieved the same result as in 2019.

The Neos experienced by far the biggest drop in Mils bei Imst (-9.66%), while most of the results were positive, most notably in Reith/Seefeld (9.33%) and Gnadenwald (7.86%).

No Van der Bell bonus in Kaunertal
The Greens were almost only able to make gains in small municipalities, with Wildermieming standing out with a double-digit drop (-10.45%). The result in Kaunertal (home of former Green Party leader and Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen) is also painful - only 4.95%.

The Beer Party has its Tyrolean stronghold in Rattenberg, with 6.70%.

Traditionally, the smallest municipality Gramais is always in the spotlight. Here, 27 out of 33 eligible voters cast their votes - 25 ÖVP, 1 KPÖ and 1 Bierpartei.

(Bild: P. Huber)

Balance of invalid votes
In a total of 13 Tyrolean municipalities, voters managed not to cast a single invalid vote. With three jokers (or were they undecideds?), Kaisers leads this percentage ranking with 5.88%.