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Election in Linz: Candidates still have room for improvement

Peter Filzmaier analyzes the mayoral election campaign in Linz for the "Krone".(Bild: Imre Antal)

 Linz is electing a new mayor on Sunday. The ballot is necessary because Klaus Luger (SPÖ) had to resign after an affair at the Brucknerhaus in Linz. Seven candidates are standing for election. Politics professor Peter Filzmaier has analyzed for the "Krone" newspaper who has the best chances. 

"Krone": Linz has been consistently red since 1945. Is this the first time the SPÖ has to worry?
Peter Filzmaier: Linz is still an electoral market that favors the SPÖ. Even if its core voters today are less and less the workers at Voest and the former Chemie Linz AG, but ex-hackers in retirement. The big unknown is voter turnout. So SPÖ candidate Dietmar Prammer should not be too confident of victory.