FPÖ with gains

No upheavals in the “pure ÖVP district” of Horn

Losses, but Horn's ÖVP city leader Gerhard Lentschig was able to hold on to the absolute.(Bild: Klaus Schindler)

The local council elections in the district of Horn resulted in double-digit gains for the FPÖ in some of the 20 municipalities. Despite some heavy losses, however, the party was able to maintain its absolute majority. 

The local council elections were also eagerly awaited in the 20 municipalities of the Horn district. However, there were no major changes of power or shifts. Although the FPÖ made double-digit percentage gains in many places, it was not possible to break the absolute in the black municipalities anywhere.

In the city of Horn, 67-year-old city leader Gerhard Lentschig stood as the top candidate for the first time under particularly difficult conditions this time, as he himself believes. This was because five parties were running in the district town this time, including the Neos, who were running for the first time. "And everyone is nibbling away a little bit," he says.

Absolute also held in Gars
In Horn, the FPÖ also gained almost ten percent. However, the ÖVP was able to defend its absolute majority in Horn just as it did in Gars, where the former ÖVP National Councillor Werner Groiss and his list were another notable opponent alongside the SPÖ and FPÖ. Despite a drop of almost twelve percent, the absolute for Mayor Martin Falk was still clear here too.