There are also a few runoffs in the bigger cities, but it is unlikely that the ÖVP mayors will get defeated there.
WOW.
I was wrong.
There were 6 mayoral runoffs in Vorarlberg today, incl. the capital Bregenz - which is famous for the James Bond movie.
We have results from 4 of them and in 3 the ÖVP incumbent mayors got defeated today.
The capital Bregenz will get an SPÖ mayor for the first time since 1990.
In another city, the ÖVP-mayor got defeated by the Green challenger.
And in another, the ÖVP-mayor got defeated by an Independent challenger.
Only in 1 of the 4, the ÖVP-mayor defeated the FPÖ candidate.
The results of the remaining 2 cities are in:
In Hard, the SPÖ-challenger defeated the ÖVP-mayor with 67.1% !
In Bludenz, the ÖVP-mayor survived with 51.7% vs. the SPÖ candidate.
Bottom line:
ÖVP-mayors got defeated in 4/6 runoffs today in this conservative state.
Could this have any national implications?
