Schladming decides: Drinker remains mayor after lots!

Schladming decides: Drinker remains mayor after lots!

At the municipal council meeting in Schladming on Monday evening, there was an exciting mayoral election between Hermann Trinker from the Schladming list and Eva Maria Kroismayr-Baier from the FPÖ. Hermann Trinker, who had the absolute majority in the previous choice, now lost it. His list fell from 14 to 11 mandates, while the ÖVP went back to 7 mandates. The FPÖ, on the other hand, had a significant gain and now has 5 mandates. In addition, the SPÖ and the NEOS win one seat each. A total of 3877 votes were given in the election, which resulted in a turnout of 68.75 percent.

like the Krone , the coalition negotiations remained unsuccessful before the meeting. No winner was determined in the three electoral courses: the first ballot did not bring a winner, the second and third ballot ended with a tie of 12:12 and an invalid voice. The decision ultimately made a premiere in the history of Schladmings. The most recent local council mandate pulled the decisive election proposal from an urn.

Mayor remains in office

Hermann Trinker was chosen as the winner by the lottery decision and thus remains city chief. This outcome represents a pleasant turn after he had previously lost the absolute majority. The Kleine Zeitung emphasizes that the freedoms were not given to the first place in Schladming occupied. This is relevant in the context of the municipal elections in Styria 2025, which are now completed.

In Styria, this was the third federal state in which municipal elections took place this year to Lower Austria and Vorarlberg. A total of 805,173 people entitled to vote were registered, including 52,830 EU citizens with the main residence in the municipality. According to the Kleine Zeitung Corona pandemic.

The municipal elections in Styria 2025 testify to an interesting political change, whereby the freedom, despite their deficit, was able to celebrate a historical election success. The change in the distribution of mandate in Schladming and the general turnout could be important indicators of the future political climate in the region.