ÖVP remains the strongest force: Mayor Muhr elected despite the loss of voting!

On March 18, 2025, voters in Innsbruck can come up with exciting results of the local council and mayor election. Despite a slight decline of 1.13 percentage points, the ÖVP not only complied with its role as a strong force, but also kept its absolute majority with twelve mandates in the municipal council. The other mandates were distributed among the reported five for the SPÖ and two for the FPÖ. In a solemn meeting on March 6, Gerlinde Muhr was unanimously elected by the ÖVP as the mayor, as Noen

In comparison, the upcoming mayoral election in Innsbruck shows that the duel between Georg Willi and Johannes Anzengruber goes into the second round. This run -down is on April 28, 2024, and the statistics that are published until the election show impressive mobilization of voters, in particular through the exhibition of 14,838 election cards. This number is almost a doubling compared to the 7,258 election cards from 2018, such as MeinDeitkirk noted.