Bregenz chooses: Michael Ritsch triumphed as the new mayor!

Bregenz chooses: Michael Ritsch triumphed as the new mayor!

Bregenz, Österreich - Today's election day has caused exciting political turns in Vorarlberg! Michael Ritsch from the SPÖ clearly prevailed in the mayoral election of the state capital Bregenz. With an impressive result of 50.94 percent of the votes, he defeated his competitors, including Roland breakfast from the ÖVP, who won second place with 29.96 percent. Hubert Kinz from the FPÖ and Sandra Schoch from the Greens also had to give up 9.92 and 5.84 percent, while Michael Sagmeister received only 3.34 percent from the Neos. According to vorarlberg.orf.at Ritsch is the first social democratic mayor of Bregenz for three decades.

The SPÖ was also able to score on the list positions: With 42.70 percent of the vote, the party achieves an increase compared to the last election, where it received only 29.58 percent. In contrast, the share of the ÖVP, which was still 39.37 percent in the last election, fell to 30.14 percent. This choice shows a clear trend towards more social democratic influences in Bregenz.

Green and other mayor's office in Vorarlberg

But there was not only changes in Bregenz: 57-year-old ophthalmologist Frank Matt, who is the first green mayor of Vorarlberg, shone in history in neighboring Lochau. He won against the previous ÖVP Mayor Michael Simma with 54.5 percent of 45.5 percent of the vote. This is an important step for the Greens in the region, such as orf.at . In Lech, too, Stefan Jochum from "Our Dorf" was able to defeat the previous mayor Ludwig Muxel in the runoff election with 53.6 percent of the vote.